Web design, digital marketing, merchandise

Poem Rocket

Collage of the band

Photo: Olivia Gordon
Collage: Sandra Gardner

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The Brief

Poem Rocket is an art-noise-indie genre-defying band, formed in NYC in the early nineties. Critically acclaimed, they went dormant shortly after releasing their seminal concept album, psychogeography, on Chicago’s avant jazz and rock label Atavistic in 2000. Reforming for their first live appearance in over twenty years, they needed a cohesive design and digital marketing campaign that would harken back to the band’s earliest releases while also staying timeless and totally modern. 

Role
  • Brand design
  • Web design
  • Social media marketing
  • Email marketing
  • Photography and illustration
  • Merchandise design
Dates

May 2024 – August 2024

The Approach

Drawing heavily on the band’s earlier aesthetics (designs often based on found materials such as star charts) as well as conceptual elements drawn from their name (rockets ascending through space), I designed a dark brand punctuated by elements of light, incorporating the hand-drawn elements that have always factored into the band’s flyers, album art, and merchandise.

Bandcamp mobile app mockup

Finished Product

Poem Rocket t-shirts
stack of stickers
web desktop and mobile mockups