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New Dolcetto label for Carlton Cellars

Friday, 20 August 2010

We're molto felice that Carlton Cellars will be releasing their new Oregon Dolcetto with our label design this Sunday at Italy in the Valley.

The Dolcetto will be a one-time wine for Carlton Cellars, since they sourced the fruit from their friend Dick Erath, who subsequently grafted the vines to Pinot. It's a very nice wine with a big Italian heart but made in Carlton Cellars' softer, Willamette Valley style.

The photo is one that Anna & Leo shot on a location scout for Carlton Cellars in 2008. We liked the name Miles Crossing, and went out for a look at this picturesque area across Youngs Bay from Astoria, at Oregon's northwest corner. We were delighted to find this old, abandoned cannery, its delicious redness standing out so strikingly from the lush greens and dulcet blues.

Last night we supped with Dave & Robin of Carlton Cellars — at the excellent Lincoln, by the way — and they let us know they're thinking (only thinking!) of planting some of their own Russell-Grooters Vineyard to Dolcetto. We hope so, not just because we like the juice, but because that would give our little cannery pic a new lease on life.

Fear No Music dreaming it is a butterfly

Sunday, 20 June 2010

Fear No Music is playing their final concert of the season tonight, featuring highlights of past performances, including recent works by Oregon composers Bonnie Miksch and Mark Vigil, and personal favorites from the likes of Reza Vali, Iannis Xenakis, and Malcolm Forsyth.

Our Once Upon a Time… program cover refers to the Taoist master Chuang Tzu's contemplation as to whether he was "a man dreaming I am a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming I am a man" — which inspired Bonnie Miksch's "Man Dreaming Butterfly Dreaming Man", featured in the concert.

> See complete concert information on Fear No Music's site.

Client: Fear No Music
Project: print program
Team:

• Leo Daedalus: cover design, creative director
• Isabel Cattadoris: interior design & layout
• David Abel: editing

> See the complete program as a PDF here.

Fear No Music with a Finn

Friday, 16 October 2009

Client: Fear No Music
Project: print program
Team: Leo Daedalus: graphic design & layout, project management

Our friends & clients Fear No Music 21st-century classical ensemble perform the 1st concert of their 18th season tonight in Portland. The concert, entitled Homage, features Nymphéa, by one of the great contemporary composers, Kaija Saariaho, who happens to be a Finn. Tosi hyvä!

The concert also features Charles Ives, Elliott Carter, George Crumb, Stephen Hartke, and Michael Daugherty. An evening not to miss.

Because the Homage concert has a distinctly nocturnal tone, our cover takes a lunatic turn with a slice of blue moon. Good stuff to put us all in the mood for Hallowe’en…

See the complete print program here, and get full concert information on the Fear No Music site.