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The Black Harbor The Black Harbor is an online account of the work, ideas, and inspiration of a tight-nit collective of creatives. Over the years we have created things together, attended school together, fought together, and partied together. We have grown beyond the simplicity of friendship. We are now a family. Our purpose is to celebrates the work of the collective and explore creative work in the world that truly inspires us driving us to be better at what we do. Our hope is that as we document our work, process, lives, and inspiration that you will also be inspired and share your work with us.
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Harbor Tunes Bill Baird 12.13.2011
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Bill Baird
Bill Baird (of Sunset) put out a rad new album this year that is a slight departure from his old stuff. Dig on it
By Carl Bender on 12.13.2011
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Plato’s Walkman
A playlist created by photographer and artist Eric Carroll relating to his Rayko Photo Center show titled Plato’s Home Movies.
By Carl Bender on 10.24.2011
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Just Fucking Relax
Your stressed out. You need to chill the fuck out and take this in.
By Carl Bender on 09.26.2011
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Album: Canyon Candy
This album has been doing the trick for me lately. I’m a sucker for anything western and psychedelic.
By Carl Bender on 09.26.2011
Woah supernerd! What do you got against the design of our site? Here's the feed. Geek.
Carl Bender
Carl Bender
// co-creator // designer // illustrator
Carl is a designer / illustrator living in Oakland. He currently works as an Art Director at Tomorrow Partners and has been a part of launching / creating I Shot Him, The Black Harbor and Made Legend. When not directing art he stays busy putting his time and love into the many projects he’s a part of.
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AFAR Magazine
I recently completed two infographics spreads for the travel magazine, AFAR. These spreads are featured in a section of the magazine called “Curious Planet”, and cover one topic through the use of s ... Continue reading →
3 comments | By Carl Bender on 10.17.2011 Design
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JACKASS: 10 YEARS OF STUPID
I Shot Him recently worked with Rogue Paper and Sunken Castles to create an iPad app for the folks at Dickhouse and MTV called Jackass: 10 Years of Stupid which is now available for download at the iTunes Store.  The ... Continue reading →
Add a Comment | By Carl Bender on 06.01.2011 Design
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Portraits
I was doing a little apartment cleaning this week and came across some old sketchbooks I hadn’t cracked open in a while. These are all from a few years back but there is something I really liked about seeing them a ... Continue reading →
Add a Comment | By Carl Bender on 12.04.2010 Illustration
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Thought I’d post this rejected t-shirt design I was working on a while back for Santa Cruz based electronic band Sound Tribe Sector Nine. I had a lot of fun finessing the type into shape and was pretty happy with t ... Continue reading →
Add a Comment | By Carl Bender on 12.02.2010 Design
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Giving Up Control
Over the past few months I’ve been trying to draw more and sit in front of the computer less while away from work. Part of this process has involved allowing my mind to wonder while attempting to give up as much con ... Continue reading →
Add a Comment | By Carl Bender on 11.20.2010 Illustration
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AIGA SF Portfolio Day 10
Just finished up the identity and collateral for this years AIGA S.F. Portfolio Day 10. Aside from doing the design work for the event, myself and Ben Davis will be giving the keynote presentation in which we’l ... Continue reading →
Add a Comment | By Carl Bender on 05.21.2010 Design
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Atipus
Atipus is a very talented mid-sized studio based in Barcelona. The studio was started in 1998 and has been knocking out great work since. They have a very clean / simplistic approach but there are hints of playfulness ... Continue reading →
Add a Comment | By Carl Bender on 05.12.2012 Design
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Owen Gatley
Some super great illustration work coming from UK’s Owen Gatley. His illustrations have so much character and make me think of some favorite book of mine from when I was kid that I can’t quite remember. A ... Continue reading →
Add a Comment | By Carl Bender on 05.03.2012 Design
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Spin
Recently caught up with some great work from Spin, a small UK design firm based in London. Their work has an energetic, offbeat, even frantic feel but is grounded in a solid foundational understanding of typography a ... Continue reading →
Add a Comment | By Carl Bender on 04.26.2012 Design
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Alvin Lustig Compositions
I was floored when I caught up with these Alvin Lustig compositions courtesy of ButDoesItFloat. I swear no one does it like this anymore. A beautiful exploration of shape, balance and composition that’s bo ... Continue reading →
Add a Comment | By Carl Bender on 04.05.2012 Design
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Sawdust
Sawdust is the creative collective of Rob Gonzalez and Jonathan Quainton, both independent graphic designers based in London. Classic, clean, geometric goodness. I’ve been drawn to this stuff from the b ... Continue reading →
Add a Comment | By Carl Bender on 03.29.2012 Design
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Rob Ricketts
Been a production machine at work over the last two weeks leading up to a project launch and during such times it’s always hard to get out of the cave and good inspiration that feels fresh. As such I was happy to com ... Continue reading →
Add a Comment | By Carl Bender on 03.22.2012 Design