Garth

Garth

Garth is a do-it-all digital marketer/designer born and raised in the “City of Destiny,” Tacoma, Washington. He lives in Seattle, has a beard, enjoys pizza and coffee (not together) and tries to spread as much positivity as he can. He's at his best in a light, collaborative environment; he's at my worst when losing at Scrabble. Above all, he's always looking for ways to grow his brain.

Formerly the community manager for AmazonSmile and digital marketing manager at DRY Soda; he can now be found doing freelance graphic design, social media and marketing consultation.

Rebecca Mah: Culture Caps

For her senior thesis, Tyler School of Art graduate Rebecca Mah created Culture Caps, a drop cap alphabet influenced by different regions corresponding to each letter. In this series, Rebecca expertly incorporates regional design aesthetics to create a hand-lettered trip around…

The Fox and King Illustration

There’s something sly and regal making magic in Melbourne, Australia, and that something is Glenn Thomas, AKA The Fox and King. Glenn’s rich, colorful, and beautifully textured illustrations caught my eye a few weeks back, and he’s since ascended to the top…

Kelly Thompson: Design & Illustration

Kelly Thompson, a Texan designer/illustrator based in Seattle, has combined her southern spice and northwestern quirkiness into a wide range of noteworthy work. Her charming hand-drawn aesthetic has become a distinctive style that she translates beautifully across a number of…

ASCD: 2013 Annual Report Website

Every annual reporting season, companies and nonprofits alike step up their design game to create a solid impression of the past year’s progress. Education nonprofit ASCD knocked their 2013 annual report out of the parallax park with their dedicated report…

Sense: Oblica Catalogue

Bask in the warming glow of beautiful design found in this catalogue for Oblica fireplaces created by Sense, a creative agency based in Melbourne, Australia. In making collateral for such unique products as Oblica’s fireplaces, Sense did a masterful job of designing around the…

Baron Fig: The Poster Project

Baron Fig, a small business making “sketchbooks and notebooks for thinkers,” just launched a lovely new side project simply titled The Poster Project, featuring a collection of inspiring posters created by thinkers around the world. The posters employ a simple color palette that…

Odding Wang: The Book of Red

Odding Wang‘s “The Book of Red,” a handcrafted notebook tribute to Pablo Picasso, is a beautifully made piece of paper cut storytelling by the artist/designer from Beijing. “The Book of Red” is part of Odding’s series “Everyone Has A Story,” accompanied by…

Ciara Phelan: Collages

Ciara Phelan, a freelance illustrator and textile designer in east London, recently launched her new website full of intricate collage work and other marvelous projects. Ciara has a notably talented eye for combining vintage ephemera and other goods, and has been commissioned for…

Studio Fludd: Gelatology – Micro / Macro

Studio Fludd‘s Gelatology project, which we featured back in November, has grown into a new booklet titled “Micro / Macro” and expanded into a full-fledged banquet and traveling workshop. If you’re unfamiliar with Gelatology, it all started as a booklet and print series…

Open Door Design Studio: Reinventing the Toilet Challenge

Who knew a toilet could be so beautiful? The team at Open Door Design Studio, in collaboration with Kohler, designed the remarkable exterior of Caltech’s innovative, winning entry into Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s 2012 “Reinventing the Toilet Challenge” for…

Casey Ligon: Hand Lettering

The hand lettering work of Casey Ligon is a gorgeous force to be reckoned with as her talents span chalk, ink, vector and beyond. Her ability to work in such different media and canvases (including bananas?!) is pretty incredible, especially when…

Juan Coca: CHS 2014 Commencement Invitation

Juan Coca, a design student at Fort Hays State University, gave his younger brother quite the rad grad gift in designing these beautiful letterpress commencement invitations. It’s refreshing seeing such craftsmanship in the commencement space as it seems to be a relatively…

Student Work: Josh Schott

Graphic designer Josh Schott is pursuing his MFA at Tyler School of Art at Temple University and already has an impressive collection of work to his name in illustration, packaging, and beyond. Check out some of his select projects below and explore…