Bio

Spike Press is Brooklyn-based illustrator and designer John Solimine. After cutting his teeth
on screenprinted posters, John has gone on to work for such clients as American Express, The Chicago Tribune, and Nike, while earning recognition from Communication
Arts and Print Magazine.

Publications

1000 Indie Posters
3x3 Illustration Annual 7
Communication Arts
Illustration Annual 49
Gig Posters Volume 2
Naïve Graphics
New Ornamental Type
Pictographic Index 1
Print 2011 Regional Design Annual
Print 2010 Regional Design Annual
Print 2006 Regional Design Annual
Rock Paper Show

Clients

826CHI
AARP The Magazine
American Express
The Animation Show
Best Buy
Body by Milk
Chicago Magazine
Chicago Reader
Chicago Tribune
Conan O'Brien
Coudal Partners
Crispin Porter + Bogusky
Design Within Reach
Digital Kitchen
Disney
Domani Studios
DraftFCB
Fuse
Guitar Center
Insound
Kids Foot Locker
Kitemath
Landor
Leo Burnett
Lionhead Studios
Lollapalooza
The Material Group
Metro Chicago
The National
Nike
NPR
Prismacolor
Rock for Kids
Schubas
Sigel + Gale
Small Planet
Threadless
Vehicle SF
Warner Bros Records
The Washington Post

Thanks/Friends

33rpm
Apartment Therapy
The Best Part
Coudal Partners
Derivative Works
Delicious Design League
Digital Thread
Drawn!
Faesthetic
Gaper's Block
Gigposters
Grain Edit
Dan Grzeca
Illustration MUNDO
Illustration Corporation
Josh Spear
k10k
Kill Hatsumomo Prints
It's Nice That
Lettercult
The Little Chimp Society
Madhouse
Magnet Studio
Mat Daly
Methane Studios
Newstoday
Ben Olson
OMG Posters
Scott Williams Design
Screwball Press
Sloppy White
Sub Studio
Ventilate