Tag Side Projects

Baron Fig: The Poster Project

Baron Fig, a small business making “sketchbooks and notebooks for thinkers,” just launched a lovely new side project simply titled The Poster Project, featuring a collection of inspiring posters created by thinkers around the world. The posters employ a simple color palette that…

Vicki Turner: Drop in the Ocean

With tons of plastic waste filling the globe’s oceans, Vicki Turner set out to do something about it. The result: Drop in the Ocean, a limited edition art print series beautifully depicting oceanic scenes in Vicki’s bold, colorful style. The…

Dimas Forchetti: Personal Project GIFs

I’m loving the delightfully clever GIFs that designer Dimas Forchetti has put together as part of an ongoing personal project of random creation and animation. Sometimes it’s nice to let your brain go for a walk and see where it takes you,…

Chris Dedinsky: Monster Alphabet

Halloween may be months away, but I’m in love with Chris Dedinsky‘s personal project Monster Alphabet, a screen printed poster featuring illustrated monsters for each letter of the alphabet. Chris’s illustration style and use of texture come together perfectly for this piece, and…

Little: Ephemera

We recently featured Little‘s lovely identity and collateral work for Fair State Brewing Cooperative, and now I’m quite taken by Ephemera, where Little has found a beautiful way to unleash their stash of one-off projects or fun internal pieces that would otherwise…

Gabby Lord: The Great Fifty

Gabby Lord, whose wildly clever business cards were featured on DWL last year, loves her mum very much. When she asked Gabby to design a “simple invitation” for her 50th birthday party, Gabby channeled her wit, love and design chops…

Adam Turnbull: Ten Cent Dime

While some take to Twitter to share their stream of consciousness experience of the world, Adam Turnbull has used Ten Cent Dime as his outlet, a project for Adam to “illustrate my response to daily life, situations and people I come…

Naomie Ross & Daniel Renda: Pastosa Ravioli Co.

As a personal project, designers Naomie Ross and Daniel Renda set out to rebrand Pastosa Ravioli Co., an NYC shop whose pasta they both grew up eating. Their intent was to transform the shop’s image from that of a generic corner deli to a gourmet…

Studio JQ: Weather Dashboard Design

Jonathan Quintin, of Studio JQ, is currently working on a self-initiated project that immediately caught my eye: a weather dashboard that will display the world’s weather. His aim is to keep the design clean while adding personality to the locations through common…

Telegramme: Hawt Sauce

Telegramme recently updated their portfolio with a ton of new projects that span various design disciplines. One that particularly caught my eye is their work for Hawt Sauce, a self-initiated collaboration with Holloway Kitchen. Holloway produced a small batch of…

Unfamous Pirates

In honor of International Talk Like a Pirate Day—yup, it’s a real thing—I’m happy to share a fun side project by James Abercrombie, a designer and illustrator, and Karla Jean Davis, a filmmaker. Unfamous Pirates from Arrr! to Z is “a…

Haikuglyphics

Haikuglyphics is a collaborative side project between designer Anne Ulku and haiku-writer Michael Derus. The project began in January of this year and features a weekly typographically illustrated haiku. You can purchase prints on Society6. via Eight Hour Day

Jeremy Loyd: Branding Bad

I’m loving Jeremy Loyd‘s new side project, Branding Bad, in which he creates a logo for each of the eight final episodes of Breaking Bad (which I’d argue is the best show on TV—currently anyway). I’m definitely looking forward to seeing…

Tyler Adam Smith: 100 Books that SHOULD be written

As part of SVA’s Masters of Branding program, the students are each currently participating in a self-initiated project that spans the course of 100 days. One current student, Tyler Adam Smith, chose to work with the theme of “100 Books that SHOULD…

Reagan Ray: Signs of Austin

Since many fron the design community are currently living it up in Austin at South by Southwest (jealous!), I thought it apropos to post this personal project by local designer Reagan Ray. Reagan is currently on a mission to illustrate…