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We’re back with resolutions and takes about some brand stuff! In their first episode of the year, the fellas talk about their mentality entering the new year, the Pop Tart Bowl, the Kinck, Kat Williams, the Golden Globes, Jermey Allen White Guy, the Iron Claw, Bass Pro Shop Guy, Dee’s Nuts vs Deez Nuts, Apple Vision Pro, Tige Woods and Nike part ways, Native x Girl Scouts, Cilantro Doritos, Coca-Cola’s new commercial, and more!

DA BACKIES! Jeeze Louise What A Freaking Year… Am I Right! Alex And Kevin Reminisce About The Year We’re Finishing And Hand Out Some Awards To Our Favorite Stories! It’s Funny To Go Back Through Because We Do Have A Certain Admiration For All Of These Things. At The End Of The Day We Are Grateful For These Things To Come To Life! Awards Given Are As Follows: Story Of The Year, Rebrand Of The Year, Biggest Bully, Scammers Of The Year, Loser Of The Year, Worst Broken Record, Worst Innovation That We’d Like To Try, The Fuck You Award, Story Of The Year (Number 2), Bozo Of The Year, Brand Of The Year, and More!

WELCOME TO THE FRONTIES! Alex And Kevin Wrap Up The Year And Dole Out Design’s Most Prestigious Award: The Frontie, aka The Crem De La Crem Of Design And Branding For 2023. Awards Given Include But Are Not Limited To: Beverage Of The Year, Best Trend Humanitarian Of The Year, Good Job You Tried Award, Refreshing Refresh, Dunk Of The Year, Please Don’t Take Our Jobs, Thing People Got Heated About For Two Weeks And Then Forgot About, Moment Of The Year, Shoe Of The Year, Innovation That Excites Of The Year, Community Of The Year, Designer Of The Year, Mascot Of The Year, Brand (Celebrity) Of The Year, Brand Of The Year, And More!

Alex and Kevin are back for the last regular episode of the year! This is the final installment of this year's hottest stories in design and branding! The two discuss Panera’s Charged Lemonade, a massive month for McDonald's, Subway’s footlong cookie, White Claw’s non-alcoholic seltzer, the Pantone Color of the Year, and more! Stay tuned for the Fronties and the Backies, a two-show end-of-the-year recap and award show!

Allan Peters is in the house! Allan Peters is the Partner and Chief Creative Officer of Peters Design Company. At PDCo he has partnered with brands such as Nike, Amazon, and Patagonia. His work has been recognized internationally by numerous award shows and magazines including Clio, Communication Arts, and How Magazine. Allan’s book, Logos that Last just hit the shelves, and it’s an incredible read, highly recommended. Get it now!

GOBBLE GOBBLE IT'S TURKEY TIME! This week, Alex and Kevin recap some hot topics before going back for a heaping helping of Thanksgiving brand fodder. They talk about New Blue Sun, The Curse, Snoop Dogg giving up smoke, Stanley surviving a car fire with ice inside, LaMelo Ball's tattoo, Ocean Spray's cranberry sauce tees, Digorno's Thanksgiving Pizza, Baskin-Robins' Thanksgiving-themed desserts, and more! 

This week we are thrilled to have Cey Adams on the program.Cey Adams is a New York City native and visionary artist, who emerged from the downtown graffiti movement in the 80’s alongside fellow artists and friends Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. Adams began his art career while still in his teens, tagging “Cey City” on subway cars and painting graffiti murals to showcase his artwork. He appeared in the historic PBS documentary Style Wars about subway graffiti in New York. In 1983, Cey Adams met The Beastie Boys. They developed a fast friendship with the band and designed their first logo, t-shirts and singles. The Beastie Boys and Adams would go on to be longtime collaborators including designing the album: “Hello Nasty”. Around the same time he met manager/music producer Russell Simmons where Adams designed logos and merch for his artists. A few years later Simmons along with music producer Rick Rubin founded Def Jam Recordings where Adams served as the founding Creative Director.In the late 80s Adams and his partner Steve Carr co-founded the Drawing Board, Def Jam’s in-house visual design firm overseeing the visual style of Def Jam’s artists. The firm was responsible for some of the most iconic album covers, logos and advertising campaigns for Run-DMC, Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Slick Rick, Public Enemy, The Notorious B.I.G., DMX, Jay-Z, Usher, Mary J. Blige, and many more.Adams has also collaborated with global brands including Levi’s, Mattel, The Recording Academy, Apple, Bacardi, IDEO, Foot Locker, Converse, YouTube, Google, and many more.These days he has returned back to his fine art roots. He exhibits, lectures, and teaches art workshops at leading institutions including: The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, MoMA , Brooklyn Museum, Museum of the City of New York, School of Visual Arts, and museums around the world. He currently has a solo exhibition, Combinations, opened on October 21st in Austin at the West Chelsea Contemporary. The show is on view until November 19th so you have like a week left to go see it. Cey also has a traveling retrospective exhibition called Departure: 40 Years of Art and Design. The show debuted last year at Boston University Stone Gallery and is currently on view at the College of Visual Arts & Design at University of North Texas Denton. It will travel to Ft. Lauderdale and Miami next year. 

Alex and Kevin are reunited in the studio this week to discuss the lite amount of spooky season stories, piss jugs, the destruction of another script logo, and more!

The McRib is back! And so are Alex and Kevin, here grilling up tender juicy takes slathered in BBQ sauce, served up on a bun with onions and pickles. Unlike the McRib, Front and Center will never go on a farewell tour. The fellas also talk about the Beckham doc, an update on the Taylor and Travis  saga, Julius Randle x Skechers, Adonis’ album cover, Crocs x2, Coca-Cola Spiced, and more!