Paint Your Palate

Invitation design for the annual Gibbes Street Party, kicking off the 2018 “Paint Your Palate” theme. The concept draws inspiration from color trends, playing with a colorful palette inspired by Warhol and Lichtenstein. This is the 5th year that Banks Creative has designed collateral for this trendy fundraising event. We are currently working on event signage for the Street Party, in addition …

Food is Art

The Gibbes Street Party is an annual fundraiser featuring chefs from Charleston’s top restaurants. As part of the theme “Food is Art,” chefs created food samples inspired by artwork from the Gibbes Museum. The concept for the print materials is an illustrative twist on paintings from the Gibbes Museum, with an emphasis on the connection between food and artwork. The …

La Belle Époque

Ooo-la-la! Print material and ads for the annual Gibbes on the Street Party themed “La Belle Époque.” The concept for this 2015 design was inspired by classic Moulin Rouge poster art, Art Nouveau iconography and Toulouse Lautrec’s famous can-can dancers. The invitation design won the award for “Best Collateral” in the 2016 Spark! Awards hosted by the American Marketing Association. This was …

Year of the Gibbes

The Gibbes Street Party is an annual fundraiser featuring chefs from Charleston’s top restaurants. The 2016 event coincided with the reopening of the Gibbes Museum of Art, thus the theme “The Year of the Gibbes.” We created a lively spin-off of Chinese New Year dragon, weaving the Gibbes logo into traditional Asian-inspired borders. The theme is carried throughout the invitation design, …

East Meets West

Our inaugural design for the 2014 Gibbes Street Party in the theme of “East Meets West.” Chefs from over 20 Charleston restaurants created savories and sweets inspired by the eastern theme, and complimented by the event signage. The invitation design, printed by Nelson Printing, won an award by the The Printing Industry of the Carolinas (PICA).