New Catalogue for “Form and Surface: African Ceramics from the Collection of William M. Itter” for the Eskenazi Museum of Art in Indiana and Scala Arts Publishers

09/28/2023

A lot of Studio A’s work is with the museum community. Here’s a book we recently completed for the Eskenazi Museum of Art in Indiana and Scala Arts Publishers: “Form and Surface: African Ceramics from the Collection of William M. Itter.” Our job was to design a simple and elegant presentation of these gorgeous ceramics pieces.

Lydia Mendoza stamp featured on PBS News Hour

09/25/2023

For Hispanic Heritage Month, as part of their “Hidden Histories” series, PBS NewsHour looked back on the life of Lydia Mendoza, a Mexican American singer whose music bridged styles and cultures to tell the stories of the working class.

Bonus! They end the 4-minute piece by showing the stamp Antonio art directed 10 years ago!
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-life-of-lydia-mendoza-the-1st-queen-of-tejano-music

USPS celebrates the OSIRIS-REx mission return with a stamp!

09/24/2023

While many of us were enjoying our Sunday visiting museums or watching football, the folks at NASA held their collective breath as the OSIRIS-REx mission returned to Earth after collecting samples of asteroid Bennu. The successful landing means it’s time to celebrate! And what better way than with a new stamp, right? We had a great time working with NASA to create this sheet of stamps commemorating the mission—released just in time for the OSIRIS-REx return!

The stamp artwork shows the capsule containing the sample parachuting to the Utah Test and Training Range, a U.S. Department of Defense facility. A depiction of Bennu’s surface appears at the bottom of the pane’s selvage, with outer space above — deep blue and dappled with celestial bodies. A view of the asteroid is in the upper right corner. It is juxtaposed against the NY Times article about the return of the spacecraft to Earth.

Stamp sheet for OSIRIS-REx. the border is illustrated with imagery of the craft, it's landing on the surface of the asteroid Bennu by parachute, and collecting a sample.

USPS celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with the Piñatas stamp

09/14/2023

In case you missed last week’s unveiling of the new stamps celebrating Piñatas, here’s a photo of the four festive designs! Long a presence at fiestas throughout the southwest, piñatas can now be found at birthday parties around the country. Antonio worked with the Mexican-American artist Victor Melendez to create these colorful stamps. We hope you like them (candy not included)!

The stamp art features four digital illustrations of two traditional piñata designs — a donkey and a seven-pointed star. The bright, saturated color palette was inspired by Mexican culture, including the vibrant colors of small-town houses, traditional hand-sewn dresses, handmade toys and flowers, and classic piñatas themselves. The donkey illustrations are set against either a pink or orange background; the stars feature either a purple or green background. The background colors add to the exuberant and celebratory feel of the stamps.