ONE MONTH OUT, SAN FRANCISCO: We’re proud to announce a special event at Mule Gallery in San Francisco on March 4th!

HERE’S THE DEAL: A couple months back, I finally got to sit down with the one and only Mike Monteiro over a healthy meal in the late San Francisco night. We discussed our lives, where we are from, our families, design, coding, rent, San Francisco, Portland and probably you too, at some point. Leigh McKolay as my witness, MANY TOPICS were covered.

We agreed to hop on the “Let’s Make Mistakes” podcast the next morning to go over said topics in finer, high fidelity detail, and you can hear that discussion here: “Let’s Make Mistakes” Podcast - 161, Aaron Draplin of North America

Mistakes? Shit, my stupid, weenie-ball, little life might just be one big mistake. I make mistakes, alright. Hourly.

Anyhoo, somewhere in between the podcast and shooting the shit in a food cart court, the good people of Mule Design invited me down to do an art show in their new Mule Gallery space! No time was wasted in accepting.

On March 4th, the doors will open at the Mule Gallery and you’ll see precisely this: Everything we could get up on the wall. From colorful posters to catalog covers to magazine pages to patches to test prints to make-ready sheets to stickers to promo cards to pizza boxes to process sketches to printed proof to shitty, little logos to logos we shouldn’t have been allowed to make to Field Notes. Everything we could pack in. On a couple walls for you to eyeball. For you to feel. To read. To wonder about. Everything we could drag down from Portland. No space will be wasted. This is what you’ll see on the on the walls.

Now, on the floor? You’ll find a special, mobile command unit DDC Pop-Up Shop, with our complete offering of spirited merch items. We’re dragging down a mountain of DDC merch for the event, which will all be “priced to move” at “San Francisco Only” prices. Seriously.

Plus, we’ll be unleashing a new San Francisco “Things We Love” poster, too. Hot off the presses. 4-color. Everything we’ve ever loved about San Francisco! These will be VIOLENTLY for sale. Very limited edition.

All San Franciscans are invited!

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Here’s the art show details: March 4–April 29, 2016.

And the DDC Pop-Up Shop dates: March 4, 6–9pm, March 5, 12–6pm & March 6, 12–6pm

Mule Gallery, 80 Fresno Street, San Francisco, CA 94133

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Here’s the official Facebook page for it: Draplin Design Co. Art Show and Pop-Up Shop