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Jason Munn is originally from Wisconsin
but now calls Oakland, California home.
Arising from a love of independent music,
design, and making for the sake of mak-
ing, his posters soon became a fixture in
the local independent music scene.
He started The Small Stakes in the fall
of 2003, and it has since unfolded into
a successful independent design studio,
producing nationally and internationally
commissioned work in a range of print
materials, including book covers, album
packaging, T-shirt designs, screen-
printed posters, and illustrations.
Jason’s work has appeared in Print,
Communication Arts, Step Inside Design,
Computer Arts Projects, ReadyMade, and
Creative Review. His work has also been
featured in numerous exhibits and is part
of the permanent collection at the San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
About
Jason Munn is originally from Wisconsin but now
calls Oakland, California home. Arising from a love
of independent music, design, and making for the
sake of making, his posters soon became a fixture
in the local independent music scene.
He started The Small Stakes in the fall of 2003,
and it has since unfolded into a successful
independent design studio, producing nationally
and internationally commissioned work in a range
of print materials, including book covers, album
packaging, T-shirt designs, screen-printed post-
ers, and illustrations.
Jason’s work has appeared in Print, Communica-
tion Arts, Step Inside Design, Computer Arts
Projects, ReadyMade, and Creative Review. His
work has also been featured in numerous exhibits
and is part of the permanent collection at the San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
About
Jason Munn is originally from Wisconsin but now
calls Oakland, California home. Arising from a love
of independent music, design, and making for the
sake of making, his posters soon became a fixture
in the local independent music scene.
He started The Small Stakes in the fall of 2003,
and it has since unfolded into a successful
independent design studio, producing nationally
and internationally commissioned work in a range
of print materials, including book covers, album
packaging, T-shirt designs, screen-printed post-
ers, and illustrations.
Jason’s work has appeared in Print, Communica-
tion Arts, Step Inside Design, Computer Arts
Projects, ReadyMade, and Creative Review. His
work has also been featured in numerous exhibits
and is part of the permanent collection at the San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
About
Jason Munn is originally from
Wisconsin but now calls Oakland,
California home. Arising from a love
of independent music, design, and
making for the sake of making, his
posters soon became a fixture in the
local independent music scene.
He started The Small Stakes in the
fall of 2003, and it has since un-
folded into a successful independent
design studio, producing nationally
and internationally commissioned
work in a range of print materials, in-
cluding book covers, album packag-
ing, T-shirt designs, screen-printed
posters, and illustrations.
Jason’s work has appeared in Print,
Communication Arts, Step Inside
Design, Computer Arts Projects,
ReadyMade, and Creative Review.
His work has also been featured in
numerous exhibits and is part of
the permanent collection at the San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
About
1
Jason Munn is originally from Wisconsin but now
calls Oakland, California home. Arising from a love
of independent music, design, and making for the
sake of making, his posters soon became a fixture
in the local independent music scene.
He started The Small Stakes in the fall of 2003,
and it has since unfolded into a successful
independent design studio, producing nationally
and internationally commissioned work in a range
of print materials, including book covers, album
packaging, T-shirt designs, screen-printed post-
ers, and illustrations.
Jason’s work has appeared in Print, Communica-
tion Arts, Step Inside Design, Computer Arts
Projects, ReadyMade, and Creative Review. His
work has also been featured in numerous exhibits
and is part of the permanent collection at the San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
About
1
Favorite poster you’ve created?
The 1st books poster
Where does the Small Stakes name
come from?
A song by Spoon of the same name.
The song is about taking chances
and I saw starting my own business
as taking my own chances.
What were some of your early influ-
ences?
Album covers, especially from some
of the mid-west bands like Boys Life,
Promise Ring,and Giant’s Chair. Also
Jeff Kleinsmith’s work on Sub Pop.
Jeff’s cover for Sideshow’s lip read
confusion really stuck in my mind
and inspired me to be a designer. Be-
sides album covers, I was really into
skateboard graphics, the designs on
the bottom of the decks etc.
Did you goto an art/design school?
Well, I went to a university where I
studied fine arts. I thought I needed a
Interview
2
fine arts degree if I wanted to get into
advertising/design. It wasn’t till later
that I realized what I really need were
classes in design.
When did you start doing posters
full time?
I had just moved into my own studio
apartment (I was previously living
with 4 other guys). I needed a way
to come up with rent each month
so, thats when I started to take my
poster design work more seriously.
When did you start getting the bigger
jobs?
I started to get know many of the
bands that played at the ramp. If they
were coming to town I would contact
them directly and ask if I could
design the poster for the show. I met
Death Cab for Cutie’s management
and They hired to me to do a poster
and some merch designs for them
and it received a fair amount of
attention and that led to more work.
and hand drawn elements?
My posters take longer to create.
Plus, it takes a while to come up
with a strong central image. I’m
also adding different types of found
imagery. For example, in the Bright
Eyes poster I used real flowers and
scanned in black pieces of paper for
the bow. For the Stellastarr poster I
used a wedding veil for the hair.
3
Around this time there were some
guys in Berkeley that put together a
book called The art of modern rock. I
submitted some pieces for that. The
book did really well so, that led to
more work as well.
Many of your earlier works were
created using found imagery. Where
were you finding your source mate-
rial?
I was searching public libraries,
Dover books, found image books etc.
Why were you using found imagery?
At first I wasn’t confident in my
abilities to draw etc. Plus it was a
huge part of the learning process
for me. I was learning how images
work together but, as I became more
confident, I started to incorporate
more illustration into my work.
Whats it been like to make that tran-
sition between working exclusively
with found imagery to a mix of that
Favorite poster you’ve created?
The 1st books poster
Where does the Small Stakes name come
from?
A song by Spoon of the same name. The song
is about taking chances and I saw starting
my own business as taking my own chances.
What were some of your early influences?
Album covers, especially from some of the
mid-west bands like Boys Life, Promise
Ring,and Giant’s Chair. Also Jeff Kleinsmith’s
work on Sub Pop. Jeff’s cover for Sideshow’s
lip read confusion really stuck in my mind
and inspired me to be a designer. Besides
album covers, I was really into skateboard
graphics, the designs on the bottom of the
decks etc.
Did you goto an art/design school?
Well, I went to a university where I studied
fine arts. I thought I needed a fine arts
degree if I wanted to get into advertising/
design. It wasn’t till later that I realized what I
really need were classes in design.
Interview
2
3
When did you start doing posters full time?
I had just moved into my own studio apart-
ment (I was previously living with 4 other
guys). I needed a way to come up with rent
each month so, thats when I started to take
my poster design work more seriously.
When did you start getting the bigger jobs?
I started to get know many of the bands that
played at the ramp. If they were coming to
town I would contact them directly and ask
if I could design the poster for the show. I
met Death Cab for Cutie’s management and
They hired to me to do a poster and some
merch designs for them and it received a
fair amount of attention and that led to more
work. Around this time there were some guys
in Berkeley that put together a book called
The art of modern rock. I submitted some
pieces for that. The book did really well so,
that led to more work as well.
Many of your earlier works were created
using found imagery. Where were you finding
your source material?
I was searching public libraries, Dover books,
found image books etc.
Favorite poster you’ve created?
The 1st books poster
Where does the Small Stakes name
come from?
A song by Spoon of the same name.
The song is about taking chances
and I saw starting my own business
as taking my own chances.
What were some of your early influ-
ences?
Album covers, especially from some
of the mid-west bands like Boys Life,
Promise Ring,and Giant’s Chair. Also
Jeff Kleinsmith’s work on Sub Pop.
Jeff’s cover for Sideshow’s lip read
confusion really stuck in my mind
and inspired me to be a designer. Be-
sides album covers, I was really into
skateboard graphics, the designs on
the bottom of the decks etc.
Did you goto an art/design school?
Well, I went to a university where I
studied fine arts. I thought I needed a
fine arts degree if I wanted to get into
advertising/design. It wasn’t till later
Interview2
that I realized what I really need were
classes in design.
When did you start doing posters
full time?
I had just moved into my own studio
apartment (I was previously living
with 4 other guys). I needed a way
to come up with rent each month
so, thats when I started to take my
poster design work more seriously.
When did you start getting the bigger
jobs?
I started to get know many of the
bands that played at the ramp. If they
were coming to town I would contact
them directly and ask if I could
design the poster for the show. I met
Death Cab for Cutie’s management
and They hired to me to do a poster
and some merch designs for them
and it received a fair amount of
attention and that led to more work.
Around this time there were some
guys in Berkeley that put together a
book called The art of modern rock. I
submitted some pieces for that. The
Eyes poster I used real flowers and
scanned in black pieces of paper for
the bow. For the Stellastarr poster I
used a wedding veil for the hair.
3
book did really well so, that led to
more work as well.
Many of your earlier works were
created using found imagery. Where
were you finding your source mate-
rial?
I was searching public libraries,
Dover books, found image books etc.
Why were you using found imagery?
At first I wasn’t confident in my
abilities to draw etc. Plus it was a
huge part of the learning process
for me. I was learning how images
work together but, as I became more
confident, I started to incorporate
more illustration into my work.
Whats it been like to make that tran-
sition between working exclusively
with found imagery to a mix of that
and hand drawn elements?
My posters take longer to create.
Plus, it takes a while to come up
with a strong central image. I’m
also adding different types of found
imagery. For example, in the Bright
Favorite poster you’ve created?
The 1st books poster
Where does the Small Stakes name
come from?
A song by Spoon of the same name.
The song is about taking chances
and I saw starting my own business
as taking my own chances.
What were some of your early influ-
ences?
Album covers, especially from some
of the mid-west bands like Boys Life,
Promise Ring,and Giant’s Chair. Also
Jeff Kleinsmith’s work on Sub Pop.
Jeff’s cover for Sideshow’s lip read
confusion really stuck in my mind
and inspired me to be a designer. Be-
sides album covers, I was really into
skateboard graphics, the designs on
the bottom of the decks etc.
Did you goto an art/design school?
Well, I went to a university where I
studied fine arts. I thought I needed a
fine arts degree if I wanted to get into
advertising/design. It wasn’t till later
Interview2
that I realized what I really need were
classes in design.
When did you start doing posters
full time?
I had just moved into my own studio
apartment (I was previously living
with 4 other guys). I needed a way
to come up with rent each month
so, thats when I started to take my
poster design work more seriously.
When did you start getting the bigger
jobs?
I started to get know many of the
bands that played at the ramp. If they
were coming to town I would contact
them directly and ask if I could
design the poster for the show. I met
Death Cab for Cutie’s management
and They hired to me to do a poster
and some merch designs for them
and it received a fair amount of
attention and that led to more work.
Around this time there were some
guys in Berkeley that put together a
book called The art of modern rock. I
submitted some pieces for that. The
Eyes poster I used real flowers and
scanned in black pieces of paper for
the bow. For the Stellastarr poster I
used a wedding veil for the hair.
3
book did really well so, that led to
more work as well.
Many of your earlier works were
created using found imagery. Where
were you finding your source mate-
rial?
I was searching public libraries,
Dover books, found image books etc.
Why were you using found imagery?
At first I wasn’t confident in my
abilities to draw etc. Plus it was a
huge part of the learning process
for me. I was learning how images
work together but, as I became more
confident, I started to incorporate
more illustration into my work.
Whats it been like to make that tran-
sition between working exclusively
with found imagery to a mix of that
and hand drawn elements?
My posters take longer to create.
Plus, it takes a while to come up
with a strong central image. I’m
also adding different types of found
imagery. For example, in the Bright