T-shirt Wednesdays
A couple of DBH favorites for the week: Gimme gimme gimme, $20 at Design by Humans Robocycle, $20 at Design by Humans
A couple of DBH favorites for the week: Gimme gimme gimme, $20 at Design by Humans Robocycle, $20 at Design by Humans
I recently received an email from Veer announcing all sorts of improvements they’ve made to their Ideas section. On top of being a prime source for type, photogrpahy and illustration; the new features make Veer more of a community. Among…
Awhile ago I wrote about this poster designed for Barack Obama by Scott Hansen of ISO50. Here he outlines the complicated process in detail. Pretty cool insight into what’s involved.
Several years ago while at Syracuse, I was lucky enough to work part time at Boxcar Press. If you know letterpress at all, you know Boxcar. In addition to letterpress printing and photopolymer plate making, they produce the well-known Boxcar…
“The “Old School” theme will celebrate the aesthetics of twentieth century education through an art exhibition and companion book, as well as curated objects. It is inspired by vintage flash cards, old desks, biology class, science fairs, crayons, card catalogs,…
I love this hoodie! (Especially the black one with pink letters, super girly I know.) And it’s even cooler that all the letters are individually hand cut. $38 right here. via Seesaw Designs
Here’s some smart, clean and functional packaging from BVD out of Stockholm. They also have some great identity work, see that here. I also really love the simplicity of their site design, and the fact that they include their brief…
I became obsessed with these typographic designs when I saw them on the Graphic Exchange last fall. And I hadn’t visited the main site in awhile—an amazing resource for design inspiration. So when I decided to see what’s new yesterday,…
Next Tuesday Lost at E Minor will be launching what promises to be a really cool email newsletter. Every week a different guest musician will compile a list of the 8 songs they’re loving at the moment. I’m always on…
Cameron Adams over at The Man in Blue put together a really fun post that showcases the handwriting of several prominent typographers. See Sebastian Lester below, and many more here. Thanks for the link, John!
FontShop does it again, with another great newsletter this week. I’m always on the lookout for a friendly text weight serif family, so here are a couple I’m really liking. FF Tisa FF Atma Check out the rest of the…
Spotlight on Campfire Goods From the 50 States series, $20 right here From the City series, $20 right here
Yesterday I discovered another blog (via Uppercase) dedicated solely to posters and prints. Not that I need another blog to add to my list, but from what I’ve seen so far Robot Walrus is worth it. Love the extra large…
One of the many growing collections in my apartment is screen-printed show posters. We have quite a few of them, designed by various artists for several different bands. Some time in the near future I plan on doing a post…
For awhile now, design aficionado Steven Heller has been writing a column for the online version of Print Magazine where he posts short design-related entries daily. Today marks the redesign of the column as well as the launch of a…
The HOW Conference site has posted mp3s of most of the 2008 sessions. You can download single sessions for $15 and workshops for $19, or you can get the entire package for $199. A pretty good deal considering the price…
Freight Display by Joshua Darden (Love the italic forms in particular, shown below.) Omnes also by Joshua Darden (I’m especially a fan of these ultra thin weights, more available in the family.)
AIGA has released the results of their 2008 Salary Survey. Download your copy here. Or you can also find more details and a salary calculator right here.