Phish artwork. Hampton '09

Phish announced in 2004 that they would be packing it up for good, but rumors flew around for the following five years of a reunion. Phish returned to the stage for the first time in 5 years this weekend, playing the famous "Mothership" Hampton Coliseum (gathering its name from its structural resemblance to a space craft). Phish's tours have always been known to contain their own, unique identity in terms of design of event collateral. This time around was no different, and I really dig the direction the designer took in creating graphics for the website, tickets, tee shirts and other Phish products.


The official ticket/poster/website design















Jim Pollock, long known as Phish's 'official' artist, has always created block prints by hand since the earliest days of Phish. This is his print for the Hampton show and is probably already going for $1000 on e-bay. He only printed 750 this time around and each print is considered a Phish treasure and is highly sought after by fans.





Phish also has a great crew that sets up installation art and such for their festivals and big concerts such as the Hampton reunion show. Outside the coliseum, they set up this giant smiling robot and had people dressed up as the robot walking around, rowing boats in the outdoor fountains and other crazy antics.





Other artist's work for the event.