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Jeff shapes young minds in Duluth.

Yep, that’s Jeff Johnson right there, captain of the Spunk Design Machine. He took a little jaunt up to Duluth this past weekend to do a design workshop for a group of 4H kids. We hear that not only was it a perfectly beautiful day in Duluth, but also it was a great time had by all.

 

Introducing the Tankwich!

Well, maybe you didn’t have a reason to shoot down to Iowa this summer, but now you do! Tank Goodness Des Moines now offers the Tankwich, a made-from-scratch ice cream sandwich featuring the famous Tank Goodness cookies and Jersey Freeze softserve. And as if that wasn’t enough, the Tankwich is offered in two different flavors: chocolate chip and snickerdoodle. Check out the Tank Goodness Des Moines facebook page for more info on how to get your hands on a Tankwich!

And thanks to Dennis for rockin’ that I (beer) NE t-shirt!

Artifact Shore performing at Northern Spark Fest June 4-5th

Spunk homeboys Ben Pagel and Justin Martinez’s band Artifact Shore, in collaboration with Alexa Horochowski, the Burnet Gallery, and Le Méridien Chambers Minneapolis have developed an original four-part music and video experience entitled Living Cloud Cave inspired by Alexa’s Cloud Cave exhibit.  “Living Cloud Cave” will take place June 4th-5th at the Burnet Gallery at Le Méridien Chambers Minneapolis as part of the Northern Spark Fest. The live performaces will be at 11pm, 1am, 3am, 5am. Admission is free so come on down and freak out with us at this all-nighter!

Alexa Horochowski’s Cloud Cave

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Coffee = Good

Well, yeah. Why ever else would we consume a couple pots a day here at the Spunk studio? It’s a truly magical beverage.

But now the men of the Spunk studio (which is 85% of us) — and men everywhere! — can feel even better about downing the drip, because, according to the Harvard School of Public Health, they’re proactively reducing their risk for prostrate cancer. So drink up, friends! Or should you be in the neighborhood, we’ll gladly pour you a mug of our finest.

Get the full story here!

Sevnthsin's BESPIN project! Hop on board.

Svnthsin has started a campaign on Kickstarter aimed at inspiring creativity and exploration in people of all ages. It’s called the BESPIN project, a Low Orbit weather balloon space photography experiment. Pretty cool, right?

FIVE TIMES this summer they plan to launch weather balloons and time-lapse cameras into space to capture the beauty of our planet from above – and they need your help! Pledge as little as one dollar and you’ll get some sweet swag.

Check out Sevnthsin’s Kickstarter site to find out more and join the campaign!

Spunk wins 5 MN AIGA Design Awards!

We are excited to share that Spunk won 5 design awards from AIGA Minnesota this year! We grabbed an award for the Spark Radio app we designed (#19 on Apple’s list of bestselling music apps!), shown above. We also received awards for our work on the Davis Food Co-op in Davis, California; our work on the Seward Co-op right in the Minneapolis homeland; our work on the Principle Six Co-operative Trade Movement with Equal Exchange; and our Spunk Sweet Life candy bar promotion piece!

We are thrilled and so grateful to the clients we partnered with on these projects, and the clients we partner with on every project! It is a true joy to be in business with you all. And our thanks also to AIGA Minnesota for the honors! Much appreciation.