Magazine & Fashion Design
• Throughout the 1990s, Vanco handled art direction for magazines like Mike Manix's seminal underground music publication Street Sounds (with the covers featuring breaking music acts like Wu Tang Clan and United Future Organization), and the renegade Los Angeles-based cyberpunk zine Nexus 6, electronic media vehicle for movie industry executive and filmmaker Brian McNelis know also for his 1999 rave culture documentary, Better Living Through Circuitry. Vanco also directed an exclusive, one off, mashup design for the famous Asian culture magazine Giant Robot for friend Eric Nakamura.
• In 1996 Vanco designed custom jackets and other apparel for the innovative electronic music label R&S Records in Gent, Belgium including custom garments seen on international deejays like Ken Iishi and CJ Bolland.
• In 1997, Vanco created the logo as well as stage and promo fashion for the Belgian industrial music prodigy Front 242. These designs are still used on merchandise and on tour material up until present day (2008).
Vanco has also worked occasionally as a brand design and new media integration consultant for the fashion industry.
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