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 ...
Courtney • 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...