Art Prints by Matthew Korbel Bowers
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Awhile back I briefly featured the work of Matthew Korbel Bowers in Color Happy 152. And after stumbling upon his work again this week, I realized his...
Courtney • Christophe Remy: Delbôve
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Belgium-based designer Christophe Remy has done some beautiful work for Delbôve, a high-end cosmetics line. Be sure to check out Christophe’s...
Eric Comstock Illustration
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I’m loving the playful retro style of Eric Comstock‘s illustrations. Get 300+ Fonts for FREEEnter your email to download our 100% free "Fo...
Type Love: Kana Sans
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Kana Sans was released earlier this year by GT & CANARY, a New York City studio founded by Takaaki Goto, a type designer from Japan. Kana Sans...
Radio: Sea World Orlando Maps
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Radio recently worked with London-based agency Cubo to create all new maps for Sea World in Orlando. Get a closer look right here. Get 300+ Fonts for ...
One Heart Boston Letterpress Print
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One Heart Boston is an initiative by Boston-based Hairpin Communications to benefit victims of the Boston Marathon attack. In the aftermath of the at...
Type Love: Verb and Verb Condensed
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Verb and Verb Condensed are two sans serif families from Yellow Design Studio. Verb Condensed is just a slightly more condensed version of the origina...
Push: Italio Modern Kitchen Identity and Collateral
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Push recently completed the identity and extensive collateral for Italio, a fast casual Italian restaurant chain. Challenge. Italio came to Push with...
The Original Champions of Design: MC Kitchen Identity and Collateral
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I’m loving this new project by The Original Champions of Design for MC Kitchen, a modern Italian restaurant in the Miami Design District. MC Kit...
Ada Blackjack Identity and Collateral
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Beautiful work for bag and leather goods brand Ada Blackjack by Verena Michelitsch and Tobias van Schneider. Check out the products online right he...
The World’s First Annual Report on Instagram
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Trigger Communications just launched this year’s annual report for Calgary Zoo. But it isn’t your typical printed piece; the report unfold...
Fabio Ongarato Design: QT Port Douglas Identity and Collateral
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I’m loving this work for QT Port Douglas by Fabio Ongarato Design: Each QT Resort and Hotel has it own unique character and individual personal...
Design Ranch Update: Learn + Let Go
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In a post over the weekend, I requested that if anyone had pictures of the finished pieces from the Learn + Let Go workshop to send them my way. Well,...
Hammerpress: W. 18th St. Fashion Show
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A recent browse through Hammerpress‘s custom portfolio turned up this beautiful work for the W. 18th St. Fashion Show, a collaboration with Per...
Type Love: Poster
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Poster is a new release from Type-Ø-Tones designed by Íñigo Jerez. Want more type? Check out my Type Wishlist, current Favorites and Calli...
Damn You Art School
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Damn You Art School, who provides answers for “everything they never taught you in art school,” looks like an awesome resource for stude...
Heal Boston
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Designer Richie Stewart just launched Heal Boston, a great project to benefit victims of the Boston Marathon attack. Buy a shirt and all proceeds will...
So long, Texas!
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Today I’m taking off after two days jam-packed with creativity. While I’m anxious to get back to NYC, I am incredibly grateful for this ex...
Today on the Ranch: 04.20.13, Part 2
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This afternoon the last group of workshops were held in one three-hour block. So rather than take one full class, I decided to jump around to as many ...
Armadillo Races?
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Yes, armadillo races. Maybe it’s naive of me, but I had no idea this was a thing. (FYI, it’s definitely a thing.) But hey, it was a new an...
Today on the Ranch: 4.20.13, Part 1
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This morning I spent the first session of the day with Anna Bond of Rifle Paper Co. in a workshop entitled, “What’s Your (Color) Story?...
Today on the Ranch: 04.19.13
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After I had a chance to familiarize myself with the ranch this morning, I was able to attend two sessions in the afternoon: Jay B. Sauceda‘s &#...
Hello Texas!
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Well, after a series of many travel hiccups, I finally arrived in Hunt, Texas at Camp Waldemar at 2AM earlier today. It was quite the adventure. But ...
Wear your inspiration on your sleeve.
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To celebrate Design Ranch‘s 10th anniversary this weekend, Brian and I made up some little goodies for all of the Ranchers. Based on the idea, &...
See you in Texas!
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I am currently en route to Texas for Design Ranch! That means that over the next four days, posting will be entirely Design Ranch focused, and regular...
Chris Dina: Fruit Prints
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Designer Chris Dina has created a vibrant new print series that celebrates “wondrous varieties of fruit” through colorful, graphic illustr...
Ineo Designlab: Højmark Cycles Identity and Collateral
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Beautiful work for Højmark Cycles by Denmark-based studio Ineo Designlab. I’m especially loving the architectural typographic mark they devel...
Type Love: Program
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Program is a new sans serif from Emigre. Designed by Zuzana Licko, Program is a “type designer’s typeface”: …It’s about the...
55 Hi’s: New Numbers Posters
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This morning 55 Hi’s is releasing two new posters, Numbers and Numbers 2. They follow the same format as the previous Letters series (which I h...
Color Happy 194
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Love the palette of this vintage piece. Unfortunately I don’t have any source information— if you happen to know any, please pass the info alo...
Boston On My Mind
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I love this image so much. via Quipsologies I feel the need to take a quick time out from design posts to express how heartbroken I am over the tragi...
Kickstarter: Mosto., Modular Storage For Your Shower and Closet
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Mosto is a line of minimal, modular, flat pack organizational accessories developed by a student design team from Ohio State University. Their first ...
Merge Typography
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Loving this typography by Wun Ping Christopher Wong: Merge is a san-serif type face designed with the combination of vector, pencil sketch, fine line...
Cats Let Nothing Darken Their Roar: New Products
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Noa Bembibre just released a few new Cats Let Nothing Darken Their Roar products! Archival prints: Love Card: Custom Invitations, Cards or Prints:...
Tyler School of Art: Good Measure
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Good Measure is this year’s Tyler School of Art Graphic and Interactive Design MFA Thesis Exhibition. The students are celebrating and showcas...
Paul Belford: Waddesdon Wine
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I’m loving the identity and packaging that Paul Belford developed for Waddeson Wine: Waddesdon Manor is the historical country seat of the R...
Type Love: Icing
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I’ve been loving everything Great Lakes Lettering has produced since they launched at the end of last year; and Icing, their newest font, is ...
Kelli Anderson: Paper Type Experiments
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For her Typo San Francisco talk, Kelli Anderson created these incredible paper type experiments. Each one features intricate letters—mostly white on...
CourseHorse NYC: Classes to Take This Week
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We’ve teamed up with CourseHorse to bring you a selection of current NYC classes that will be of particular interest to you. Here’s what...
Design Ranch: Meet Our Leaders! Part 2
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As promised, I present to you the amazing remaining Design Ranch session leaders. Much more to come next week from Texas! Jay B. Sauceda Jay B. Sauced...
Creative Market Photoshop Extension
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Earlier this week, the folks at Creative Market launched a pretty impressive new digital product, the Creative Market Photoshop extension. The extensi...
Type Love: Quant
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Quant is a beautiful new serif from Hoftype. The family includes eight styles, support for over 40 languages and more, proving it to be “well-eq...
mgmt. design: Elbow Room Identity and Collateral
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Design studio mgmt., recently had the opportunity to develop a fun new identity for Elbow Room, a mini-chain of restaurants that serve many variations...
Design Ranch: Meet Our Leaders! Part 1
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So many amazing artists, designers and creative people will be leading the workshops at Design Ranch next week. In anticipation of my arrival in Texas...
Gummy Industries Identity and Collateral
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I’m loving the fun, playful approach that Gummy Industries, a new branding, marketing, and social media agency based in Italy, took in creatin...
New iPad App: Urban World
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The McKinsey Global Institute just released a fascinating new iPad app, Urban World. Urban World provides users with a visually engaging way to explor...
Dittmar: The Project Factory Identity and Collateral
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Berlin-based studio Dittmar developed this colorful identity for The Project Factory, a digital production company: The new brand is inspired by a...
The Beauty of Letterpress + Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum
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Last week Neenah Paper launched The Beauty of Letterpress, an incredible online resource featuring educational tools, a printer directory, and the bes...
Patrick Seymour: Shiny Diamond Type
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I’m loving this geometric typographic exploration by Patrick Seymour. Get 300+ Fonts for FREEEnter your email to download our 100% free "Font Lo...
Face. : Highpark Identity and Collateral
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Face updated their portfolio with a few new projects this week. Their work for Highpark, a new residential building in Monterrey, Mexico, particularly...
Aad: DCU Students’ Union
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I’m loving this colorful project designed by Dublin-based studio Aad for the DCU Student Union: DCU Students’ Union approached us with a cou...
Nudge: Browns Court Bakery Identity and Collateral
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Charleston-based studio Nudge recently completed this lovely branding for Brown’s Court Bakery, a new area bakery with historical roots. Get ...
Type Love: Grey Sans
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Grey Sans is “a contemporary sans with an angular design” by Canada-based foundry Greyscale Type. Want more type? Check out my Type Wish...
Studio on Fire: Summertime Poster
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Yesterday I got to open the windows in the office for the first time this year, and it was glorious. So in the spirit of welcoming warmer temperatures...
Ico: The Mellier Identity and Collateral
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Ico created this beautiful body for work for The Mellier, an upscale London residence. The Mellier is a penthouse in the heart of London’s Mayf...
55 Hi’s: Pick Your Poison Coasters
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55His latest creation is Pick Your Poison, a set of six screen printed coasters. Each coaster is double-sided, featuring a popular drink mix on one ...
Tag Collective: Salad Pangea Identity and Collateral
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Tag Collective recently completed an extensive identity project for Salad Pangea, a “fast-casual restaurant that offers a modern, multi-cultural...
Maud: Spa Q Identity and Collateral
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Awesome geometric identity work for Spa Q by Australian studio Maud: QT Hotels approached us to design a brand for their first of several spas arou...
Merijn Hos: Wood Sculptures at Beginnings NYC
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Dutch artist and illustrator Merijn Hos recently had an exhibition at Beginnings NYC, featuring a selection of his colorful wood sculptures. A bit of...
Glenn Wolk: Tommy Hilfiger Patches
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Glenn Wolk designed this incredible series of patches for fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger. Much more to see right here. Get 300+ Fonts for FREEEnter your...