Design Archives - Michael Kai

Kesha’s Rainbow Ride

Kesha's Weird & Wonderful Rainbow Ride PRESENTED BY SIXTHMAN Key art for Kesha's Weird & Wonderful Rainbow Ride 1 & 2. These were created with input from Kesha's creative director Brian Roettinger to ensure that the art would align with the "Rainbow" and "High Road" album cycles for each respective event. Final deliverables for key… Read More

Slinkys & More

Ernie Ball Strings SLINKY • PARADIGM • COBALT • M-STEEL • FLATWOUND • SIGNATURE • UKELELE Various guitar strings campaigns created for Ernie Ball. The campaigns contain product-focused design, bold colors, and a memorable tagline. Final deliverables for each campaign typically include print files, email, social assets (stories, carousels, feed), website assets (homepage, PDP, ecom,… Read More

Polypro, Jacquard, etc.

Ernie Ball Straps JACQUARD • POLYPRO • CLOUD COMFORT Various guitar strap campaigns created for Ernie Ball. Final deliverables for each campaign typically include print files, email, social assets (stories, carousels, feed), website assets (homepage, PDP, ecom, forum), digital graphics (social assets, custom retail assets), and lifestyle photography collection. Services Key Art, Motion Graphics, Lifestyle… Read More

Ernie Ball Music Man

Ernie Ball Music Man ARTIST SIGNATURE INSTRUMENTS • ARTIST SERIES INSTRUMENTS PRODUCT COLLABORATIONS • STANDARD MODELS Various campaigns created for Ernie Ball Music Man guitars and basses. The artists series campaigns include instruments for John Petrucci, Steve Lukather, Steve Morse, Tosin Abasi, Jason Richardson, Omar Rodríguez-López, James Valentine, Dustin Kensrue, John Myung, Mike Herrera, and… Read More

Gadgets For Guitar

Ernie Ball Accessories CABLES • SLIDES • PEGWINDERS • CAPOS • STRAP BLOCKS Various guitar accessory campaigns created for Ernie Ball. The campaigns contain product-focused designs, bold colors, and a memorable tagline. Final deliverables for each campaign typically include print files, email, social assets (stories, carousels, feed), website assets (homepage, PDP, ecom, forum), digital graphics… Read More

The Boaty Weekender

The Boaty Weekender Presented by Sixthman & AEG Various items for guests of the floating music festival The Boaty Weekender hosted by Belle & Sebastian. The exclusive LP is pressed on clear vinyl and features select artists from the lineup, some contributing rare and unreleased tracks to the compilation. The event poster uses elements from… Read More

Sam Burchfield

Sam Burchfield SCOUNDREL • GRAVEYARD FLOWER Album art designed for indie Americana artist Sam Burchfield, including the 2020 release Graveyard Flower and the 2022 release Scoundrel. The Graveyard Flower art was also used for merch designs including apparel, hats, and pins. Services Album Art Year 2020-2022 ALBUM ART - SCOUNDREL Scoundrel explores a darker side… Read More

Outlaw Country Cruise

Outlaw Country Cruise PRODUCED BY SIXTHMAN & RENEGADE CIRCUS Key art for the Outlaw Country Cruise 2 - 6. The theme, setting, and main elements each year are based on the port cities for the event, with the accompanying logo designed by Louis Arzonico from Renegade Circus. Final deliverables for key art include layered poster… Read More

Kristofer Sampson

Kristofer Sampson SAMPSON SOUND • SAMPSON SATURDAYS • SAMPSON SIGHTS Producer/mixer/engineer Kristofer Sampson owns and operates Sampson Sound, a recording studio in East Atlanta. The studio logo features a rotated "S" in the negative space and the design visualizes the recording process ending with a completed vinyl record. Kristofer also produces the Sampson Saturdays web… Read More

Ernie Ball Packaging

Ernie Ball Packaging USB-C BATTERIES • MUTES & DAMPENERS • GUITAR HANGERS PEGWINDERS • CABLES • CAPOS • SLIDES • SOUNDHOLE COVERS Packaging designs for various Ernie Ball products. In addition to packaging design, some products require additional design deliverables such as product labels (USB-C Batteries), assembly instructions, usage diagrams, and master/inner pack layouts. Services Design… Read More