Christophe Remy: Delbôve
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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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Courtney • One Heart Boston Letterpress Print
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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...
Push: Italio Modern Kitchen Identity and Collateral
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Push recently completed the identity and extensive collateral for Italio, a fast casual Italian restaurant chain. Challenge. Italio came to Push with ...
The Original Champions of Design: MC Kitchen Identity and Collateral
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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...
Ada Blackjack Identity and Collateral
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Beautiful work for bag and leather goods brand Ada Blackjack by Verena Michelitsch and Tobias van Schneider. Check out the products online right here....
The World’s First Annual Report on Instagram
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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 ...
Fabio Ongarato Design: QT Port Douglas Identity and Collateral
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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...
Design Ranch Update: Learn + Let Go
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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,...
Hammerpress: W. 18th St. Fashion Show
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A recent browse through Hammerpress‘s custom portfolio turned up this beautiful work for the W. 18th St. Fashion Show, a collaboration with Peregrine ...
Damn You Art School
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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...
Heal Boston
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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...
So long, Texas!
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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...
Today on the Ranch: 04.20.13, Part 2
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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 ...
Armadillo Races?
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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 ...
Today on the Ranch: 4.20.13, Part 1
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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...
Today on the Ranch: 04.19.13
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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’...
Hello Texas!
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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...
Wear your inspiration on your sleeve.
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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...
Chris Dina: Fruit Prints
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Designer Chris Dina has created a vibrant new print series that celebrates “wondrous varieties of fruit” through colorful, graphic illustrations. All ...
Ineo Designlab: Højmark Cycles Identity and Collateral
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Beautiful work for Højmark Cycles by Denmark-based studio Ineo Designlab. I’m especially loving the architectural typographic mark they developed....
55 Hi’s: New Numbers Posters
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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...
Kickstarter: Mosto., Modular Storage For Your Shower and Closet
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Mosto is a line of minimal, modular, flat pack organizational accessories developed by a student design team from Ohio State University. Their first t...
Merge Typography
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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...
Cats Let Nothing Darken Their Roar: New Products
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Noa Bembibre just released a few new Cats Let Nothing Darken Their Roar products! Archival prints: Love Card: Custom Invitations, Cards or Prints:...
Tyler School of Art: Good Measure
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Good Measure is this year’s Tyler School of Art Graphic and Interactive Design MFA Thesis Exhibition. The students are celebrating and showcasing two ...
Paul Belford: Waddesdon Wine
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I’m loving the identity and packaging that Paul Belford developed for Waddeson Wine: Waddesdon Manor is the historical country seat of the Rothschild ...
Kelli Anderson: Paper Type Experiments
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For her Typo San Francisco talk, Kelli Anderson created these incredible paper type experiments. Each one features intricate letters—mostly white on w...
Design Ranch: Meet Our Leaders! Part 2
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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...
Creative Market Photoshop Extension
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Earlier this week, the folks at Creative Market launched a pretty impressive new digital product, the Creative Market Photoshop extension. The extensi...
mgmt. design: Elbow Room Identity and Collateral
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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...
Design Ranch: Meet Our Leaders! Part 1
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So many amazing artists, designers and creative people will be leading the workshops at Design Ranch next week. In anticipation of my arrival in Texas...
Gummy Industries Identity and Collateral
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I’m loving the fun, playful approach that Gummy Industries, a new branding, marketing, and social media agency based in Italy, took in creating their ...
New iPad App: Urban World
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The McKinsey Global Institute just released a fascinating new iPad app, Urban World. Urban World provides users with a visually engaging way to explor...
Dittmar: The Project Factory Identity and Collateral
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Berlin-based studio Dittmar developed this colorful identity for The Project Factory, a digital production company: The new brand is inspired by a rub...
The Beauty of Letterpress + Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum
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Last week Neenah Paper launched The Beauty of Letterpress, an incredible online resource featuring educational tools, a printer directory, and the bes...
Patrick Seymour: Shiny Diamond Type
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I’m loving this geometric typographic exploration by Patrick Seymour....
Face. : Highpark Identity and Collateral
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Face updated their portfolio with a few new projects this week. Their work for Highpark, a new residential building in Monterrey, Mexico, particularly...
Aad: DCU Students’ Union
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I’m loving this colorful project designed by Dublin-based studio Aad for the DCU Student Union: DCU Students’ Union approached us with a couple of tri...
Nudge: Browns Court Bakery Identity and Collateral
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Charleston-based studio Nudge recently completed this lovely branding for Brown’s Court Bakery, a new area bakery with historical roots. Get a closer ...
Studio on Fire: Summertime Poster
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Yesterday I got to open the windows in the office for the first time this year, and it was glorious. So in the spirit of welcoming warmer temperatures...
Ico: The Mellier Identity and Collateral
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Ico created this beautiful body for work for The Mellier, an upscale London residence. The Mellier is a penthouse in the heart of London’s Mayfair, de...
Tag Collective: Salad Pangea Identity and Collateral
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Tag Collective recently completed an extensive identity project for Salad Pangea, a “fast-casual restaurant that offers a modern, multi-cultural exper...
Maud: Spa Q Identity and Collateral
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Awesome geometric identity work for Spa Q by Australian studio Maud: QT Hotels approached us to design a brand for their first of several spas around...
Glenn Wolk: Tommy Hilfiger Patches
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Glenn Wolk designed this incredible series of patches for fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger. Much more to see right here....
Student Work: Chloe Scheffe
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As evidenced below, Chloe Scheffe, a current student at RISD, is doing some seriously awesome work. You can explore more of her portfolio right here....
Anthem Worldwide: Design Life Coasters
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Anthem Worldwide recently designed this set of vibrant letterpress coasters as a promotional piece for 2013: Design Life is a set of 8 letterpress coa...
Cue: Earthjustice Identity and Collateral
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Cue recently partnered with Hen’s Teeth to create a bold new identity for Earthjustice, the nation’s leading environmental law organization. Check out...
Headed to the Ranch!
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In just a few short weeks I’ll be heading down to Texas for the first time ever! I’m taking the trip to attend and live-blog AIGA Austin’s Design Ranc...
Jason Grube & Corianton Hale: Intrigue Chocolate Co.
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Jason Grube and Corianton Hale recently collaborated on the identity and packaging for Intrigue Chocolate Co., an artisanal chocolate maker who specia...
Leta Sobierajski: Personal Brand Identity
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I’m loving Leta Sobierajski‘s bold, graphic personal identity system—especially the black and white pattern found on the back of the letterhead....
RoAndCo Studio: Loeffler Randall Brand Identity
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Love this work for show brand Loeffler Randall by RoAndCo....
A Friend Of Mine: The Town Mouse
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Love this new project from A Friend of Mine. The Town Mouse is a new bar/restaurant in Melbourne, and the AFOM team was responsible for everything fro...
Heroes Design: Chabur Identity and Collateral
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I’m loving this project by Heroes Design, the Poland-based design studio of Piotr Buczkowski for Chabur, a lingerie shop....
Designer Resource: FontShop’s Using Type
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FontShop’s Using Type series is a great resource for beginners and seasoned designers alike. In case you’re not familiar, Using Type is an ongoing ser...
Luke Skinner: Luxury Rap
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As a personal project, UK-based designer Luke Skinner created Luxury Rap, “a hand-lettered A-Z of fashion references in Hip-Hop.” More to see right h...
Buying a Gun in America: Kelli Anderson
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Kelli Anderson recently completed a complex series of infographics that explore the topic of “Buying a Gun in America,” for the Mayors Against Illegal...
A Look at Icebergs: Visual Organization for Creative Minds
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Have you heard of Iceber.gs? It’s a new(ish) visual organization app, in the same vein as Pinterest or Dropmark, but targeted specifically towards cre...
Brave the Woods: Camp NaNoWriMo Brand Identity
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Brad Woodard, of Brave the Woods, had the opportunity to design the Brand Identity and collateral for this year’s Camp NaNoWriMo, which offers online ...
José Mendes at MAGA: M2 20 Years Print
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Check out this incredible poster by José Mendes at MAGA, designed to celebrate 20 years of M2. via Chronique...
Bureau of Betterment: Xplane Poster Trio
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Bureau of Betterment recently completed this series of posters and icons for XPlane, aiming to illustrate the company’s vision. XPlane, an organizatio...