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SAM+CAM Identity and Stationery

SAM+CAM Identity and Stationery

Courtney • May 21, 2013Dec 1, 2013
I’m loving the new identity for Sam + Cam, a two-person design studio based in Paris. via Branding Served...
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Harry Diaz: Self-Promotional Materials

Courtney • May 21, 2013May 20, 2013
Harry Diaz recently created this fun package as a self-promotional piece for current and prospective clients. The package includes four small Risograp...
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Student Work: The Good Store

Student Work: The Good Store

Courtney • May 20, 2013Dec 1, 2013
Editor’s Note: As learned through the comments, this project was actually the result of a group effort. The other designers who worked on The Good Sto...
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Michael George Haddad: Funhouse Posters

Michael George Haddad: Funhouse Posters

Courtney • May 20, 2013Dec 1, 2013
Michael George Haddad created this awesome series of posters for Funhouse, a DJ night at a venue called Mugshots, which is located in the historic Ott...
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Lettering by Ryan Hamrick

Courtney • May 20, 2013May 20, 2013
My friends at Mama’s Sauce recently pointed me in the direction of Ryan Hamrick, a Pittsburgh-based designer. And as expected, his portfolio did not d...
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Special Event: Designing Better Experiences in the Digital Landscape

Courtney • May 20, 2013May 20, 2013
This morning I’d love to point you in the direction of a great design event happening in NYC in just a few weeks. After the Jump: Designing Better Exp...
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New Prints by Raymond Biesinger

Courtney • May 17, 2013May 17, 2013
Raymond Biesinger recently launched several great new prints, including a series that depicts How Illustrations Are Made, his illustrated take on the ...
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Sociedad Anónima: Hotel Boca Chica Identity and Collateral

Sociedad Anónima: Hotel Boca Chica Identity and Collateral

Courtney • May 17, 2013Dec 1, 2013
Hotel Boca Chica, a hotel in Acapulco, Mexico, was once the place to be in the 1950s and 60s, but in recent years had lost its glamorous appeal. To tu...
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Student Work: Russell Edling: Homespun Records

Student Work: Russell Edling: Homespun Records

Courtney • May 16, 2013Dec 1, 2013
For his senior thesis project at the Tyler School of Art, designer Russell Edling created Homespun Records, a “small time record label that puts an em...
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Ryan Frease: New Work

Courtney • May 16, 2013May 15, 2013
Ryan Frease has been making some excellent work since the last time I checked in with him (way too long ago!) In addition to the two pieces that he cr...
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Richard Baird: Solis Brand Identity and Stationery

Courtney • May 15, 2013May 15, 2013
Designer Richard Baird—who also runs the excellent blog BP&O—recently completed this beautiful identity for Solis, the fashion label of Tel Aviv-based...
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No-Studio: The Personal Work of Miles Chic

Courtney • May 15, 2013May 15, 2013
No-Studio is a showcase of the personal work of Vancouver-based designer and illustrator Miles Chic, who loves “big colour, Japanese & French culture,...
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Booth: The Secret Garden Brand Identity and Collateral

Courtney • May 14, 2013May 13, 2013
Montreal-based studio Booth recently developed this lovely identity for The Secret Garden, a traditional Cape Cod bed and breakfast. Take a look throu...
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Somewhere Else: Foodology Brand Identity and Collateral

Courtney • May 14, 2013May 13, 2013
Somewhere Else just launched an extensive brand for Foodology, an 8000 square foot restaurant located in Singapore. The project encompassed developmen...
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Help Ink T-Shirts!

Courtney • May 13, 2013
Last week Help Ink launched t-shirts, a welcome addition to their shop. This week’s design, “Never Give Up,” comes to you from designer extraordinaire...
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Kevin Cantrell: Aguas Poster

Courtney • May 13, 2013May 12, 2013
Kevin Cantrell recently released the second of seven posters in his “7 Days” series, Águas. This new poster features the same style of gorgeous letter...
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Jeremy Pruitt: Bordo Bello Skate Deck

Jeremy Pruitt: Bordo Bello Skate Deck

Courtney • May 13, 2013Jan 16, 2014
Jeremy Pruitt, aka Thinkmule, recently contributed a deck design to AIGA Colorado’s Bordo Bello, a skateboard art show that’s been on view annually si...
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Kern and Burn: Conversations With Design Entrepreneurs

Kern and Burn: Conversations With Design Entrepreneurs

Courtney • May 13, 2013Dec 1, 2013
The creative minds behind Kern and Burn, 100 Days of Entrepeneurship have just launched the site for their first book, Kern and Burn: Conversations Wi...
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Chloe Allen: Neck of the Woods Project Lettering Project

Courtney • May 9, 2013May 5, 2013
Neck of the Woods is hand-lettering project by Chloe Allen, a current student at the University of Leeds. Each entry illustrates a local idiom, from p...
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Lashun Tines: Diaspora “The Art of Blackness” 2013

Lashun Tines: Diaspora “The Art of Blackness” 2013

Courtney • May 8, 2013Dec 1, 2013
Take a look at Chicago-based designer Lashun Tine‘s work for the 2013 Diaspora “The Art of Blackness” exhibition. (See the 2012 edition right here.) A...
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Kathryn Brylinsky: Poppin Free Stuff

Courtney • May 7, 2013May 7, 2013
Poppin is definitely a favorite brand of mine, so I was excited to see the work Kathryn Brylinsky (who currently works in house fo them) has developed...
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Michael De Pippo: Love at First Flight Wedding Materials

Courtney • May 6, 2013May 5, 2013
For Michael de Pippo’s recent nuptials, he designed a super fun suite of materials around the theme of Love at First Flight. The theme, which was insp...
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KNOCK: We Heart Trees

Courtney • May 6, 2013May 5, 2013
Check out We Heart Trees, KNOCK’s 2013 campaign in celebration of Arbor Day, a site that asks users to design their own virtual trees while also pledg...
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Mackey Saturday: New Instagram Logo

Courtney • May 6, 2013May 5, 2013
In case you missed the launch of Instagram’s new logo last week, see below for Mackey Saturday‘s new and improved version. I also happened to stumble ...
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The Mood Series on Behance

Courtney • May 3, 2013May 2, 2013
The Mood Series, by Riccardo Casinelli, combines cheerful colors with not-so-cheerful messages in this dimensional typography. Love the contrast....
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Hofstede Design: 83/87 Chapel Street Signage

Courtney • May 2, 2013May 2, 2013
Hofstede Design recently launched a new website featuring quite a few new projects. In particular, their modern and playful—love the cat chasing the b...
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Student Work: Michelle Wang: Shakespeare Poster Series

Courtney • May 2, 2013
I’m incredibly impressed by this Shakespeare poster series designed by Michelle Wang, a current graphic design student at Pratt. In her words: A commo...
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Andy Luce Updates

Courtney • May 1, 2013Apr 30, 2013
Earlier this year Andy Luce overhauled his portfolio, featuring lots of new work. Below you can see a few projects I’m especially loving, but be sure ...
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Animography

Animography

Courtney • May 1, 2013Dec 3, 2013
Animography is a side project by Netherlands-based designer Jeroen Krielaars. The site is essentially a type foundry that produces and distributes exc...
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Adam Wells: The Circle Line

Courtney • May 1, 2013Nov 20, 2013
I don’t post a lot of animation work around here, but every so often one really catches my eye. And Adam Wells‘s beautiful black and white piece, The ...
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Christophe Remy: Delbôve

Courtney • Apr 30, 2013Apr 30, 2013
Belgium-based designer Christophe Remy has done some beautiful work for Delbôve, a high-end cosmetics line. Be sure to check out Christophe’s site to ...
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One Heart Boston Letterpress Print

Courtney • Apr 29, 2013
One Heart Boston is an initiative by Boston-based Hairpin Communications to benefit victims of the Boston Marathon attack. In the aftermath of the att...
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Push: Italio Modern Kitchen Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Apr 25, 2013Apr 25, 2013
Push recently completed the identity and extensive collateral for Italio, a fast casual Italian restaurant chain. Challenge. Italio came to Push with ...
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The Original Champions of Design: MC Kitchen Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Apr 24, 2013Apr 24, 2013
I’m loving this new project by The Original Champions of Design for MC Kitchen, a modern Italian restaurant in the Miami Design District. MC Kitchen o...
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Ada Blackjack Identity and Collateral

Ada Blackjack Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Apr 24, 2013Dec 1, 2013
Beautiful work for bag and leather goods brand Ada Blackjack by Verena Michelitsch and Tobias van Schneider. Check out the products online right here....
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The World’s First Annual Report on Instagram

Courtney • Apr 24, 2013Apr 24, 2013
Trigger Communications just launched this year’s annual report for Calgary Zoo. But it isn’t your typical printed piece; the report unfolds through a ...
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Fabio Ongarato Design: QT Port Douglas Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Apr 24, 2013Apr 24, 2013
I’m loving this work for QT Port Douglas by Fabio Ongarato Design: Each QT Resort and Hotel has it own unique character and individual personality bot...
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Design Ranch Update: Learn + Let Go

Courtney • Apr 24, 2013
In a post over the weekend, I requested that if anyone had pictures of the finished pieces from the Learn + Let Go workshop to send them my way. Well,...
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Hammerpress: W. 18th St. Fashion Show

Courtney • Apr 23, 2013Apr 23, 2013
A recent browse through Hammerpress‘s custom portfolio turned up this beautiful work for the W. 18th St. Fashion Show, a collaboration with Peregrine ...
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Damn You Art School

Courtney • Apr 23, 2013Apr 23, 2013
Damn You Art School, who provides answers for “everything they never taught you in art school,” looks like an awesome resource for students, recent gr...
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Heal Boston

Heal Boston

Courtney • Apr 23, 2013Dec 3, 2013
Designer Richie Stewart just launched Heal Boston, a great project to benefit victims of the Boston Marathon attack. Buy a shirt and all proceeds will...
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So long, Texas!

Courtney • Apr 21, 2013Apr 23, 2013
Today I’m taking off after two days jam-packed with creativity. While I’m anxious to get back to NYC, I am incredibly grateful for this experience. As...
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Today on the Ranch: 04.20.13, Part 2

Courtney • Apr 20, 2013Apr 23, 2013
This afternoon the last group of workshops were held in one three-hour block. So rather than take one full class, I decided to jump around to as many ...
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Armadillo Races?

Courtney • Apr 20, 2013Apr 23, 2013
Yes, armadillo races. Maybe it’s naive of me, but I had no idea this was a thing. (FYI, it’s definitely a thing.) But hey, it was a new and different ...
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Today on the Ranch: 4.20.13, Part 1

Courtney • Apr 20, 2013Apr 23, 2013
This morning I spent the first session of the day with Anna Bond of Rifle Paper Co. in a workshop entitled, “What’s Your (Color) Story?” As both a fan...
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Today on the Ranch: 04.19.13

Courtney • Apr 19, 2013Apr 23, 2013
After I had a chance to familiarize myself with the ranch this morning, I was able to attend two sessions in the afternoon: Jay B. Sauceda‘s “Thinkin’...
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Hello Texas!

Courtney • Apr 19, 2013Apr 23, 2013
Well, after a series of many travel hiccups, I finally arrived in Hunt, Texas at Camp Waldemar at 2AM earlier today. It was quite the adventure. But a...
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Wear your inspiration on your sleeve.

Courtney • Apr 19, 2013Apr 17, 2013
To celebrate Design Ranch‘s 10th anniversary this weekend, Brian and I made up some little goodies for all of the Ranchers. Based on the idea, “Wear y...
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Chris Dina: Fruit Prints

Chris Dina: Fruit Prints

Courtney • Apr 17, 2013Dec 1, 2013
Designer Chris Dina has created a vibrant new print series that celebrates “wondrous varieties of fruit” through colorful, graphic illustrations. All ...
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Ineo Designlab: Højmark Cycles Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Apr 17, 2013Apr 16, 2013
Beautiful work for Højmark Cycles by Denmark-based studio Ineo Designlab. I’m especially loving the architectural typographic mark they developed....
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55 Hi’s: New Numbers Posters

55 Hi’s: New Numbers Posters

Courtney • Apr 17, 2013Apr 16, 2013
This morning 55 Hi’s is releasing two new posters, Numbers and Numbers 2. They follow the same format as the previous Letters series (which I have bee...
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Kickstarter: Mosto., Modular Storage For Your Shower and Closet

Kickstarter: Mosto., Modular Storage For Your Shower and Closet

Courtney • Apr 16, 2013Dec 1, 2013
Mosto is a line of minimal, modular, flat pack organizational accessories developed by a student design team from Ohio State University. Their first t...
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Merge Typography

Courtney • Apr 16, 2013Apr 15, 2013
Loving this typography by Wun Ping Christopher Wong: Merge is a san-serif type face designed with the combination of vector, pencil sketch, fine lines...
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Cats Let Nothing Darken Their Roar: New Products

Courtney • Apr 16, 2013Apr 15, 2013
Noa Bembibre just released a few new Cats Let Nothing Darken Their Roar products! Archival prints: Love Card: Custom Invitations, Cards or Prints:...
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Tyler School of Art: Good Measure

Courtney • Apr 15, 2013Apr 14, 2013
Good Measure is this year’s Tyler School of Art Graphic and Interactive Design MFA Thesis Exhibition. The students are celebrating and showcasing two ...
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Paul Belford: Waddesdon Wine

Courtney • Apr 15, 2013Apr 14, 2013
I’m loving the identity and packaging that Paul Belford developed for Waddeson Wine: Waddesdon Manor is the historical country seat of the Rothschild ...
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Kelli Anderson: Paper Type Experiments

Courtney • Apr 15, 2013Apr 14, 2013
For her Typo San Francisco talk, Kelli Anderson created these incredible paper type experiments. Each one features intricate letters—mostly white on w...
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Design Ranch: Meet Our Leaders! Part 2

Courtney • Apr 12, 2013Apr 11, 2013
As promised, I present to you the amazing remaining Design Ranch session leaders. Much more to come next week from Texas! Jay B. Sauceda Jay B. Sauced...
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Creative Market Photoshop Extension

Courtney • Apr 12, 2013Apr 12, 2013
Earlier this week, the folks at Creative Market launched a pretty impressive new digital product, the Creative Market Photoshop extension. The extensi...
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mgmt. design: Elbow Room Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Apr 12, 2013Apr 11, 2013
Design studio mgmt., recently had the opportunity to develop a fun new identity for Elbow Room, a mini-chain of restaurants that serve many variations...
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