It’s not surprising that rockstar sign and graphics company, Gamut Media would have rockstar clients, like the King of Long Beach himself, Snoop Dogg. Roland DGA talked to Phillip Yu, Creative Director at Gamut Media about the Gamut Media graphics empire, their recent work for Snoop Dogg, and the things sign and graphics businesses need to do to keep high profile customers coming back for more.
Game room mural and custom game wraps for Snoop Dogg’s recording studio by Gamut Media –complete with Spiderman, Chun Li and various other cool characters, like Snoop Dogg himself.
Phillip has been creating graphics since 2000, ever since he first experienced Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop and knew instantly that this was what he wanted to do with his life. After working for a few large format print companies, and noticing that he could run a better one, he left his job and started Gamut Media in his parent’s garage. Phillip bought a Roland DG as his first machine and never looked back, as he explained, “We bought a VersaCAMM SP-540 and that’s how we started. The VersaCAMM has been the foundation of our business.”
“The VersaCAMM has been the foundation of our business.”
Gamut has risen to success very quickly in the graphics world and along the way has picked up some high-profile clients. In particular, their recent work for Snoop Dogg has gained them much praise and attention. Phillip described how they met Snoop through a contractor who worked on Snoop Dogg’s home and asked them if wanted to do some work for Snoop’s private recording studio. “Our first custom wall mural we did for Snoop Dogg was his son’s room,” explained Phillip. “He was accepted to UCLA on a football scholarship so we designed, printed and installed a custom UCLA wall mural. He loved it and wanted additional murals. We ended doing seventeen in his compound.”
“Snoop loved it and wanted additional murals. We ended doing seventeen in his compound.”
SGIA Golden Image Award Winning graphics for Snoop Dogg, showing an outer space battle between Star Wars and Star Trek spaceships – Snoop Dogg is a big sci-fi fan.
Phillip went on to describe Snoop Dogg and how, although they were starstuck at first, he was really down-to-earth and an extremely nice guy. Phillip added, “Snoop told us that he loved our work and would definitely be getting more graphics through us. It was pretty amazing to receive praise from someone of his stature.”
“Snoop told us that he loved our work and would definitely be getting more graphics through us. It was pretty amazing to receive praise from someone of his stature.”
SGIA Golden Image Award winning Vegas room murals for Snoop Dogg, printed with a VersaCamm VS-640i
Although Snoop Dogg is their most famous customer, the rest of Gamut Media’s client list is extremely impressive and includes a plethora of large corporate and media clients. From corporations to restaurants, to individuals, Gamut provide expert opinion on every project they take on and a level of commitment and expertise that is reflected in their award winning designs. We asked Phillip how they maintain such excellent client relationships and keep those clients coming back for more signage and graphics. He answered, “The focus of our team includes three elements: creative design, quality printing, and clean installation.” He continued, “We have found that the best practices also include sound management, responsible budgeting, and staying on a scheduled time frame.”
“The focus of our team includes three elements: creative design, quality printing, and clean installation.”
When asked what 2016 holds for Gamut Media, Philip suggested that they have many exciting new projects planned this year, saying, “We are definitely doing more wall murals this year, it seems like people are intrigued by our custom designs. “ He concluded, “As for new projects, you are going to have to follow us and find out.”
- Follow Phillip Yu and Gamut Media @gamutmedia on Instagram and Facebook to check out their latest projects.
See Phillip talk about the benefits of using VersaCamm technology and discover why he chose Roland DG.
