MFD featured on FaceOut Books.
Monday, June 29, 2009


We here at MFD are longtime fans of FaceOut Books, and so we are really excited to be featured on their site. Click here to check out FaceOut's piece on our Chester Himes' jackets. The post includes rejected comps, original artwork, and more. Also, it's badass.

Photo courtesy of FaceOut Books

Happy Father's Day, David Berkeley!
Sunday, June 21, 2009

We designed David Berkeley's album many moons ago, and just made these snazzy t-shirts to match. if David comes to a town near you, go see him live. and then buy one of these tshirts.

Three Square Meals and Other Delicious Pursuits
Sunday, June 7, 2009

The sweatshop is starting to smell like a kitchen. We've just cooked up these four gorgeous new prints. Breakfast! Lunch! Dinner! And, of course, the best meal of them all, dessert. Order them individually or as a set at M+E.

Pleased as Pickles
Monday, June 1, 2009

We are pleased as pickles to be featured on The Dieline, the world's #1 package design website! The Dieline featured our designs for Wheelhouse Pickles, which you can order here. Have some at your next cookout! You won't be sorry.

You can view the article here.

Startime Goes Live.
Sunday, May 3, 2009

After months of careful planning and excitement, we are proud to present the new Startime website. It moves! It sings! You'll love it.

Saved the Best for Last
Tuesday, April 28, 2009

For our last University of Wisconsin reading poster, we've gone a bit batty, and are very pleased with the results. If you're in town, come and join us on Thursday the 7th. We'll be the ones weeping and wearing feathers.

A Busy Start to Spring.
Friday, April 17, 2009

MFD has been hopping and bopping, as my father-in-law likes to say. Since the last update, we've designed so many book jackets, record covers, posters and invitations that we can't list them all here. Instead, please allow us to offer you this small taste, and then direct you to the various pages where you can view all the new work in all its springtime glory.

For a closer look at the cover for Peter Straub's A Special Place as well as about 20 other new additions, check out the Books section.

Here's a poster we did last week for our friend Jesse Lee's reading. She plays the accordion. To get a closer look at this poster as well as four other new posters, head over to the Other Work section.

For a closer look at Sara & Tim's save the date card as well as some other new wedding invites, head over to the Other Work section as well.

Here's the logo for the new publicity/marketing firm Goldest Egg. To see a larger version as well as six other new identities, head over to the Identities section.

And finally, here's the cover for the newest Read To Me DVD collection. For a look at the inside as well as eight other new CD covers, head over to the CD Packaging section.

Robots + Lobsters = Love
Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Last week was a busy one in the sweatshop. We printed all three of these posters in as many days. We love all of them, but are especially proud of the four color print we made for Brent Goodman. When he told us he loved robots, we marched down to our local Toys R Us and picked up some Rockem Sockem Robots. After playing with them for a while, we photographed them in various positions and put them together. Check them all out below.

Pickles and Pasta.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

In the Food section of today's New York Times, there is a nice juicy article about food in Brooklyn. This made us happy for a number of reasons. Number one, it features Jon Orren, friend and picklemaker. We did the logo and the labels for all of Jon's wonderful Wheelhouse Pickles, and it is lovely to see him recognized in such a way. Huzzah, Jon! The second reason is that the article also features the men behind Frankies 457, one of our favorite places in Brooklyn, and the site of our post-wedding party. Huzzah, Frank and Frank! It makes us want to get on an airplane for some pickles and pasta. Probably not together. We miss you, Brooklyn. We'll be back soon.

Click here to view the Wheelhouse line of pickles in all their glory.
Click here to read the article.


Photo by Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times

A brand spanking new site for Avery.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009

We just launched a new site for Avery with a little help our friend John Woo, banjo hero to us all. Check it out here. Order a copy of the magazine while you're at it.