Courtney is the founder of Design Work Life and Seamless Creative, a small design studio she runs with her husband Brian. She now splits her time between developing brand identities for small businesses and soaking up (and passing along) as much inspiration as she possibly can.
I’m loving this vibrant work by 1983 Present for The Happy 8, a chain of hotels in Malaysia. The Happy 8 is a high-quality chain hotels brand of Malaysia. The brand is enlightened from the combination of Nanyang culture and…
It’s that time of year again! The 2014 RE:Design UXD Conference is coming up at the end of April in Brooklyn, and I’m happy to offer one lucky winner a free pass. Here are the details: RE:DESIGN/UXD 2014 will take…
Wise Words about the good things that can come from sharing your work from Tim O’Reilly via Austin Kleon
It’s been far too long since I’ve posted a project from the ladies at Stitch Design Co., so this morning I’m excited to share their latest packaging project for Produce Candles. The fresh, vibrant packaging designs reflect each hand-cultivated candle’s produce-inspired…
Over the years, Typejockeys has come up with various ideas for fonts that don’t necessarily warrant a huge, in-depth typeface buildout. So to give these one-off fonts a home, they have introduced Typejockeys Shots. Each one will support the same 47…
Today, Scotty Reifsnyder and Chronicle Books release Cheers!, a set of 12 notecards and envelopes “perfect for toasting any occasion.” The set includes six designs shaped like beer, wine, champagne, and liquor bottles all featuring Scotty’s signature, mid-century-modern-inspired style. Pick up a…
Between the kaleidoscopic use of color and deconstructed, abstract forms, I can’t stop staring at Rollercoaster, a new illustration series by Atelier Olschinsky.
While browsing Klim Type Foundry’s blog recently, I discovered D.T. Practice’s work for UK’s The Roxy. Featured because of its heavy use of a modified version of Pitch, one of my favorites from Klim’s library, the project began with a redesign of…
I’m excited to share more new beautiful work from Studio MPLS, this time a new brand identity, stationery and packaging project for Alli Marie, a new brand of premiere women’s footwear.
Did anyone not fall in love with Mayhem this week? If you’re not familiar, Mayhem is an adorable, ultra creative four-year-old who makes dresses out of paper with her Mom. You can check out more of her creations on Instagram…
Luvocracy Love is a monthly column that features a handful of the products I’ve spotted over the past four weeks. Shop the links: 1. Colour + Pattern 4 by Georgiana Paraschiv, 2. Kate Spade New York Castle Peak 4 Piece Place Setting,…
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, as most people on the mainland are familiar, Aloha…
Wise words from David Ogilvy, the “Father of Advertising.” For more wisdom, also check out his 10 Tips on Writing on Brain Pickings
Revisal is a new typeface from Switzerland-based foundry Type Dynamic. This “humanist sans family” includes seven weights plus italics, from hairline to black, and many OpenType features such as stylistic alternates, proportional and tabular figures, scientific inferiors, fractions and more.…
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 recently developed for The Coconut Collective’s new line of organic waters. In addition to…
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 offerings each month. They are continuously adding new and interesting class options, which is…
I am loving the work that Minneapolis’s Little has developed for Fair State Brewing Cooperative, Minnesota’s first cooperative brewery. As a co-op, the brewery is equally focused on producing perfectly crafted beer and building a strong community of members. Inspired by…
Matt Stevens‘s Junk Drawer series is an ongoing set of illustrations that depict “fascinating characters from pop culture by showing the random and forgotten items in their personal storage spaces.” What a fun idea with so many possibilities for expansion. You…
