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Boneyard Beer approached Backporch Coffee Roasters a few weeks back with the idea to collaborate on an espresso stout and since we have done all of the recent design work for Backporch we were honored to be able to work on this project. Boneyard was kind enough to allow Backporch the ability to help name the beer and even contribute on the recipie. This is what collaboration should look like friends.

Since this beer was going to feature Backporch's espresso we wanted to combine the style of Backporch's espresso labels we had previously worked on with the tattoo and biker style of Boneyard Beer's labels. This lead us to think "What would a Soviet biker gang's back piece look like?" You will notice that many of the elments of Backporch's labels are reapplied here to further tie in the connection between the two.

Last nigh was the official release of The Backbone at the soon to be opened new Backporch location which will feature the new roasting facility. We were able to snap a few pictures of the labels and shirts for you guys.


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We at A. Querio Photo + Design are pleased to announce the September Sale!

We are offering 15% off our services to all clients who mention this sale while booking us by the end of September. The services do not need to be used during the month of September, but the booking must be made. A 50% deposit is required to hold all bookings, which is standard on all of our services.

If you know anyone who needs photographic or design services, be a friend and tell your friends. Just send them to the following link: www.aquerio.com

For more information contact us here.

I took some time the other week to finalize my delivery packaging for future clients. From this point forward, every client will receive their files on branded disks inside branded casing. I left the space for hand labeling and sign each case to add a personalized touch.

I recently illustrated another gig poster for Erin Cole-Baker/The Kilns Concert Series drawing inspiration from summer parties and Erin's love of woodland creatures.

Rootdown is coming to Bend again and the Kilns is hosting them. For this poster I wanted to highlight the reggae rock party aspect of the band. I went with a personified ghetto blaster holding up a poster to promote the show. I painted the bands name to make it look like the ghetto blaster made the poster himself.

Here is the newest poster for the Kilns Concert Series featuring Cory Joseph and Mike Vitale, coming up from SoCal.

Amongst other projects and battling the flu, I just finished the latest poster for the Kilns Concert Series here in Bend, Oregon. I present to you the our poster for Chris Chabot & Casey Parnell.

Chris and Casey are both amazing local musicians and I have the pleasure of calling Chris a fellow member of Paradigm Artists Group. If you are free on February 21, come check out these two and you will be sure to have a great night.

Today I was given the opportunity to do a flyer for World Relief / World Relief Next for their Haiti response work. This potentially will be sent out to churches all across the country and some big names are potentially getting behind World Relief to lend their hands. I am super excited to see people come together like this and am so glad I was able to be a part of it.

World Relief is an amazing organization. They have a strong history of relief work all over the world, including fifteen years in Haiti. By Thursday, two days after the earthquake, they already had a team on the ground. Check them out, tell your friends, keep up on what they are doing. If you feel lead to do so, share this flyer with everyone you know. Click on it for the full-view, print them, and pass them along.

Things have been taking on a bit of a new look around here. The most obvious to all of you would be the new blog design. Things have to look a nice and tidy with a bit of an edge to match our style. We also have reworked our identity to better position ourselves in the Bend, Oregon photography and graphic design scene. It's a rough market out there and you have to be slick to stand out.

Here's a little look at how this all went down.

My identity literally was the first legitimate, full-on identity project I took on. I was showing my portfolio to a branding agency in Chicago to get on their freelancing list, and if you are showing your work to a branding agency, you need a brand. The crossed Q was an outgrowth from my signature and the plus was meant to emphasize my multidisciplined skill set. There was not too much more to it than that. Over time I actually grew into my branding, but that is a backwards process. I was young, but I've learned. So here we are a little bit further down the road and my branding no longer fits. I've grown beyond it. That's what happens when you don't do things right. Trust me, I'm not the first. Many visual artists are faced with having to update or fully redo their identity for the very same reasons. We work so hard to stretch ourselves to make everyone else look good and we fall to the side. I had fallen to the same fate.

So here it is - the new A. Querio Photo + Design identity. It's bolder, it's sharper, it's even cleaner, and most of all, it's more A. Querio.

Here's why this is us. Using the cross alone did not distinguish us from the myriad of organizations that use it as a primary mark. We however did not want to desert it entirely, because it was our primary mark. Over time It has come to symbolize how we at A. Querio do it right. Adding the AQ before the cross tied it to my personal identity as the founder. It also gave it much more of a bold, sharp edge which defines our style. We are very Swiss in style, but not necessarily safe. The addition of the AQ also brought more of a typographic element into our mark which is another definitive mark of our style. I was the kid who was always changing his handwriting and getting in trouble with English teachers for using triangles for A's and writing my N's backwards because I liked them that way. I'm telling you, Norway High School tried to smother the typographer right out of me. I think I spent more time designing logos for the bands I was in, and then applying it to merch and such, than we did practicing.

When it came to the logotype there was less room to change things as that was the most recognizable element of our identity. I made improvements to the letter spacing and the size type to give the logotype more balance and a stronger appearance. There were other little changes such as small color shifts and such but the core elements of the logotype remained relatively the same. The Cyan is still there as a little nod to my love of print, because that's how this whole design stuff is meant to be displayed anyways. The gray took on a darker tone, giving it a more dignified and refined feel. It has a sophistication with an undertone of subversion - and that's us. We're like Gene Simmons in a tuxedo. We're classy but we'll still have our share of fun. I kept the white to keep things clean and give the whole package a little polish.

So there you have it - our new look. Watch for it to roll its way across our various means of communication and slowly take over the Bend photography and design scene.

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I have been designing all the concert posters for The Kilns Concert Series here in Bend at the Kilns Bookstore in the Old Mill District. All of the shows have been great so far, so you should keep an eye out for them in the future. Here are the latest three posters for your viewing pleasure.




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