The Heads of State

11/06/2017

15 years working together.

12/23/2016

2016: The Year in Design That Was - Print Magazine

'Tis the season for year end lists. Our Star Trek Postage Stamps are mentioned here in this look back on 2016. Truly humbled.

Here are 30 moments, projects, redesigns, typefaces, film titles, books and more that shaped the last 365 days of design.

12/23/2016

The Year in Illustration

Honored to be included in this incredible list.

​A selection of notable art created for the Opinion section in 2016.

01/06/2016

The USPS is releasing a special line of Star Trek stamps for the franchise's 50th anniversary

Wired did a nice little write up on our Star Trek postage stamps we designed and illustrated.

Featuring the Enterprise, the Vulcan salute, a silhouetted crew member, and a Starfleet insignia.

06/19/2015

What a week. Launched our brand new website and we were back on The Great Discontent! http://theheadsofstate.com/

06/15/2015

Whoa hey everybody. We've been pretty quiet on the Facebook these days but have some fun announcements soon that we'll be posting here and there. In the meantime, be excellent to each other.

09/11/2014

The Heads of State on The Great Discontent (TGD)

to our interview with The Great Discontent. Can't believe it was a year ago. Time flies when you're growing facial hair.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of The Heads of State, the Philly-based design studio that started out as an experiment between friends. You've likely seen their incredible work—a prolific amount of posters, illustrations, design, identities, and more have come out of their studio in the last d…

08/04/2014

TAIT Design Co. + Pilot & Captain Special Edition Turbo Flyer

Check out this project up on the Dieline today. Our balsa wood flyer collaboration between Pilot & Captain and Detroit's Tait Design Co.

In the spirit of flight and friendship, Tait Design Co. has partnered with Pilot & Captain on a limited edition Turbo Flyer, inspired by sentiment and aesthetics from early mid-century on. Founded by Matthew Tait, a Michigan-based multi-disciplined designer and artist, Tait Design Co. creates limit…

07/23/2014

Hello! For our Philly friends, Friday's Creative Mornings lecture has sold out. But you can still sign up for the waiting list.

07/01/2014

Have you checked out Spruce Street Harbor Park yet? We did the branding for this amazing pop up park on Philly's waterfront.

04/03/2014

We're off to snowy Minneapolis to lecture at MCAD. See you soon Minnesota!

02/20/2014

The Heads of State

Some blogness about our process of making book covers. For your reading pleasure...

01/21/2014

Family photo / goofing around on set for

01/09/2014

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12/24/2013

Merry Christmas from Jason, Dusty, and the unbearded Woody

12/20/2013

New blog post up about finding inspiration. This time it's personal...

http://theheadsofstate.com/site/article/finding-inspiration

12/20/2013

Researching for a new project. Gaddamn that Pennsy Rail Road logo sure is pretty

11/27/2013

Bring back this old chestnut. Happy Thanksgiving punks!

11/18/2013

2013 Best Art Vinyl Nominations

Our album art for Iron & Wine that we did with Jason Varney is nominated for Vinyl of the Year. Cast your vote here:

Nominations for the 2013 Best Art Vinyl Annual Award.

11/13/2013

New blog post up about our process on creating the icon for new China blog Sinosphere http://theheadsofstate.com/site/blog/

11/08/2013

Collaboration and Trust

We did an interview with Communication Arts. Check it out.

Designers Jason Kernevich and Dustin Summers, aka The Heads of State, spill the secrets of successful partnership.

10/02/2013

Dusty is speaking this morning at Kansas City Art Institute. Then eating BBQ for 10 hours

09/12/2013

The Heads of State

It's official. Brand new website is live!

39 N 3rd St, 2nd Floor Philadelphia, PA 19106 Twitter All content � The Heads of State, 2002?2010.

05/28/2013

Heartwork

We're very proud to be apart of this years Heartwork series. An art benifit for Target House http://ow.ly/ltioy

Heartwork is a project designed to raise money for art supplies within the art room at Target House—this wonderful home-away-from-home for the...

03/29/2013

A new piece for The New Yorker about the treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay

03/27/2013

Our illustration in the new Esquire, "How Not To Make America Great"

02/08/2013

Drawing the line between language and sound for Middlebury Magazine's newest cover.

01/08/2013

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Stoked to be in Steven Heller's "Annual on the Couch" post.

01/08/2013

The Dieline's Top 100 Package Designs of 2011 - The Dieline -

We're number 21 over on the Dieline's best posts of 2012 http://ow.ly/gDv6r

10/31/2012

The Where, the Why, and the How | The Heads of State Press Room

We've got a piece in the great book The Where, the Why, the How http://ow.ly/eUIRb

Art and science have a relationship that is oft-at-odds, oft-at-ease.The Where, the Why, and the Howfocuses on the latter. We’re stoked to be...

10/11/2012

Setting up a big video shoot with the fellows at www.mastheadprintstudio.com for this Monday

10/04/2012

Currently tweeting from a van in the north woods of Minnesota with Chip Kidd, Paula Scher, , Eric Madsen and Simon Collison.

09/11/2012

Ice Cream Sun t-shirt design by The Heads Of State - Wolf tees

Check it out, our new kids shirt for Made By Wolf

This tasty and grungy kids T-shirt design by The Heads of State is now for sale.

08/28/2012

10 Years of Rectangles - The Heads of State | AIGA Philadelphia

Opening September 7th, our 10 Years of Rectangles Gallery show at the new AIGA Philly Space at 2nd and Arch.

Since 2002, Jason Kernevich and Dusty Summers have been creating posters, illustrations, and book covers for clients such as The New York Times, Starbucks, Penguin Books, the School of Visual Arts, the New York Public Library, and bands such as Wilco, R.E.M., and the National. Celebrate 10 years of ...

08/23/2012

Wilco | The Heads of State Press Room

We did a couple new posters for Wilco. Read all about it.

Over the past few years we’ve tried to distance ourselves from the oversaturated concert poster scene, but Wilco always seems to lure us out of our self impossed exile. Check out this grip of posters we did for their east coast stint in Philly and New York. As always, printed by the fine folks at Th...