“Love From Hawaii”
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One of the many reasons I fell in love with Hawaii when I first visited a few years ago, was the Aloha spirit that is in the air. Beyond a greeting, a...
Courtney • Wise Words: David Ogilvy
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Wise words from David Ogilvy, the “Father of Advertising.” For more wisdom, also check out his 10 Tips on Writing on Brain Pickings...
Type Love: Revisal
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Revisal is a new typeface from Switzerland-based foundry Type Dynamic. This “humanist sans family” includes seven weights plus italics, fr...
Marx Design: The Coconut Collective
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Personally, I’m not a huge fan of coconut water as a beverage. But despite that face, I am loving the fresh, sunny packaging that Marx Design re...
Recommended Resources: Skillshare Round-up
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As an avid user (and teacher) of Skillshare’s online classes, I thought it would be great to use this column to highlight a few of their offerin...
Little: Fair State Brewing Cooperative Identity and Collateral
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I am loving the work that Minneapolis’s Little has developed for Fair State Brewing Cooperative, Minnesota’s first cooperative brewery. As a ...
Matt Stevens: Junk Drawer Prints
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Matt Stevens‘s Junk Drawer series is an ongoing set of illustrations that depict “fascinating characters from pop culture by showing the r...
Quick Links: 02.21.14
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I’m loving these cool “Seeing New York” Cinemagraphs by Ann Street Studio found via Diego Guevara’s blog. The folks at Glob...
Etsy Finds: Sarah Abbott Art & Illustration
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Sarah Abbott’s Etsy Shop features a collection of prints and paper goods designed by the Sheffield, UK based artist, who clearly has a strong a...
Chris Turnham Prints
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I was happy to recently discover the work of Los Angeles-based Chris Turnham, who has worked as an artist in both feature and television animation a...
Wise Words: Justin McMurray, Show Your Work
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This week’s wise words come from Justin McMurray’s Medium article, The time is now to share your work with the world. Found via Austin Kl...
Jessica Hische: Jess & Russ Keepsake
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You may remember seeing Jessica Hische‘s epic wedding website awhile back, a richly detailed parallax design featuring the work of many of her a...
Type Love: Nomada
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Nomada, a new release from Tipografies, is a compact set of sans serif fonts in four upright weights, from light to black. Pick up a copy for yourself...
Recommended Resources: Victionary Palette Series
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Victionary is an excellent resource for books that contain lots of design eye candy, both in the content as well as the books’ own designs. They...
Jen Mussari Lettering
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I’m not sure how I have not come across Jen Mussari‘s lettering portfolio before now, but it is filled with all kinds of awesomeness. You...
Jono Garrett: Wedding Materials
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We love Jono Garrett’s work so much that it’s getting a double post! And since it is Valentine’s Day, what better project to share ...
Jono Garrett: Frida von Fuchs Identity and Collateral
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I’m absolutely loving this sophisticated and whimsical brand identity and collateral system developed by Jono Garrett for Frida von Fuchs, a Ber...
Stephen Powers: New Love Letters Products
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I’m a huge fan of Stephen Powers’s (most recently featured here) large-scale, typographic, and poignant environmental works of art. So I w...
Quick Links: 02.14.14
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In case you haven’t heard, The Great Discontent (on of my favorite blogs) has their sites set on creating a biannual print magazine! They curren...
Color Happy 197
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New Products from Fairgoods
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Fairgoods, a shop that puts “the maker at the forefront,” recently introduced a couple of new products that caught my eye: Code Mode Ligh...
Scott Patt: Bigger. Smaller. Funnier.
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I’m happy to have recently discovered this new project by Scott Patt, an artist whose inspirations—”the folk art of his youth and post ...
Wise Words: Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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This week’s wise words come from French aristocrat, writer, poet, and pioneering aviator, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry....
Super Precious: Groundhog Day Mini-show
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Well, Groundhog Day has passed, and unfortunately most of us didn’t get the result we wanted (6 more weeks of winter—no fun), but that doesn&#...
Paperless Post Valentines
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With Valentine’s Day swiftly approaching this week, I know many of you will be on the lookout for fun, interesting and creative greetings to sen...
Type Love: Louize
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Louize is a new serif typeface by Nonpareille, the foundry of France-based, Swiss-born Matthieu Cortat. The typeface is a contemporary revival o...
Non-Format: nyMusikk Identity and Collateral
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Awesome work by Kjell Ekhorn and Jon Forss, of Non-Format, for nyMusikk, the leading promoter of contemporary music in Norway. nyMusikk, the leading p...
Richard Perez: Coen Cast
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This afternoon I’m loving Coen Cast, a fun little side project from designer Richard Perez. He’s started a Tumblr to collect his illustrat...
Quick Links: 02.07.14
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I’m personally not a huge fan of “selfies” (both taking them myself and the word in general), but if I was surrounded by these amaz...
Projekt, Inc.: Choiselle Identity and Packaging
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Pennsylvania-based studio Projekt recently created a beautiful new identity and packaging system for Choiselle, a new line of all natural skincare pr...