Mode likes to sponsor the occasional good deed and stay involved in the Charlotte area, and sometimes that aligns with an incredibly fun event. As the token bike nut around here, I suggested that Mode sponsor myself and teammate Alex Giles (significant other of our own Caresse Duford) in the New Belgium Brewing Urban Assault Ride, in return for some strategic advertising of course. Yes, the shirt is a parody of our “made by mode” logo.

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We are pleased to announce MODE was awarded 5 Addys at the American Advertising Federation’s 2010 Charlotte ADDY® Awards & Gala. It was an incredible night and we were honored to be recognized amongst such a talented group of creative professionals. Congratulations to all the winners and the AAF for a tremendous show.
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Every year Winthrop University’s Graphic Design and Illustration Seniors put on an event to showcase their brand spankin’ new portfolios of work to friends, family, the design community and anyone else that might be interested. I look forward to this event every spring since I, too, was once one of these enthusiastic seniors ready to show off my work to anyone who would look. It’s exciting to see, not only the portfolios of each student, but also how each class brands and advertises their show.

You should check out the website for this year’s show simply titled ‘Illustration & Graphic Design Show.’ The event will be held on Friday, April 16th, 2010 at the Design Resource Center at 1930 Camden Rd. Charlotte, NC 28203. The students put a lot of work into these shows (believe me, I know), so come out and support Winthrop’s Visual Communication Design Seniors, I will be!

The January 2nd opening of the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art brought a buzz to the city of Charlotte as the number of visitors topped 5,000 in just 5 hours. The opening was exciting to all for many reasons, but especially exciting to everyone here at MODE. We have had the opportunity to work with the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art for more than 18 months, designing everything from the visual identity to the ticket counter digital displays, to the signage seen throughout the building. More »

The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art opened their doors to the public in January, kicking it all off with a black tie New Years Eve Gala. The museum asked MODE to design an invitation for the night that would celebrate the beginning of a new year and welcome a new cultural institution to Charlotte. More »

MODE is excited to announce completion of the visual identity and temporary website for the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art. The museum, dedicated to the exhibition of mid-century European modernism, houses the collection of the Swiss-born Bechtler Family. With works from Giacometti, Miro, Tinguely, Picasso, Warhol, Degas to name a few, the museum will be located uptown in the Cultural Campus and was designed by internationally-acclaimed architect Mario Botta. More »

Hailing from Beantown and making a much anticipated visit to the Queen City, POSTGIG is a national exhibition of original music posters curated by design industry royalty Clifford Stoltze. the show features original works by Modern Dog, Aesthetic Apparatus, Patent Pending, the Small Stakes, Seripop, Hammerpress, the decoder ring and many more. join us opening night April 17th, 7–9pm at green rice gallery in NODA where Clif will be on hand to discuss the exhibition as well as his new book “1000 Music Graphics” published by Rockport.

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Our client The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Andreas Bechtler, and Charlotte’s Cultural Campus is in the international spotlight in this month’s issue of Apollo Magazine. The London-based magazine’s feature story looks at the Bechtler Family, the collection and The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art which the magazine refers to as “part of a new cultural centre driven by public-private leadership that could be a blueprint for cities around the world.”

To learn more about Apollo and read the article: http://www.apollo-magazine.com/features/3285971/a-family-gift.thtml

We are excited to bring our good friend and colleague Brian Mah to town this month in conjunction with the AIGA for a presentation at the Mint Museum. On February 26th, Brian will lead a discussion centered around the diversity of work created at Imaginary Forces and how design plays an integral role in each medium. More »

Obscured by the Mint Museum’s Warhol exhibit is a showing of a different flavor, grandiose in its own right. The ‘Scene in America: A Contemporary Look at the Black Male Image’ is a collection of work of various artists who focus on concepts of racial identity.

The highlight of the exhibition [to me] is the artist Kehinde Wiley, whose ‘Philip the Fair’ larger than life piece marries the visual rhetoric of European classicism with representations of contemporary urban, black and brown male. It is a hint of ethnographic aesthetic that I too echo in my photographic work.

More on the art of Kehinde Wiley:
http://www.kehindewiley.com

More on the ‘Scene in America’ exhibition at the Mint Museum of Art:
http://www.mintmuseum.org/current-exhibition.html

“Various Artists”
Saturday, November 15th
5:00-10:00 pm

A live screenprinting event brought to you by Kitschworth & Ink Floyd. The event will showcase the designs of 6 artists that are based in North Carolina. Their original artwork will be screenprinted live on t-shirts and high-quality paper only available to guests attending this event. T-Shirts are $20 and Prints are $10. More »