In the Heights
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This is not entirely design-related but this past weekend I got to see the Broadway show, “In the Heights”, which just won four Tony Award...
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Courtney • T-shirt Wednesdays
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I couldn’t decide on just two this week… Field Study, $20 at Threadless Le Romantique, $20 at Threadless colorstorm, $20 at Design By Huma...
New-to-me Design Conferences
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I had such a good experience at the HOW Conference this year, that I’d like to try to attend conferences more often. And I recently read about a...
Present & Correct
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I’ve seen these letterpress Dish of the Day cards from Present & Correct around quite a bit lately, especially in the National Stationery Sh...
Fizzy Lizzy
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I noticed Fizzy Lizzy on the vendor list for the Renegade Craft Fair but I didn’t actually see them there. Love the design and packaging....
Type Love 5: Cosmiqua Com and Loft
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Here’s a couple favorites from recent FontShop newsletters: Cosmiqua Com by Linotype (reminds me a lot of Filosofia, a constant favorite of mine...
Beautiful
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I know, I know, more Obama stuff. But I am in love with this image, so I couldn’t resist. I know i said before that I’d be hesitant about ...
Fun Site, Unfortunate Name
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Image from Mr. Wright This site compiles all of the graphics and imagery created in support of Barack Obama, which is pretty awesome to see all in one...
New from Nantaka Joy
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New stationery products from Nantaka Joy (of Oh Joy! fame) are now available online. See more and shop here. “Noted”, Grey Ombre Notebook,...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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I must admit that sometimes I’m a complete sucker for cute. And this Threadless shirt (while I’m not sure I’d actually wear it) is r...
Vintage Goodness
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Here’s an awesome collection of vintage bottlecaps on Flickr. For such small objects—that many would consider insignificant—most of them are...
CreativeTechs
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If you’re a Mac user and you haven’t yet heard of CreativeTechs, you should check out their site immediately. The tagline says it all real...
Type Love 4: Soho and Dederon Sans
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What I’m liking this week… Soho at Fontshop Dederon Sans at Suitcase Type...
New York Magazine
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When I receive my copy of New York Magazine every week, there is always some aspect of the design I really like (online as well—love this logo). The...
Alice Chocolate
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I love all things Alice and Wonderland (especially this 80’s TV version, which I know some people find pretty creepy.) So I immediately fell for...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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Greenpeace, $20 at Design by Humans Savoir, about $50 at Sixpack France via Rumplo...
Paula Scher and the Public Theater
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It’s no surprise that I’m a huge fan of Paula Scher. She is a legend in the design industry who has had an extremely successful career. He...
Speaking of CSA…
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Awhile ago I promised I’d show you some of the paper promotions I received at the HOW Conference, and of course I just finally got around to org...
Naked & Angry
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I know most people have heard of Threadless, but Naked & Angry, another skinnyCorp company, is lesser known. Here instead of t-shirts, you submit ...
Fun Book Jacket Designs
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CSA Images added a gallery showcasing book jacket designs that feature their images. Some really cool stuff there, especially the ones below....
An Amazing Resource
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I’m so excited about this. Smashing Magazine recently put together a gigantic, reader-created gallery of background textures. Photos include woo...
Strawberry Shortcake gets a cell phone?
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Now you have to understand, I was one of those girls who grew up with Strawberry Shortcake in the 80’s. I had a Strawberry Shortcake sleeping ba...
Decisions Decisions
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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 ...
Pattern Art & Julia Rothman
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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...
Type Love 3: Scripts
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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...
Area 2
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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 ...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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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...
Bumble & Bumble
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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...
iPhone eye candy
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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...
We tell stories
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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...