smART history
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An excellent resource for those looking to bone up on their art history, “smARThistory.org is a free multi-media web-book designed as a dynamic enha...
Courtney • Survey/Giveaway Reminder
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First, thanks to everyone who has participated in the designworklife survey so far. It’s been really helpful! But I would LOVE to have a few mor...
Color Happy 25
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This week’s color happy was found in the letterpress gallery of the London College of Communication, which features student interpretations of t...
I Can Read Movies
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Designer Spacesick took it upon himself to reimage a whole slew of famous films as vintage novels—I’m filing this project under the “Ide...
Songbird Sculptures
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I think I’m probably the last to know about Emily Sutton’s meticulously detailed Songbird Sculptures, but I couldn’t resist posting ...
Liz Wolfe
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I am in love with the sugary sweet photography of Liz Wolfe. via Manhattan User’s Guide...
Type Love 34: Soiree
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Soiree was inspired by designer Jacqueline Yue’s three month stay in Paris, and can be purchased at T26....
OK Soda
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Image from boston.com A friend sent me a link to this article on discontinued sodas this morning, where I discovered the incredibly cool packaging of ...
my beautiful
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Out of all the projects in the portfolio of French studio, my beautiful, the design for Jazzmin Records stood out the most to me. Something about the ...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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The latest from Ugmonk: One Hundred, $21...
Hvass&Hannibal
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There’s so many cool things to look at in the portfolio of design studio Hvass&Hannibal. One of my favorites is this mural they designed fo...
Kelli Anderson
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I found Kelli Anderson through some of her work on Card Observer, and was instantly impressed with both her work and interesting site design....
dePlastilina
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Check out the clay illustration of Irma Gruenholz....
Yomar Augusto
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There’s some interesting typographic logos in the portfolio of Brazilian artist and graphic designer, Yomar Augusto. Check out his complete port...
Heiko Müller
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Really interesting work by artist Heiko Müller. I’m especially drawn to those featuring animals, like the ones below. via VizioMag...
Card Observer
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In the same vein as Logopond, Card Observer provides viewers with inspiration in the form of business card eye candy. The site’s brand new, but ...
Survey Says
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As some of you know, the temporary Seamless Creative site is long overdue for an overhaul. And we’re finally getting closer to making that happe...
Todd Weinberger
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I found the work of publication designer Todd Weinberger through Grids, the SPD blog. He is currently the Creative Director at Inked magazine....
25ah
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I love the simple yet dramatic home page of Swedish design firm, 25ah. The ultra-close-up photograph of their work rotates every time you visit the pa...
Palentines
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Greg from Able emailed yesterday to tell about their latest project, and it’s pretty awesome. Palentines is a set of eight free downloadable, pr...
Color Happy 24
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Today I’m taking some inspiration from the past with this op-art inspired record sleeve from Poland. via Record Envelope...
Fine Cheese Co.
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I’m loving all the packaging designed for The Fine Cheese Co. by Irving. via The Lovely Package...
Modern Alphabets
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There’s a lot of really great typographic reference material in the Flickr stream of Depression Press, especially this one....
Dan Funderburgh Patterns
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Great patterns for Soho House by the always-excellent Dan Funderburgh....
Type Love 33: Cube, Cubic
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Fontfabric makes some really interesting three-dimensional fonts. Cube Cubic...
Pretty Sure
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A winner of the TDC 55 Certificate of Typographic Excellence, Pretty Sure is a one-color screen print by designer Nick Schmitz. Could be a fun Valenti...
Now and Then
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Next Tuesday, February 10th, The Society of Publication Designers presents Now and Then: Paula Scher for their first 2009 SPD@FIT event. More details ...
Some Letterpress Eye Candy
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If you haven’t checked out Studio on Fire’s new blog, you should head over there immediately—it’s overflowing with letterpress goo...
Why We Love Boston in Winter
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Jessica Hische has posted some great new work on her blog. One project being six awesome covers for Boston Globe “G” magazine, printed con...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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Here’s some Helvetica goodness from Graniph: Helvetica B, about $28...
Me and Mr. Jones
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The husband-and-wife team behind Me and Mr. Jones created these awesome infographics as part of the 2009 RJ Calendar. Check out the rest of their port...
A Great Collaboration
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I’m loving these bold, graphic patterns created by Trina Turk for Schumacher. See the rest of the line right here....
Alternative Valentines
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Love, by Samantha Hahn, $16.95 and up Beautiful, embroidered re-appropriated linen, $125.00 Lucky, tiny text bowl, $18.00 Greenwich Letterpress Arcade...
Typenuts
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Typenuts is another fantastic resource for typographic iphone and desktop wallpapers, brought to you by I Love Typography....
Jill Calder
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Gorgeous illustrations in the portfolio of Jill Calder. Make sure to check out her lettering too....
A Sunday Bonus
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Check out these alternative Superbowl logos created by well-known designers. Ah what a wonderful world it would be if talented designers had a hand in...
Studio Kluif
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Studio Kluif has an amazing package design portfolio. via the the Dieline (where the first image was also found)...
Sophie Henson
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Designer/Illustrator Sophie Henson has so many great pieces in her portfolio. See more here and here....
Hello Health
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Update: Hello Heath owner Jay Parkinson commented to let me know that the current advertisements were actually the result of a collaboration between d...
Regime
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This typographic illustration was produced by Jonathan Barnbrook for for a special edition of the Guardian G2 supplement, celebrating the inauguration...
Color Happy 23
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Bugaboo Daytrips is a site created for parents by Bugaboo International, makers of fancy schmancy strollers. They’ve created individually design...
Andy Gilmore
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I’m fascinated by Andy Gilmore’s work....
Standard 8
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I’m enjoying the identity created for Standard 8 by Browns Design...
Type Love 32: Typonine
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Typonine is a Croatian type foundry with a small but quality offering of typefaces, including the two sophisticated serifs below. Marlene Amalia...
Long Live Domino
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In case you haven’t heard the disappointing news, Domino magazine announced yesterday that it has folded. I’ve been a subscriber since the...
99%
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More exciting news for today! The genius that is Bēhance has just added another amazing program to their portfolio of great ideas—the 99% Conferenc...
Good Graphic Designer
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Take a look at the portfolio of Jose Antonio Contreras. He worked on one of my favorite Mucca projects, Schiller’s Liquor Bar ....
Hellovon
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London-based illustrator Von creates beautifully expressive and textured artwork. See more on his blog and pick up a print at his shop. via OK Great...
El Banco Deuno
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Gorgeous new brand identity for El Banco Deuno by Saffron. More images right here. via Brand New...
Uppercase Magazine!
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What exciting news! The multi-talented Janine has launched a quarterly magazine for the “creative and curious” (which is especially exciti...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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Grid Systems, $24.95 at You Work for Them...
Silvia Pavarini
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Beautiful watercolor illustrations by Silvia Pavarini. via Creature Comforts...
Little Bee
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I love the book cover design for Chris Cleave’s novel, Little Bee, which comes out next month. Anyone know who the designer is? Update: The auth...
Leigh Wells
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I came across the work of Leigh Wells in the current issue of Readymade, where her hand-drawn scripts illustrated their feature on house parties. And ...
Type in Use
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Typotheque has quite an extensive section of samples of their fonts in use. Below are a couple of examples of Fedra Sans....
Design and Design
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“Every day since 1 January 2008, the home page of DesignAndDesign.com is entirely dedicated to two projects, one in graphic design and the other in ...
WE=TROUBLE
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Last week Tiny Showcase featured work from their September 2008 exhibition at Secret Project Robot in Brooklyn. WE=TROUBLE invited sixteen artists to ...
New from Marimekko
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A few favorites from Marimekko’s new Spring 2009 fabric collection. Check out the full line right here. ....
Color Happy 22
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The image below is from the Easy Graffiti Photoshop brush set sold through Media Slap....
Every Little Counts
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I’m loving the Winter Collection of typographic tees by Every Little Counts. Each one features hand-silk-screened lyrics from popular love songs...