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T-shirt Wednesdays

Courtney • Aug 20, 2008Aug 19, 2008

Here are a few shirts found by using Rumplo’s new color sorting feature: 50 Ways to Help the Planet, $25 at Wire and Twine Painted Rio, $18 at H...

sixtypound

Courtney • Aug 19, 2008Aug 19, 2008

I just rediscovered this type specimen I had saved from awhile ago. A quote from “Pulp Fiction”—hopefully no one is offended by the curs...

The Girl Effect

Courtney • Aug 19, 2008Aug 18, 2008

I read about the Girl Effect in one of my monthly magazines (Marie Claire, I think.) It’s an organization dedicated to empowering girls over the...

Model Citizen

Courtney • Aug 19, 2008Dec 14, 2012

I’m one of those people who always loved school—if I ever win the lottery, I’m becoming a professional student. So I’m always real...

Marie Bushbaum

Courtney • Aug 15, 2008Aug 15, 2008

I stumbled upon the lovely work of Marie Bushbaum on Behance the other night. She is an extremely talented pattern designer. But what I love most abou...

Color Happy 3

Courtney • Aug 15, 2008Mar 20, 2011

This palette is definitely unique, and the design—by Helmo, out of France—is so intricate and layered. I see something new every time I look at it...

Type Love 11: Aerotype

Courtney • Aug 14, 2008Sep 14, 2012

I’m really liking these chunky slab serifs—what they call Western/19th century—from Aerotype. Again, I don’t really get to use type li...

Harvard Business Review Classics

Courtney • Aug 13, 2008Nov 20, 2013

There’s nothing I don’t love about the design of these books—their compact size, the colors, their common design elements and, this goes...

A Pleasant Surprise

Courtney • Aug 13, 2008Aug 12, 2008

Somehow I managed to get on Mike Perry’s mailing list—snail mail, not email. I have no idea how it happened, but hey, I’m not complainin...

T-shirt Wednesdays

Courtney • Aug 13, 2008Aug 12, 2008

I love the simplicity of these type tees from Print Liberation. If I was having a bad day and saw someone walking down the street in one these, it wou...

Maximalist

Courtney • Aug 12, 2008Aug 12, 2008

Denis Olenik is one of the designers I follow on Behance. Based out of Belarus, he does some really great logo and identity work. I also really love h...

The Bubble Roome

Courtney • Aug 12, 2008

Delicious packaging for the Bubble Roome. I especially like that they emphasize each product’s pattern by shooting each one on the same backgrou...

If You Could

Courtney • Aug 11, 2008

Love the new If You Could prints for August, designed by Jason Munn and Rob Ryan. In case you haven’t heard of the series, it is a monthly print...

Happy Weekend and Miscellany

Courtney • Aug 8, 2008

Photo from FotografeRx’s photostream So sorry about the lack of posts the last couple of days. I took an unexpected sick day yesterday and today...

Playful Type

Courtney • Aug 6, 2008Nov 20, 2013

“Playful Type presents an inspiring collection of illustrative fonts and hand-made typography created from a variety of cutting-edge approaches ...

Grady McFerrin

Courtney • Aug 5, 2008Jan 9, 2009

Grady McFerrin’s portfolio is overflowing with beautiful work. But I am especially loving his wine labels, with their gorgeous hand-drawn type. ...

J. Crew Studio

Courtney • Aug 4, 2008

Not sure how long this feature has been present on J. Crew’s site, but it is new to me. They have this small interactive section which lets you ...

Who Doesn’t Love an &?

Courtney • Aug 1, 2008Jul 31, 2008

I know it’s not Wednesday but I couldn’t resist. Ampersand Tee, $26 from House Industries...

Over & Over

Courtney • Aug 1, 2008Nov 20, 2013

I read about this new book from Mike Perry yesterday on Treasuring, and immediately placed an order. “Over & Over” follows the same fo...

More Pattern Love

Courtney • Aug 1, 2008Jul 31, 2008

For some reason I don’t usually spend a lot of time browsing through Flickr. I know there’s a ton of great stuff to be seen, and for a lot...

Katie Kirk

Courtney • Jul 31, 2008Nov 20, 2013

The other day Free Design pointed out “Eli No!”, a children’s book designed by the extremely talented illustrator, Katie Kirk. I abs...

Type Love 10: TypeTrust

Courtney • Jul 31, 2008Sep 14, 2012

Here are a few typefaces from TypeTrust that I’d like to get my hands on: Prelo Prelo Slab Ventura Heroic Condensed...

ChangeThis

Courtney • Jul 30, 2008Jul 30, 2008

Yesterday CreativeTechs sent out a really great newsletter that compiled a list of free ebooks geared towards designers. I’ve only gotten to loo...

T-Shirt Wednesdays

Courtney • Jul 30, 2008

This week I came across new t-shirt site built on the Threadless model, itself. All of their shirts are printed in limited edition, with a maximum of ...

Delicious Posters

Courtney • Jul 28, 2008

Last night I received an email from one of my favorite poster resources letting me know that their site had been updated! Delicious Design League uses...

One Click Leads to Another

Courtney • Jul 28, 2008Jul 25, 2008

The other day I was pointed to the Flickr account of Alejandro Paul by simple song. Paul is the type designer behind Feel Script and one of the founde...