Building Trust Through Color and Design in a Veterinary Clinic
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In veterinary care, customer trust is essential. After all, not only are more and more people owning pets, but many also care deeply about their furry...
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Guts & Glory Projects
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I recently came across the work of Guts & Glory, the Oakland, California-based studio founded by Faun Chapin and Meg Paradise, and I am loving wha...
Easy, Tiger: Cards for Awesome People
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Easy Tiger is a new Kansas City based stationery business that strives to make “cards for awesome people.” And they are certainly distribu...
Recommended Resources: Behance Creative’s Outfitter
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I have proclaimed my love for Behancein all its formson this blog many times, but one of their services I use the most is Creative’s Outfitter, ...
Fun New Things from Elsewares
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Stationery from Chewing the Cud Let’s Ketchup Card, $4.25 right here. Jewelry from We Dream in Colour Ines Necklace, $42 and Athena Silver Ring,...
A Master of Her Brand
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Everyone seems to be talking about the new Kate Spade collection right now. And as much as I love the clothes and accessories, I’m more impresse...
Anderson Design Group: Rahal Farms Branding
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Nashville-based Anderson Design Group recently completed this branding project for Rahal Farms, a holistic and sustainable farm, also in Tennessee.The...
Franklyn: Betaworks Identity and Collateral
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Brooklyn-based studio Franklyn?recently completed a rebrand for Betaworks,?who builds and invests in companies and products in the digital realm. Part...
Kelli Anderson: Russ & Daughters
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I am incredibly impressed with the extensive?project that Kelli Anderson recently completed for New York institution, Russ and Daughters. Working alon...
Roger Dario Design
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I just recently stumbled upon Roger Dario‘s portfolio?which he just redesigned this past winter?and found a selection of really impressive ident...
Etsy Finds: Boyoun Kim
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I’m loving the whimsical and?colorful illustration style of Boyoun Kim, who I stumbled upon on Etsy. Her shop features?the?selection of prints y...
J.Crew for Paperless Post
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Paperless Post’s latest collaboration is with none other than major fashion brand?J. Crew, who created a collection of 42 greetings and invitati...
Kevin Cantrell: Terra Poster
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Kevin Cantrell just completed the next poster in his 7 Days series, Terra, and it is—as expected—just plain gorgeous. This time around he has prin...
Wise Words: Francis Bacon
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This week’s Wise Words come from English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, essayist, and author, Francis Bacon. via The Quoter...
Meagan Tidwell Design
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Meagan Tidwell has a beautiful portfolio filled with work that is sophisticated, elegant and often soft, light, airy. Below are a few projects that ...
Type Love: Laski Slab
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Laski Slab is a new release from Amsterdam-based foundry Re-Type. Conceived for editorial purposes, the typeface includes a total of 20 fonts, includ...
Neenah Env Papers Notecards + A Giveaway
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Neenah Paper recently worked with Design Army to reinvent their line of Environment papers, including the development of a new color palette and...
Triboro: Narcissa Identity and Collateral
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Triboro recently relaunched their website with a ton of beautiful, new work. One project that particularly caught my eye is their identity and collat...
Mirth Studio Hardwood Floor Tiles
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Not your typical DWL post, but I cannot get enough of these gorgeous, patterned hardwood floor tiles by Mirth Studio....
KNOCK Inc: We Heart Trees 2014
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This year, for their annual Arbor Day initiative, KNOCK Inc put together a Buzzfeed-style quiz that tells users what CelebriTree they are. Results a...
A Few Fuzzco Projects
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It’s been a little while since I checked in with what Fuzzco was up to, and since I always love their work, I figured now is the time. Here are ...
Quick Links: 05.23.14
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Looking for some new color inspiration? Check out The Day’s Color, a daily color digest. If you’re looking for icons to use in your next d...
Etsy Finds: Hooray Today
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Illustrators Alyssa Nassner and Allison Beck just recently launched Hooray Today, a new line of colorful greeting cards and paper goods. They have lot...
Student Work: Rosie Gopaul Packaging Projects
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I’m really enjoying these two student packaging projects by Rosie Gopaul, a designer based out of Vancouver, BC. Hushh Stewards Soapery Messy M...
Wise Words: James Victore
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This week’s Wise Words from James Victore remind us that a change of attitude can go a long way. Check out the companion Burning Questions vid...
Type Love: Urban Grotesk
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Urban Grotesk is Suitcase Type Foundry‘s most recent release. A traditional grotesk sans serif, this typeface includes six weights with matching...
BLOW: Project Charisma Teaser
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New from BLOW is their work for Project Charisma, a teaser promotion for Polytrade Paper. To promote their range of eight papers, BLOW developed eight...
Recommended Resources: The Design Method
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This week’s recommended resource is a book I just finished reading and found incredibly insightful, The Design Method by Eric Karjaluoto. You m...
Marriott Hotels’ Meetings Imagined Inspires You to Travel Brilliantly
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Last week I had the incredible opportunity to travel to Atlanta and work with Marriott Hotels as they celebrate the launch of Meetings Imagined, an am...
Signs of Hawaii
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Since Hawaii is my absolute favorite place on earth, I am loving this Instagram photo series of vintage signs found there. Most of the images have be...
Quick Links: 05.16.14
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Discover.typography is a really cool tool developed by H&Co that provides users with the ability “to experience type, an environment that ...
Etsy Finds: Ghost Signs
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Ghost Signs is a New Jersey-based shop featuring photographs of ghost signs, brick ads, painted advertisements, faded signage, and old hand painted ...
Kyrö Distillery Company on Behance
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I am by no means a whiskey fan, but I definitely love the bold identity and packaging that Werklig developed for Kyrö Distillery Company, a rye wh...
Wise Words: Joshua Gott
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This week’s Wise Words come from Joshua Grott, Creative Director at Epipheo, a video production company “dedicated to translating ideas i...
Type Love: Adorn
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Adorn is Laura Worthington‘s latest font family. Aimed at the handmade wedding invitation crowd, the family includes seven display fonts, four ...
New Paper Goods from Hammerpress
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I’m loving some of Hammerpress’s most recently launched paper goods, from their series of astrological notecards, to their small chipboard...
Morgan Davidson: Colored Pencil Season Girls Illustration Series
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This series of beautiful colored pencil illustrations was created by Morgan Davidson, a soon-to-be graduate of Ringling College of Art and Design. Ea...
Quick Links: 05.09.14
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Before there was Pantone, there was A. Boogert, who wrote a book in Dutch about mixing watercolors in 1692. The resulting book, which ended up span...
Etsy Finds: Belinda Marshall Art
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I’m loving these colorful, abstract paintings created by Belinda Marshall, a Melbourne, Australia-based artist and surface designer. Her Etsy s...
Wise Words: Barry Schwartz
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This week’s Wise Words come from psychologist Barry Schwartz’s 2009 TED Talk, Our Loss of Wisdom. via The Quotery...
Type Love: Modum
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Modum is a new contemporary serif typeface from The Northern Block. Featuring eight weights with matching italics, over 800 characters, seven vari...
Kevin Cantrell: Commonwealth Coffee Identity and Collateral
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Kevin Cantrell has recently lent his beautiful, highly detailed, maximalist style to the identity, collateral and packaging for Commonwealth Coffee. T...
Bielke+Yang: Vitenparken Identity and Collateral
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Oslo-based studio Bielke+Yang developed this dynamic, experimental identity for the new incarnation of the traditional Norwegian Agriculture Museum...
Color Happy 200
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Wise Words: Sharon Ann Lee
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This week’s wise words come from Sharon Ann Lee’s Creative Mornings talk about what she calls “DYO (Design Your Own) Success.”  ...
Will Miller: AURA Natural Pet Identity and Collateral
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Chicago-based designer Will Miller worked with AURA Natural pet to develop their identity, packaging and stationery. One detail that especially stand...
Type Love: Geometria
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Geometria is a new geometric sans serif typeface from Moscow-based type foundry Brownfox. The typeface offers 16 fonts, encompassing eight weights ...
The Hungry Workshop: Inkster Maken
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I’m in love with this minimal identity and gorgeous business cards and tags designed by The Hungry Workshop for Inkster Maken, designer of equa...
Introducing MOO Letterhead
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The newest addition to MOO’s incredible line of paper products is letterhead. The letterhead is available in both their classic (80lb) and Lux...
Quick Links: 04.25.14
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I’m loving Maud Vantours‘s colorful 3D paper sculptures which I discovered via Collosal. It was really interesting to see how Anna Bond o...
Paperless Post: Personal Stationery + A Special Promotion
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With all of the holidays and graduations coming up, you, like me, probably have quite a few gifts on your list. One great option which would work for ...
Etsy Finds: New from Moglea
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Moglea recently got their new collection uploaded to their Etsy shop and it is all kinds of awesome. Featuring playful hand lettering, candy colored w...
Mother’s Day Gift Ideas from Uncommon Goods
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Every May I am faced with a gift-giving challenge, as Mother’s Day and my Mom’s birthday happen to fall less than a week apart. Do I comb...
Wise Words: Og Mandino
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This week’s wise words come from author Og Mandino who I discovered via the Sycamore Street Press Instagram feed....
Introducing Moniker
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Moniker is a new San Francisco-based studio led by Brent Couchman. I’ve always been a fan of Brent’s work—see here, here and here—so ...
Type Love: GT Sectra
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Grilli Type just recently released their latest typeface, GT Sectra, an angular serif. Originally designed for the long-form journalism magazine “R...
Recommended Resources: PIE Books
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If you want a jolt of creative inspiration, try looking to PIE Books, a Japanese book publisher who aims to produce “sweet and fresh books that ...
Megan Jean Sovern: The Meaning of Maggie
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This morning I’m excited to introduce you to The Meaning of Maggie, Megan Jean’s Sovern‘s debut novel about eleven-year-old Maggie M...
My Dear Fellow Co.
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Check out the charming illustration work of My Dear Fellow Co., a husband-and-wife paper goods studio based in Dallas, Texas. Their shop features a se...
Quick Links: 04.18.14
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French artist Miguel Chevalier made the floors of the Sacré Coeur church in Casablanca, Morocco his canvas with his new project Magic Carpets 2014...