Southern Combustion Creative

08/25/2022

Can't say enough about how incredibly cool it was to team up with the talented Pentagram Austin and The Contemporary Austin to create an digital catalog for the incredible artwork of artist Deborah Roberts.

Pentagram designs a catalog, book, and microsite for artist Deborah Roberts’ latest exhibition, ‘I’M”.

09/06/2021

Branding work for a grassroots ATX council race last fall. This campaign had a lean budget, and the candidate entered the three-way race late. When we were offered this project, we deliberated: we really liked Casey Ramos but knew the odds were against him, so was it ethical to accept this work? In the end, we decided that creating a dynamic, powerful brand for this community leader, former pro boxer, and southeast Austin native son would bring out a significant number of the working class voters struggling to be heard in this rapidly gentrifying area. We wanted the better funded candidates to understand, you can NOT ignore these constituents. In the end, Casey came in 2nd, beating out the initially favored, real-estate industry supported candidate who raised almost 20 more $ than Casey, Way to go Casey, way to rep your neighbors and family in District 2! We were proud to be part of your fight 👊

09/18/2020

New work! 🤖 For curious people, one of the joys of the design profession is learning about cool stuff being done by other individuals and teams. Finding an engaging way to tell world about that cool stuff is, when you get right down to it, a privilege.

07/29/2020

Excited for the Eldorado Cafe ATX family to be launching a sassy little sister into the Austin food scene - good news for anyone who eats!! Check out the article for details, plus a peek at the new branding from Southern Combustion.

Owner Joel Fried is embracing the ghost kitchen trend with Eldorado Taco y Torta Co.

01/30/2020

New work! Simple, elegant website for a law firm. We love helping small businesses establish an effective web presence. http://bndj.legal/

07/08/2019

Seeing a project go on press never gets old, especially when it's on beautiful paper like this shimmery Aspire Petallics in Beargrass. Loved working with the development team at the UT Law School to create the perfect invitation for their event.

06/21/2019

A taste of what we worked on this week.

04/25/2019

New client! Branding, web design, social media for a start-up nonprofit. We love the important work Empower U Austin is doing, and couldn't be more thrilled to collaborate with them.

12/18/2018

Designing the new Ransom Center Magazine from the ground up last year was a tippy-top favorite project; working with images by photographer Ed Ruscha was for the most recent issue was an absolute joy.

Fall 2018 Ransom Center Magazine

11/28/2018

Always fun to spot a design project out in the wild.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqtKXCDFwF2/

09/30/2018

The Texas Tribune Festival this weekend was an amazing immersion into the issues that affect our clients, like K-12 public education, social media, and public healthcare and higher education costs. Check out Anne-Charlotte's live tweets from the festival at:
https://twitter.com/sthrncombustion/status/1045666078586802176

07/10/2018

A meeting at UT today included a visit to the beautiful new Rowling Hall. Check out the gorgeous mural painted by José Parlá!