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Some Days are Better Than Others

Some Days are Better Than Others is Matt McCormick's poetic, character-driven debut feature-length film that asks why the good times slip by so fast while the difficult times seem so sticky. Starring Carrie Brownstein, James Mercer, David Wodehouse.

Poster Design: Aaron James

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Portait Illustrations of Louis I. Kahn, Ayn Rand, Sister Corita Kent, Damien Hirst, Philippe Starck, Ferdinand Porsche, Julian Schnabel and Kem Weber.

Designers Don't have Influences by Austin Howe

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Gap 1969 Denim

Art Director / Creative Director: Aaron James

Producer: Elizabeth Lucas

Photography by Cass Bird

Agency: Ogilvy & Mather, Mutt

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Dolorean Album Art

Problably on the most timeless and satisfying projects of my career was creating the album art for Dolorean, a band led by singer songwriter Al James. Al also happens to be my brother. These covers also gave us an opportunity with with some noteworthy photographers and artists. Not Exotic was painted by Daniel Robinson, Violence in the Snowy Fields was shot by Steve Eiden, You Can't Win was shot by Gus Van Sant, The Unfazed was shot by Alec Soth.

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Dolorean

Not Exotic

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Violence in the Snowy Fields

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Dolorean

You Can't Win

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Dolorean

The Unfazed

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The Cinder Cone

In the Spring of 2014 photographer Foster Huntington and a small group of close friends broke ground on a building project in the Columbia River Gorge. Their primary endeavor was a multi-platform tree house, but also included a skate bowl and a wood fired soaking tub as well. It was a huge year-long undertaking and Farm League collaborated with Foster offering creative direction throughout. Together we produced a 15 minute documentary about the project, designed The Cinder Cone photo book and executed a multi-channel digital launch strategy that utilized Vimeo, Kickstarter and The New York Times print and online edition.

You can watch the 15 minute Cinder Cone film here.

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Visual Identity for The Hitting Vault, the leading online baseball and softball hitting instruction membership.

Photography by Adam Levey

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