Collective Arts wanted to honor the tropical origins of rum itself through art. A modernist wraparound composition of tropical birds, flora, sunrises and sunsets weaves itself around the bottle. As the bottle empties, the artwork reveals itself, becoming a keepsake that any art lover (and cocktail enthusiast) would keep on their top shelf.

What can you “Dream Up” using the new Adobe Illustrator? “Weird Fishes” was created for the Adobe Illustrator 2025 splash screen you see when starting up the app. The artwork’s goal was to showcase a myriad of Illustrator tools and styles from typography to 3D materials, all while maintaining Adam G’s minimalist and quirky illustration style.

Akris is an international fashion house based in Switzerland that collaborated with us for their Akris Punto Resort 24 line. Pelican, Crows and Flamingo illustrations in our messymod style were turned into patterns printed on a collection of styles and on various luxury fabrics like poplin, viscose, georgette, and silk. Cashmere sweaters with bird appliqués and embroidered dresses round out the collection.

Thorn & Burrow Wines is a natural wine company located in Vancouver, British Columbia that creates unique and unconventional wine blends found nowhere else. To pair with each blend they wanted creative and offbeat label designs that establish them as visually unique as their wines.

The Los Angeles Times asked us to design the visual identity for their annual 101 Best Restaurants list curated by restaurant critic Bill Addison. This year’s theme was “The Art of Food” which celebrates chefs as artists and focuses on their craft. We wanted to echo the idea of artistry and imagination through playful typography, icons and graphics and carry that theme through all print and digital materials and the live event itself.

We were thrilled to learn that our first edition of Messymod Playing Cards were so popular they sold out. We collaborated with Art of Play for a new, second edition with a new box and back design. Keeping the same Messymod theme for the cards themselves, we created a package with even more elaborate and high-end touches including red foil, hits of silver foil and embossed red elements.

DAR Chocolate asked us to create illustrations and custom lettering for their newest art bars:  Wild Orange and Ecuador, both 72% organic and ethically traded. Wild Orange is represented by a typographic ’23 for this year’s special blend. The Ecuador bar’s energetic artwork represents the intensity and hand-made nature of the chocolate.

Red Belly honey, made by Kitchen Toke, is the only raw hemp honey infused by California honeybees. It’s all-natural, nutrient-rich with CBD and antioxidants. They wanted a bee illustration in our Messymod style that was as unique as their honey, and that worked with their black & red logotype.

We were commissioned to create illustrations for HBR’s May/June 2022 issue. The article is titled Designing Work That People Love which talks about how companies can attract and retain employees by designing work and a workplace that employees truly enjoy. The illustrations are based on cooperation observed in nature – bee hives, army ants and schooling fish.

Messymod Flora illustrations were included in this finely illustrated volume of plants, modern herbaria and florilegiums. A gorgeous stitched paperback book with visible spine and gold foil that includes 200 illustrations by various artists. Curated by Domitilla Dardi. Published in Italy. Read More