Courtney, Author at Design Work Life

New Knack Weekend Covers

Courtney • Sep 28, 2011Sep 21, 2011

While I am away I’ll be suspending regular posts to feature design, photography and illustration work focused on a central theme: travel. Normal...

Tod Kapke: Travel Photography

Courtney • Sep 27, 2011Sep 18, 2011

While I am away I’ll be suspending regular posts to feature design, photography and illustration work focused on a central theme: travel. Normal...

Creative Suitcase Promotional Materials

Courtney • Sep 27, 2011Oct 3, 2011

Here is a fun promotional piece by Karl Hébert for Creative Suitcase: The Creative Suitcase team has worked on four continents and traveled to over 3...

Andy Pratt: The Location Collection

Courtney • Sep 27, 2011Sep 18, 2011

While I am away I’ll be suspending regular posts to feature design, photography and illustration work focused on a central theme: travel. Normal...

Theo Inglis: New York Postcard Project

Courtney • Sep 26, 2011Sep 18, 2011

While I am away I’ll be suspending regular posts to feature design, photography and illustration work focused on a central theme: travel. Normal...

Krisatomic: Iceland Photgraphy

Courtney • Sep 26, 2011Sep 18, 2011

While I am away I’ll be suspending regular posts to feature design, photography and illustration work focused on a central theme: travel. Normal...

Jackie Hahn: Travelogue

Courtney • Sep 26, 2011Sep 18, 2011

While I am away I’ll be suspending regular posts to feature design, photography and illustration work focused on a central theme: travel. Normal...

Shane McAdams: Synthetic Landscapes

Courtney • Sep 23, 2011Sep 18, 2011

These beautiful pieces are from Brooklyn-based artist Shane McAdams’s Synthetic Landscapes series. From his arist statement: “Like the str...

lg2boutique: La Vittoria Branding

Courtney • Sep 23, 2011Dec 14, 2012

Here is some beautiful work by lg2boutique for La Vittoria, a gourmet gala event to raise money for the Breast Cancer Foundation of Quebec. Each year ...

Color Happy 147

Courtney • Sep 23, 2011Sep 18, 2011

There’s such an unusual combination of soft colors in this piece by Till Hafenbrak. Love it....

Leslie David: Chalayan Airborne Fragrance Packaging

Courtney • Sep 22, 2011Sep 18, 2011

Check out this gorgeously detailed packaging by Leslie David, a recent Young Gun recipient, for Hussein Chalayan’s Airbone, a new fragrance prod...

Duncan/Channon: Farrier

Courtney • Sep 22, 2011Sep 21, 2011

I’m loving this gorgeous wine packaging by Duncan/Channon for Farrier. Here’s a little background from the design team: The overall concep...

Type Love 160: Peleguer

Courtney • Sep 22, 2011Sep 14, 2012

Peleguer, a set of four fonts including ornaments, was reinterpreted from Spanish typography from the second half of the 18th century. You can read mo...

Dominique Falla: We are all a Part of the Same Thing

Courtney • Sep 21, 2011Sep 21, 2011

For Dominique Falla’s contribution to this year’s Positive Posters competition, she designed We are all a Part of the Same Thing, an amazi...

Blok Design: Centro Branding

Courtney • Sep 21, 2011Dec 14, 2012

This sophisticated design program was created by Blok Design for Centro, an arts university in Mexico City. Using imagery in a way that “pulls f...

Collection: Aloha

Courtney • Sep 21, 2011Sep 18, 2011

FOUND: 1. Hawaiian Salt Duo, 2. Hawaii Pillow, 3. Paper Wrapped Pencil Set, 4. Pineapple Macadamia Cookies, 5. Hawaiian Sun Kids T-shirt, 6. Capri Blu...

Student Spotlight: Kelly Thorn

Courtney • Sep 20, 2011Sep 20, 2011

Kelly Thorn is a classmate of Theresa Decker, whose work I posted about last week. While peeking through her portfolio, these typographic and illustra...

Poly: Zoo Exhibition

Courtney • Sep 20, 2011Sep 20, 2011

Zoo is a show curated by the husband and wife team of Jacqui Oakley and Jamie Lawson, which featured “a collection of smaller paintings and arti...

Kareena Zerefos Works on Paper

Courtney • Sep 20, 2011Sep 18, 2011

Kareena Zerefos makes “whimsical illustrative work with a sense of isolation and bittersweet nostalgia.” Dreamy. Get a Free Font Every Wee...

Marx Design: Cazulo Packaging

Courtney • Sep 20, 2011Sep 20, 2011

Here is a gorgeous packaging project by Marx Design for Cazulo, a new alcohol from Goa, India. A bit of background from Ryan: Despite being around for...

Etsy Finds: Debbie Carlos

Courtney • Sep 20, 2011Sep 18, 2011

These large, striking, black and white posters by Debbie Carlos, are printed on a plotter— a large format printer mainly used to produce architectur...

Minted Great Ideas Notebook Challenge

Courtney • Sep 19, 2011Sep 18, 2011

Check out some of the winners of Minted‘s recent Great Ideas Notebook Challenge, all of which will soon be available for purchase on the site....

Meg Gleason: Personalized Stationery

Courtney • Sep 19, 2011Sep 18, 2011

I’m loving these sweet and simple letterpress stationery designs by Meg Gleason. More details can be found on Flickr. Get a Free Font Every Week...

Michael De Pippo: Retro Muppet Concert Posters

Courtney • Sep 19, 2011Sep 18, 2011

I have incredibly vivid memories of watching The Muppet Show as a kid, so there’s really no way I couldn’t love this project by Michael De...

Monday Quick Links: 09.19.11

Courtney • Sep 19, 2011Sep 14, 2012

Quick Note: Thanks for all of your travel submissions! We are currently all booked up for that series, but please feel free to send over regular submi...

Dan Blackman: Turley Wedding Invites

Courtney • Sep 16, 2011Sep 13, 2011

I love this crisp, clean and modern wedding invitation suite that was designed by Dan Blackman (a newly appointed ADC Young Gun), and printed by Crank...

Kurtis Beavers: Cutters Brewing Co.

Courtney • Sep 16, 2011Sep 13, 2011

Check out these beer label designs by designer and illustrator Kurtis Beavers, for Cutters Brewing Co. Fun. Get a Free Font Every WeekEnter your email...