RECENT PROJECTS
“SCENE MISSING” A MUSIC BEER INSPIRED BY NINE INCH NAILS
i do a lot of work for forgotten boardwalk. A lot. they’ve asked me for some super rad things before but one sunday morning i got a text saying “should we do something for nin?” with nothing more than that i went ahead and blew this out by the late afternoon. i put broken on and blacked out and relived my youth- theres a lot of easter eggs in this one. a lot.
JERSEY GIRL CHOCOLATE BRAND REFRESH
when a friend asks for help, you help them. a great friend from our formative years bought a successful chcoolate company and asked us to refresh the brand to fit her while keeping its history and recognition in tact. we started with the logo and are currently moving through a complete packaging and marketing overhaul to bring the company and products to a whole new level.
HOPPED WATER PACKAGING AND MARKETING
we art directed. we added our touches. we consulted and created packaging. we created marketing collateral. did we love every minute of it? yup. this was a major launch for forgotten boardwalk in a completely new space with a completely new set of rules. everything fell into place and we created product and packaging that we loved.
SERVICES
Our design services include graphic design and illustration for branding, merchandise, event posters, printed materials, 3d rendering, signage & much more for digital, silkscreen, offset, letterpress and many more mediums. we have in-house silkscreen printing, though we do not offer client printing at this time. all of our print designs in the shop are available for wholesale in your store or for licensing to create your own merchandise.
CLIENTS
Forgotten BOARDWALK BREWERY, Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market, Bravado/ Harley Davidson, Shear Revival, Art All Night Trenton, The Levoy Theatre, PANIC STATE RECORDS, THE STARLAND BALLROOM, HELL MINDED RECORDS, BETTER FILMS & GARDENS, CALLIN' THE SHOTS PODCAST, LILY SZABO PHOTOGRAPHY, and many more...
WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT LOCAL SUMMER CO. + HEAR OUR STORY? I WAS A GUEST ON EPISODE HRD #49 OF RYAN STARR’S DESIGN PODCAST FEATURING DESIGNERS FROM PHILLY + BEYOND. THIS WAS RECORDED IN MAY 2020 DURING THE HEART OF THE PANDEMIC. OUR STORY INVOLVES SKATEBOARDING, PUNK ROCK + STAR WARS- SO ORIGINAL. TUNE IN - IT WAS A HELL OF A FUN TALK.
REVIEWS
“Never have I met someone who sees so eye to eye and beyond with what I am looking to create. The vision just always matches. And exceeds. Great turnaround, constant professionalism, and an endless well of creativity. Half of the projects I involve myself with would not be where they are without Local Summer Co. Straight to the point, they’re the best. ”
“Local Summer is an extremely creative and talented design studio. One that I have relied on for more than ten years. I trust Local Summer with every one of my projects because they understand the time and attention needed to complete the job at the highest quality possible. Chris and his team are amazing graphic designers who really listen and take the time to help get ideas off the ground.”
“As the owner of an event management company based in Central NJ, we’re always looking for creative thinkers and high-functioning designers to help us take our creative branding projects from conceptualization through completion. This isn’t something we trust with just anyone yet Chris has been our go-to guy for several of our most successful events over the past four years. From developing high quality branding pieces such as posters, logos and direct mail to tshirt designs, billboards and banners, Chris has taken our vision and expanded upon that to consistently create top level designs that aid our brand and drive traffic to our events. Designers are a dime a dozen in 2018. People like Chris who take the time to know their clients and consistently develop top notch work are not. This is why I can’t recommend his services enough. ”
“Working with Local Summer has made branding my business truly a breeze. Chris is an excellent communicator who makes sure he fully gets the vision you have for your company before beginning his work and then turns that vision into a professional, creative and visually appealing reality. When I was concerned about my branding being disjointed in the past due to different colors, fonts, etc. he was able to build me a full Brand Guide that I’ve turned to countless times when building my website and just from that he’s made me a customer for life.”
CHRISTOPHER LANDS
HI. im chris. i am the proverbial “we” of local summer co. i am a professional packaging and point of purchase display designer from cherry hill, new jersey. i have been doing graphics since the late 1900’s. i like to make cool shit but dont like to talk abut myself much. i lived at the shore most of my life. i am a husband, a father and a best friend to at least 1 of my cats. i enjoy skeeball, coffee, writing music and playing hockey. my favorite restaurant is bar bombon in philadelphia. thats really all i got, the rest of my family is much more interesting.