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Lead Image

Wakeboarding Magazine Athelete Award

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Production Method

Die-cut
Digital

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Design

Michael Forrest

Art Director: Michael Forrest
Wakeboarding Editor: Shawn Perry
Content Editor: Brandon Judd
Painters: Color Recon
Photographer: Bill Doster

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Printing

Designers' Press

Whoever said that designing VHS cases in 2016 was never going to happen? With 16 unique designs matching a single die-cut these awards were fun to develop, produce, and receive. 

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Client

Wakeboarding Magazine


Quantity Produced

16


Production Cost


Production Time

Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)

4.5 × 7.625 × 1.125 in.


Page Count


Paper Stock


Number of Colors

CMYK

Varnishes


Binding


Typography

Helvetica
Futura
Ramsey

 


Wakeboarding Magazine Athelete Award
Wakeboarding Magazine Athelete Award
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Project Description

This year for the 2016 Wake Awards, presented by Wakeboarding Magazine, our team conceived and produced 16 individually designed VHS Cases which held golden VHS cassettes. The creative direction came sort of as a joke which played well with our early 1990s theming. The theming served as a nod to when our sport found its genesis and as in most board sports, receiving new edits on tapes had always been a much anticipated and coveted moment.

The concept was too fitting not to produce.

Each rider received a custom case unlike any other. While the graphics were modeled after familiar VHS blank cases, some where original. The actual VHS cassette tapes where custom painted at a local auto body and paint shop here in Orlando and the contents of each tape were none other than early 90s flicks including Heat, Speed, You've got Mail and of course, Dances with Wolves.

Production Lesson(s)

When an idea is too good, work your ass off and make it a reality! Take your time to find the right vendors. Test and prototype and lean on your vendors advice and experience to create the best possible product! ”

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Author Picture

Bryony Gomez-Palacio

Editor of FPO and co-founder of UnderConsideration LLC.

More: Online / On Twitter

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Date Published

December 16, 2016

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FPO (For Print Only), is a division of UnderConsideration, celebrating the reality that print is not dead by showcasing the most compelling printed projects.

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About UnderConsideration

UnderConsideration is a graphic design firm generating its own projects, initiatives, and content while taking on limited client work. Run by Bryony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit in Bloomington, IN. More…


blogs we publish

Brand New / Displaying opinions and focusing solely on corporate and brand identity work.

Art of the Menu / Cataloguing the underrated creativity of menus from around the world.

Quipsologies / Chronicling the most curious, creative, and notable projects, stories, and events of the graphic design industry on a daily basis.

products we sell

Flaunt: Designing effective, compelling and memorable portfolios of creative work.

Brand New Conference videos / Individual, downloadable videos of every presentation since 2010.

Prints / A variety of posters, the majority from our AIforGA series.

Other / Various one-off products.

events we organize

Brand New Conference / A two-day event on corporate and brand identity with some of today's most active and influential practitioners from around the world.

Brand Nieuwe Conference / Ditto but in Amsterdam.

Austin Initiative for Graphic Awesomeness / A speaker series in Austin, TX, featuring some of the graphic design industry's most awesome people.

also

Favorite Things we've Made / In our capacity as graphic designers.

Projects we've Concluded / Long- and short-lived efforts.

UCllc News / Updates on what's going at the corporate level of UnderConsideration.


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