Luke Woodhouse: Galante Restaurant Branding
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Designer Look Woodhouse has some great identity work in his portfolio—especially this project for Galante, which he designed while at Ragged Edge D...
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Courtney • One Trick Pony: Alcoholidays 2011
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Check out 1 Trick Pony’s recent holiday promotion: “Alcoholidays” is One Trick Pony’s annual self-promotion that celebrates awesome client...
2012 RE:DESIGN Conference Giveaway
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Update: This giveaway is now closed. Thanks for your participation! Good news readers! For the second year in a row I’m excited to offer one luc...
Chopsticks Giveaway Winners
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Thanks for your participation everyone! Winners, you’ll get an email shortly....
Work in Progress: Tjuvholmen Sjømagasi
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Work in Progress developed this fresh, identity—loving the blind embossed details—for Tjuvholmen Sjømagasi, a seafood restaurant in Oslo, Norway...
Son&Sons: Gagen MacDonald Identity
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I recently stumbled upon the work of Son&Sons, a New York-based studio. They have a great portfolio, but I was particularly drawn to their work fo...
Cast Iron Design Company: Jack Sinclair Identity
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I’m loving Cast Iron’s identity for Jack Sinclair, a letterpress studio. They declare it a “designer’s dream project”, a...
Fabio Ongarato Design: The Capitol Identity
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The Capitol is a luxury apartment building located in Melbourne, Australia. Fabio Ongarato Design developed the identity and various collateral for t...
DDB New York: Hertz Corporation Print Ads
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Check out this new print campaign by DDB New York for Hertz. The highly stylized campaign centers on the them of “Traveling at the Speed of Hert...
Magpie Studio: Jackson Gilmour Identity
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Magpie Studio created this sophisticated identity for Jackson Gilmour, a family-run catering company. I especially love the tone-on-tone metallic det...
Alejandro Largo: Eco-Map of the Upper East Side
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Alejandro Largo, is a Brooklyn-based designer who also spends his days designing for Apartment One, a studio I featured yesterday. This freelance pro...
Jordan Metcalf: Nike Create the Future Pitch Typography
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Here is some gorgeous dimensional tpographic work by Jordan Metcalf for Nike Create the Future: At the end of 2011 I was asked to pitch on the ident...
Apartment One: Poppin Branding
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I became an instant fan of Poppin the second I laid eyes on their website; and it was only solidified once I received some of their fantastic products...
The Just Love Project
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The Just Love Project is a new collaborative initiative based on the resolution of “Just Love.” Each month one poster will be released by...
AIGA San Francisco 50 Books/50 Covers Exhibition
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If you’re in the San Francisco area on March 29th (I wish I was!) don’t miss this great event: Fifty Books/Fifty Covers, a juried selecti...
A Chopsticks Novel Giveaway
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Update: This giveaway is now closed. Thanks for your participation! Readers, you’re in for a treat today—I have a new giveaway to share with p...
Tractorbeam: Hutton Identity
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What a beautiful identity Tractorbeam has created for Hutton Hotel, a Nashville boutique hotel that caters specifically to musicians and Vanderbilt Un...
Parallax: Henry’s Drive Vignerons Identity
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Australian studio Parallax developed a wide range of work for Henry’s Drive Vignerons, including everything from brand strategy to web design. The...
NOTHING:SOMETHING: Resin Denim Branding Part 2
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As promised, here is an exclusive look at the branded trade show booth created for Resin Denim by Kevin Landwehr of NOTHING:SOMETHING. This gives you ...
NOTHING:SOMETHING: Resin Denim Branding Part 1
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I’ve long been a fan of the work of New York Studio, NOTHING:SOMETHING. In particular, I love that their work for each client has its own disti...
Font Design: Abraham Lincoln | Frances MacLeod
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I’m giving you a double dose of type love today, with this new display font designed by Frances MacLeod. Abraham Lincoln was born out of a need ...
here design: Café Luc Identity
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This week has been a restaurant and packaging heavy one (I love weeks like this), so why not continue the trend? This super chic identity for Café L...
Oat Creative: Saloon Identity
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Great work for Saloon, a Boston-area restaurant, designed by Oat Creative. via Sceneologist...
Kerr Vernon: That’s Impressive Print Promotion
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That’s Impressive is a print piece designed by Kerr Vernon in collaboration with Glasgow Press. The colorful piece is comprised of five lette...
Mint Design: Hilliards Brewery Packaging and Collateral
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This project has already made its way around the interwebs but I couldn’t resist another post. I love seeing how well the identity translates fr...
Jesse Campbell: Corso 32 Identity
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I’m a sucker for restaurant design, and Vigor’s blog has turned out to be a great resource for finding fantastically designed brands and s...
Student Work: Beau Monroe: Concannon Packaging
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Caste: Citizen Identity and Collateral
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I love everything about Caste’s design for Citizen, a menswear boutique in Victoria, BC—from the carefully crafted flourishes to the quirky p...
Acre: UNLEASHED! 2011 Identity and Collateral
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Unleashed! is a recent identity project of Singapore-based studio Acre: Taking our design direction from M.O.D’s sophomore performance of going beyo...
Dan Cassaro: GOOD Magazine WPA Posters
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For their most recent issue, GOOD Magazine commissioned Dan Cassaro to create this series of six full page illustrations inspired by WPA poster art. L...
2011 La Marzocco Year Book
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This beautiful, limited edition book is the result of a collaboration between Jon Contino and German studio, Sven Hoffmann. Developed for La Marzocc...
Studio Constantine: Stationery and Promotional Materials
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Studio Constantine recently revamped their printed materials. Here’s a bit about how they arrived at this solution: We wanted our own printed ma...
Mucca Design: Teplitzky’s Identity and Collateral
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I’m a big fan of Mucca Design and the work they produce, but I am especially loving the work I spotted recently for Teplitzky’s, a diner-i...
Hannes Beer: All Day Everyday Project
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I’m incredibly impressed with the results of Hannes Beer‘s All Day Everyday Project. A few favorites are below, but you can check out th...
lg2boutique: Agropur Annual Report
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I started out my design career with a heavy focus on print design, so I love when a well-designed annual report pops in my inbox—they’re few a...
Studio Makgill: Good Energy Branding
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Studio Makgill recently completed the rebranding for Good Energy, the UK’s only dedicated 100% renewable energy supplier. I love that it manage...
Adam Gower: Super Whatnot Printed Goods
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The Hungry Workshop recently printed the coasters and business cards for Super Whatnot, a new Brisbane-based bar. Designed by Adam Gower, the printed ...
Poly: Stark Skincare Packaging
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I recently spotted Poly’s packaging design for Stark Skincare on Dribbble, and knew I had to share it with you. Here’s a bit of background...
Salih Kucukaga: Espresso Republic Business Cards
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Istanbul-based designer Salih Kucukaga just sent over the hot-off-the-presses, letterpressed business cards he designed for Espresso Republic (If yo...
Steven Bonner Typography
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Steven Bonner (whose blog features some great typographic and designy finds) has some really impressive typography and lettering in his portfolio. Be...
Monnet Design: SummerWorks Collateral
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Over the past few years, Toronto-based studio Monnet Design has completed the branding and collateral for SummerWorks Theatre Festival. Each year they...
Pentagram: Today I’m Feeling Turquoise
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This past year Pentagram put a really fun and unique spin on their Holiday card with the development of Today I’m Feeling Turquoise, an interac...
The 2010/2011 Feltron Biennial Report
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I’m a big fan of Nicholas Felton’s information design work—I’ve posted about him several times in the past, and own all of his pri...
Monday Quick Links
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Industry Standard is a new print shop that specializes in custom printing by artists for artists based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The new venture i...
Student Work: Jon Wong: Beast in a Neon Cage
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This has been a week of stellar student work, and Jon Wong is no exception. He has a particular talent for book and publication design, as evidenced e...
Lorenzo Cappelli: Fake Movie Title Screens
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I’m loving these fake movie title screens designed by Lorenzo Cappelli, where modern comedies are transformed into vintage classics....
Anagrama: Sofia Branding and Collateral
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Anagrama was responsible for the branding and collateral development for Sofia, a building designed by architect Cesar Pelli for One Development Group...
Liam Stevens Illustration and Design
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A little while back I featured a project by London-based designer and illustrator Liam Stevens for Anya Hindmarch. A second look at his portfolio re...
Student Work: Jake Dugard: The Coffee Co-Op Identity
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Jake Dugard is a designer currently working towards his Masters in Fine Arts at Louisiana Tech University. This identity project was created for fict...
FUNNEL: Mary Da Ros Photography Stationery
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Check out this new beautiful identity and stationery system designed for Mary Da Ros Photography by that always inspirational Eric Kass. The letterp...
Think Studio: Extraordinary Moves Dance Festival Materials
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As a former dancer, I was immediately drawn to the dynamic design program created by Think Studio for the Extraordinary Moves Dance Festival. ...
Kult House: Laura Eisenberg Identity
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Josh Rhode of Kult House just recently relaunched his portfolio site, with a striking new design. There’s all sorts of great work to be seen, mu...
Martin Oberhäuser: Travel Website Redesign
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Martin Oberhäuser designed the site below as part of a pitch for an undisclosed client. The design includes visual and structural concepts for a trav...
Hybrid Design: Impact Campaign
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I’m always drawn to great design for a great cause, and Hybrid Design‘s Impact Campaign. The campaign, which is concerned with the soberin...
TOKY: 2012 CAM Gala Materials
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Feast your eyes on this vibrant collateral designed by TOKY for the 2012 Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis Gala. Beyond the playful interactivity ...
Lashun F. Tines: Diaspora Exhibition
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It’s short notice, but if you happen to be in the Chicago area, a great creative event is happening this Friday. Diaspora: The Art of Blackness...
Ben Whitla: Boylston Trading Co. Patch Design
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Perhaps it is my strong ties to my Boston roots, but I’m really loving the patch designs Ben Whitla recently developed for Boylston Trading Co....
Face: Pocketmag Identity and Collateral
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I’m loving the clean, colorful design that Face came up with for Pocketmag, a Mexican magazine. Check out a few more details right here. ...
Tim Boelaars: Bob Van Hulst Business Card
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The embossed effect found on these business cards designed by Tim Boelaars is actually a property of the paper used, GF Smith Colorplan. Colorplan ha...
Ludlow Kingsley: Fix Food Identity and Website
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Here’s a great identity and site design by Los Angeles-based Ludlow Kinsley (who is also responsible for Milton Glaser’s beautiful new si...