April 8th, 2010

I ♥ The Small Stakes

I woke up this morning and vowed to spend my day solely doing homework. Quickly checked my e-mail, Twitter, and did a small scan of my feed reader while I ate breakfast. Most amazing find? The Small Stakes, a small company that designs music posters, is coming out with a book! I’ve seen a few of their posters floating around online before and loved them to pieces, so of course, the book has instantly gone on my wishlist without a second thought. After all, it’s a most glorious sounding book. Filled with 150 posters. 192 pages. Full colour. Under 25$. The perfect gift for any music and/or art lover. Myself included. Too bad my birthday isn’t until December otherwise I’d be hinting very, very strongly at my friends and family. (Or perhaps that’s a good thing. ;)

I ended up spending a good half hour scouring The Small Stakes website lusting over their posters. Unfortunately, the majority of the posters for bands I love are sold out, but then again, that’s the beauty of their book – they’ll likely all be inside. Anyhow, here’s a collection of a few of my favourites which I tried desperately to keep under twenty… we shall see how that goes.

Joanna Newsom She & Him

Josh Ritter Neko Case

Nada Surf Sun Kil Moon

Andrew Bird Andrew Bird

Nouvelle Vague Blonde Redhead

Fever Ray Explosions in the Sky

Stars Stars

Q and Not U Broken Social Scene

The New Pornographers Norah Jones

Sufjan Stevens Sufjan Stevens

The first two – Joanna Newsom and She & Him – are my two favourites. I’m not a huge fan of the band-posters-for-decor approach, but I would consider putting both of those in my space as they are just beautiful. Really, all of these posters are. They’re works of art on their own. I love the simple, graphic shapes and reduced colour palettes. They’re very crisp and elegant.

All images via The Small Stakes.

Krissy

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J. » 8 April 2010

So pretty! Love these, from the lovely floral designs to the big bold types, all are amazing!
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Marie » 8 April 2010

I’m only familiar with She&Him, but these posters are all so gorgeous.
I’ll definitely be checking this site out.
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Krissy » April 8th, 2010

There are tonnes and tonnes, so I’m sure you’ll find many others on the site that you know. :D

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Caity » 8 April 2010

Beautiful posters! I hope you are able to get some! Thanks for sharing!
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Eleanor » 8 April 2010

Err why have I never heard of this company before?! These are all amazing! thank you for posting! x

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agnes » 8 April 2010

oh, super cool if i may say! i always dreamed of designing posters, or albums ect.. those look wonderful! ♡
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Sheena » 8 April 2010

This site is quite a gem! Of course, the Blonde Redhead and Nouvelle Vague are sold out. :(
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Krissy » April 10th, 2010

Yeah, most of the ones I posted are sold out which is kind of a bummer. :(

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Harriet » 8 April 2010

These are all gorgeous! I had never seen any of them before, but I love them! I would lvoe to get that book, or a poster or something.
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Zmaga » 8 April 2010

Wow, these are lovely!
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Carolynne » 8 April 2010

Pretty! I remember when poster used to be just a picture of a band with their instruments. How boring?! Now these artful creations are amazing. I want to start a band just so I can have a beautiful poster lol. :D
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Krissy » April 10th, 2010

Hahah, an excellent idea! I say we form a band and then people can make awesome posters about us. :P

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Cecilie » 8 April 2010

Never heard of them before, but the posters are simply amazing. I especially love the Sufjan Stevens ones, and the first one is gorgeous as well:)
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Heather » 9 April 2010

The Small Stakes is just a remarkable web site. I too love those posters, especially the Norah Jones one. I spoke to the owner Jason once trying to persuade him to make some Arcade Fire posters, fingers crossed that he does! So happy and excited for the book!
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Krissy » April 15th, 2010

Definitely fingers crossed then! I have high hopes he’ll eventually make a Goldfrapp one. And when he does, I will pounce!!

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Ally » 9 April 2010

Oh wow, so pretty! Loving the first five! I could definitely see framing any of their posters to put up as artwork in your home, but like you I’m not usually one for the band posters as artwork.

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Holly » 10 April 2010

Wow! All those posters are awesome! I don’t know which one is my favourite! :)
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Vint Junky » 15 April 2010

Oh i agree! The Joanna Newsom and She & Him posters are amazing

xxx
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Krissy » April 15th, 2010

Those two are definitely my favourites. If they were in stock, they’d be in my ‘cart’ in a second. ;D

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