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I’m taking today and tomorrow off, so I will be back on Monday with some gift guide posts as well as a couple of other updates. Have a great holiday a...
Month: November 2008
Courtney • Women of Design
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This book is long overdue, can’t wait to get my hands on it....
The Election Collection
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Artist/designer Chris Piascik documented the 2008 Presidential election through typographic illustrations. And now he’s put them all together in a 28-...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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These shirts from Collapse Design are perfect for the type geek in your life. Sex Drugs Helvetica Bold, about $22. Also comes in red. Your Type Makes ...
Serifcan Ozcan
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I’m a big fan of the work of designer, Serifcan Ozcan. Portrait of Steven Heller made from the covers of several of the books he’s written A visual re...
It’s That Time of Year Again
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I’m starting to put all the New York area gift fairs on my calendar, so I figured I would round them up for all of you. Here’s what I have so far: Bus...
DenHaus
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I don’t have any pets, but when I heard from Becky at Denhaus I had to post about these super stylish dog houses. They’re designed to blend in with yo...
Homage to the Stamp
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I was lucky enough to pick up one of Gavin Potenza‘s letterpress prints, “Homage to the Stamp”, at Tiny Showcase last week. As with most of their week...
If only I could be in two places at once…
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On any given day in New York, you can usually find multiple design-related events to attend. So every so often it happens that there are two or more h...
Cookie Type
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How fun are these? The top two images are from the Fryd and Design blog—love the patterns behind the type. The image below is from the current issue o...
GOOD Sheet No. 11
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You can find GOOD sheet No. 11, Our Present Economy, right here. This edition is a collaboration with design studio, Kiss Me I’m Polish. Love this one...
Lovelet
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Created by Sinem Erkas, Lovelet is “a modular font created entirely from one shape.”...
Ana Serrano Typography
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Here are some beautiful examples of hand-drawn typography from artist/designer/illustrator, Ana Serrano....
Color Happy 15
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Slice by Brian Cronin....
SPARK
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Check out this fun logo for the SPARK Animation Festival this past September in Vancouver. The branding for the event was the result of a collaboratio...
Served
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Another project from the genius that is Bēhance, Served is network of sites that aim to bring you “fresh works from creative professionals” in specifi...
MWM Graphics Calendar
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Four 18″ x 12″ posters featuring 3 months each—purchase yours for $85 right here. via Design You Trust...
Type Love 25: Shinn Type
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Here are a couple Shinn Type favorites: Scotch Modern Bodoni Egyptian...
ID Branding
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Take a look at their new stationery system: From CA: “We needed to tell the story that things had changed at ID branding, and that brands don’t have j...
Blue Beetle Design
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I love this packaging designed by Blue Beetle Design for the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology: From CA: “The Nano-Bio Kits are a series ...
KNOCK
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Here’s an excerpt from KNOCK’s storybook-format portfolio: From CA: “KNOCK is in the business of telling brand stories. So it made perfect-bound sense...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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Here are a couple of fun shirt designs from La Fraise. Not sure how crazy I am about the dogs modeling the shirts but I love the designs. Creativity W...
Imagehaus
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I love this seed packaging by Imagehaus. Packaging design for All Seasons Wild Bird Store. From CA: “The packaging system for the store’s private labe...
Heibing
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Here is a branding program for a Madison Museum of Contemporary Art exhibit, designed by Hiebing. From CA: “The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art ask...
Asylum
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The is the second branding program I’ve seen in the last month for a frozen yogurt chain (see this post here). And this one, designed by Asylum, is ju...
Range
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Range is a new-to-me Dallas-based firm, that is behind this great maple syrup packaging design. From CA: “Northwood Farms Maple Syrup is a gourmet bra...
Room Corporation
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This series of self-promotional papers created by Room Corporation can also be downloaded from their website. From CA: “We came up with a substitute f...
Design Army
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A couple of projects by the always-excellent Design Army: From CA: “There are many moves you can make in life, and in a city like Washington, DC, wher...
Haley Johnson Design
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This week I thought I’d feature some favorite projects from the recent Communication Arts design annual. So I’m starting off with these two packaging ...
GOOD Sheet No. 10
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The tenth GOOD sheet—National Service—covers the topic of Volunteerism in the U.S. and can be found right here....
I’ve Always Loved this Logo…
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Lite Brite 2.0
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Somehow I missed this when it made the blog rounds a couple of months ago, so I was extremely excited to come across it this week. Luminodot is a Japa...
Monoblock + Live the Love
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A month or so ago I came across the above poster designed by Linzie Hunter for Monoblock’s Live the Love exhibition and was immediately intrigued. The...
Color Happy 14
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I love Josh Cochran—especially the above illustration and its color scheme. A print of his has been on my wish list for quite awhile. Purchase your ow...
These Make Me Miss CDs
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Beautiful music packaging designs by Fantazma Gloria....
Amore
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I love the work coming out of Sweden- and New York-based design firm, Amore. Aside from the examples below, they are responsible for the Malarcholocat...
Type Love 24: Wood Type Impressions
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Wood Type Impressions 2is a gigantic collection of wood type letters, numbers and ornaments. It isn’t actually a keyable typeface, but a compilation o...
GOOD Sheet No. 9
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You can find last week’s GOOD sheet, The First 100 Days, right here....
Inspired by: Chocolate packaging
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The examples of amazing chocolate packaging are endless, so here are just a few favorites. Fat Pig Chocolate Bloomsberry V Chocolates Malarchocolateri...
New From Threadless
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Threadless announced this week that they are spinning off two of their popular t-shirt lines into their own sites: The Select Series and Type Tees. Th...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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Here to Make Friends, about $40.25 at A Number of Small Things...
Behind the Times
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Unfortunately my copy of the latest issue of GOOD Magazine sat barely opened for the last few weeks. The entire issue was focused on voting and the cu...
Parisi
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I love the branding that Parisi completed for these two residential buildings in New York City, The Laurel and 246 W17. More work right here....
Around the World for Twelve Months
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Take a look at this project by Andrey Gordeev, illustrations created for a truck trading company’s calendar. I love the style and their unique perspec...
Egg Press Sale
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In case you we’rent aware Egg Press is having sale on their 2009 calendars. Get 25% off both the letterpress and offset versions right here....
Knot
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Probably not a typeface you could get much use out of, but an interesting idea nonetheless. Click here to purchase Knot, or here to see the rest of th...
Christine Hale
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After seeing these album cover designs (first image below) on Oatmeal and Cinnamon, I decided to check out more of Christine Hale’s work. And from rea...
Downtown Crossing
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As a Boston native, Christmas shopping in Downtown Crossing was an annual ritual for me. So I was really excited to come across this project that bran...
Gabriel Morales
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Love this wine packaging design. Click here for the rest of this talented Spanish designer’s portfolio....
This is Sand
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This is easily one of the coolest things ever. This is Sand allows you to create the multicolored sand art of your youth within the confines of your c...
Died Young Stayed Pretty
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I really can’t wait to see this film. Died Young Stayed Pretty is “a candid look at the underground poster culture in America.” Featuring artists from...
Emotionally Vague
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Emotionally Vague is a research project that aims to discover how people feel anger, joy, fear, sadness and love in their bodies and minds. The questi...
Rebranding Martha Stewart
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I just came across this Case Study about the rebranding of Martha Stewart. Written by Stephen Doyle of Doyle Partners, the article goes into enlighten...
New and Improved
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Here’s a great slideshow of Massimo Vignelli’s recently-updated New York subway map (the original was designed in 1972). Unsurprisingly, it is still j...
Type Love 23: Miniscule
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Miniscule, a winner of the 2005 TDC certificate of excellence, is a typeface designed specifically for extremely small sizes. It is intended to be use...
I Took the Handmade Pledge
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An Uppercase Project
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I love this new project that Janine from Uppercase completed over the weekend. She upcycled a banner used to promote the Old School exhibit into these...
Overnewsed But Underinformed
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Unfortunately I don’t speak German, so I can’t really give you any information as to what any of these infographics actually mean. But they’re still b...
Yet Another Calendar to Add to the List
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Check out this 2009 wall calendar designed by Mar Hernández, otherwise known as Malota. You can purchase your own copy right here for €15 plus shippin...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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Not necessarily a shirt I would wear, but definitely one that led to another illustrator discovery. Check out a couple more examples below and/or the ...