It was really difficult to narrow down the list of vendors for this weekend’s Renegade Craft Fair into a few top picks. With over 200 to choose ...
This weekend I’ll be hitting up the 4th annual Renegade Craft Fair at the McCarren Park Pool in Brooklyn. Over 200 vendors will be selling handm...
I love pattern art. I use it A LOT in my work—probably too much according to some people. But it’s one aspect of design that I really enjoy pl...
Just as I declared yesterday T-shirt Wednesdays, today I’m doing the same for Type Love Thursdays. Since we are smack in the middle of wedding s...
I took a peek at this book in Barnes & Noble yesterday, and at around 450 pages, it is chock full of inspiration. Area 2 is pretty much a curated ...
I’ve been following the work of San Francisco-based Lab Partners for a few months now. Their style is both modern and retro at the same time, wh...
It seems I’m constantly coming across t-shirts I really like, so I figured I would share a couple current favorites with you every week on Wedne...
I love the typography-driven packaging for Bumble and Bumble hair products. I’m especially drawn to the scripts used for the Bb logo and product...
I’m not sure how I came across Leesa Leva’s work initially, but I was recently reintroduced to it through Behance. She primarily works in ...
Poolga is a site where you can download artist and designer-created wallpapers for your iPhone for free. There’s a wide range of styles so it sh...
Let’s start Monday off with the fun and colorful work of artist and illustrator Stephen Crowhurst. See more work at Hello Hello. via Design*Spon...
If you haven’t heard of Woot, it’s a site that follows the “deal-a-day” format, where every day they put one product up for sa...
I just realized that this post didn’t publish when I told it to yesterday. So the whole “Speaking of Penguin” follow-up didn’t...
I am coveting this newly-released set of James Bond novels. Not that I’m a particularly big James Bond fan, but the cover art alone is worth the...
Logo Lounge recently published their annual round up of current logo trends. Two of the overarching themes they noticed include the overall move towar...
Can’t wait to get my hands on these—only a couple more weeks til they go on sale (June 17th). We’ll see how quickly they sell out though...
I was disappointed to learn that the new season of Flight of the Conchords will be delayed until the fall because of the writers’ strike, but th...
This book—the first monograph on artist Lulu de Kwiatkowski—looks gorgeous. de Kwiatkowski is more well-known for her designer textile line, LULU ...
In honor of Barack Obama claiming the Democratic nomination, but without getting into too much political commentary, I thought I’d share this po...
Not sure how recently this happened, but I’m definitely psyched about it—Gmund paper finally has a brand new website. I had unsuccessfully att...
By way of the Post Expose blog I heard about what sounds like a really cool exhibition by Chris Rubino, called “The Center of Something”. ...
I love Threadless. (They’re on the cover of this month’s Inc. Magazine, by the way.) Even though their shirts aren’t always my style...
I’ve been pretty excited about Post Expose since it opened, even though I’ve unfortunately not had a chance to get there yet. They’r...
Like I’ve said before, Duffy & Partners consistently produces great work. So I was excited to learn yesterday that they recently completed a...
Fortunately I got a chance to see Bill Strickland speak as the closing keynote for the HOW Conference. As a speaker and a person, he is truly inspirat...
I subscribe to quite a few email newsletters, some of which are dedicated entirely to type. Yesterday I received the Font Shop newsletter highlighting...
If you like well-designed t-shirts you should know about Rumplo. The description on their site reads as follows: Rumplo is a place to find brilliant a...
Full poster can be seen below I love working with ampersands whenever I get the chance. So when I came across this blog dedicated entirely to the glyp...
Last night I almost got into the Sex and the City premiere at Radio City Music Hall. Almost. By the time they told us they were out of seats I was pro...
One of the highlights of the conference was the Type Director’s Club exhibit (TDC54) at the conference. I love the books cataloging these compet...
Another HOW Conference session I attended was “What it Takes to be Your Own Boss”, given by Ilise Benun of Marketing Mentor. I had previou...
Another presenter I was really excited about was Charles Anderson. I love the look and feel of all the work that comes out of their studio, and I real...
Another session I was excited about was the one given by David Schimmel of And Partners here in New York. I’ve always admired their work so I wa...
These fun typographic illustrations from INVDR made the blog rounds a couple of weeks ago but I thought they’re still worth mentioning. I love t...
Just came across this blog via the Daily Monster. It covers a bunch of the sessions I didn’t get to see, so take a look....
Designer and Illustrator Stefan Bucher, of Daily Monster fame, gave a talk along with John Foster called “Arriving at Creativity”. The mos...
Another one of Monday’s sessions I really enjoyed was given by Scott Belsky of Behance. For those of you that don’t know about the company...
In Monday’s second session I attended “Financial Planning for Solo Designers” given by Shel Perkins, the author of Talent is Not Eno...
Monday morning’s session presented by Joe Duffy was one I was really looking forward to. I love the work that comes out of Duffy and Partners an...
This past Sunday I headed into the Hynes for the opening Keynote address, given by Jeremy Gutsche of Trend Hunter Magazine, entitled “Creating a...
Well, I really did mean to have my HOW recaps up long before now, but I didn’t realize how much being at the conference would take out of me. It...
Well, the first full day of the HOW conference is over and it’s been awesome so far. I went to 4 really great sessions today and got my hands on...
I’m currently back home in Boston, which is exciting because I haven’t been able to get here since Christmas. And as much as I love New Yo...
I have a bit of an obsession with type, and as a result keep a mile-long wishlist of typefaces I’d like to buy. If money were no object, I’...
Recently I was flipping through the latest Crate & Barrel catalog, and although I love their furniture and accessories, what stood out to me the m...
This blog has been in the works for quite awhile, so I’m really excited to be up and running. (Thanks to B for his web expertise!) To give you a...