The LinnDrum as Coca Cola Deborah Allen album cover People pictures for a people business Some work in neon When black & white is right Rising above the competition Hardworking half-pagers More hardworking half-pagers Portrait photography Going on the offensive inoffensively A solution twice as big as the problem A soft drink can like any other To some, this looks like nothing You asked for it, but where is it? Branding a French bakery/restaurant Banned by Time magazine People actually hated this one Designs and sketches When to get out of the way Just here to get your attention The DigiCart is here. Not. Gags and doodles In studio with Gino Vannelli Hand-lettering and type design Cashing in on Elton John Products that zzzzzing Making excellence out of making do Three more people ads Get this tape! Do as I tell you!... Fake stationery for the fun of it Design with a blank check Contrasting craft and machine Small ads that “command” the page More small page commanders What to do about your competition More hand-lettering and type design It’s not my fault Cartoon art Why are forms so lousy? No time for photography Particles or waves? And this and that Akai ads–one size does not fit all Always give more if you’ve got it Linn LM-1 Drum Computer–first ads Small ads that come alive New digital keyboard, new logo too Found art High tech, low budget Album cover art and photography Layout matters...and idiot-proofing! More album cover art Hardworking ads in black & white Dream radio designs just for fun


What: Concept, copy, design, art, photography, hand-lettered headline

For: "LA’s Largest Pro Audio Dealer" full-page color magazine ad

Client: Everything Audio

When: 1986

Vintage 1986 ad: 'LA's largest pro audio dealer--Everything Audio.' The background art and lettering was a radical departure for a pro audio ad at the time. One might argue that this design hasn't aged particularly well, but it can't be denied that then, as now, it gets your attention! More here: https://www.ericwrobbel.com/art/everythingaudio.htm

Just here to get your attention

Yet another in a continuing series of Everything Audio ads. The "people pictures" are here and continued to get excellent results for the company. The background art and lettering was a radical departure for a pro audio ad. It may not have aged so well as some of my other work, but you must admit— it gets your attention.

I suppose '80s retro is a fair name for this style. When I was doing it, it had no name. Nor many practitioners. And certainly none in the "serious" industries. The style drew on "modern" elements of earlier styles, mostly from the '30s through the '50s. Color and layout were generally more brash than those earlier styles and that is why retro seems a fair term for it.


Just here to get your attention

Yet another in a continuing series of Everything Audio ads. The people pictures are here and continued to get excellent results for the company. The background art and lettering was a radical departure for a pro audio ad. It may not have aged so well as some of my other work, but wow!— it gets your attention.

I suppose '80s retro is a fair name for this style. When I was doing it, it had no name. Nor many practitioners. And certainly none in the "serious" industries. The style drew on "modern" elements of earlier styles, mostly from the '30s through the '50s. Color and layout were generally more brash than those earlier styles and that is why retro seems a fair term for it.


What: Concept, copy, design, art, photography, hand-lettered headline

For: "LA’s Largest Pro Audio Dealer" full-page color magazine ad

Client: Everything Audio

When: 1986



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