Student Work: Jonathan Faust: Earl/Gray Identity
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Here’s another great student identity project by Denmark-based Jonathan Faust. The design was developed for a fictive company with the intentio...
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Courtney • Rod Castro: Ache Erre Identity
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This minimal, classy identity was designed by student Rod Castro for an up-and-coming architecture firm....
Bunch: Allegheny Financial 2012 Planner
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This beautiful 2012 planner was designed for Allegheny Financial by Bunch. The impressive design features all sorts of fun production details, includ...
Student Work: Katey Mangels: Phantom Calls Identity
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This project by Katey Mangel, is one of the reasons why I love student projects so much—school gives you the freedom to create completely fictiona...
Ben Geier: Culture 22 Identity and Graphics
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Ben Geier is a Chicago-based designer and photographer with a decidedly impressive portfolio. What caught my eye in particular was the work he did f...
Remilla and Emil Wedding Paper Goods
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Bay area designer Remilla Ty designed this suite of paper goods for her own wedding this past November. The pieces feature all sorts of handmade deta...
Design Ranch: Unforked Branding
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By way of Laura Berglund’s portfolio I found this super fun restaurant branding project by Design Ranch, where she is currently employed. Here&#...
Studio Lin: 2012 Core77 Design Awards Poster
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Studio Lin recently designed this beautiful poster to commemorate the 2012 Core77 Design Awards, which is currently accepting entries through March 1...
Student Spotlight: Paul Marcinkowski: Tattoo Infographics
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How cool are these tattoo infographics?!? A very impressive student project by Paul Marcinkowski. via Quipsologies ...
Almanac: Discover Monet Website
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Recently, Almanac was commissioned by the St. Louis Art Museum to assist them in creating an online resource centered around Claude Monet’s Water ...
Red Design: Aspex Gallery Identity
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I’m incredibly intrigued by this branding project from new-to-me studio Red Design… Red Design were invited by Aspex Gallery in Portsmout...
Michael Braley: Colin Corcoran Business Cards
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Check out these excellent, alphabet flashcard business cards by Michael Braley for Colin Corcoran, a copywriter....
Tind: What You See Is What You Get Posters
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Tind’s latest experimental poster (remember these?) is a typographic beauty screen printed in phosphorescent and fluorescent inks. Take a look...
Daniel Zender: Hitchcock Poster Series
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Daniel Zender has put together quite the extensive portfolio of design and illustration work. In particular, I’m really loving his Hitchcock fil...
Ehrenstråhle & Wågnert: Modesty Branding
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In my opinion, this stark, minimalist design—by Ehrenstråhle & Wågnert—is perfectly apropos for a high-end clothing line named Modesty. I&#...
NB Studio: This Year…
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This Year… is an annual piece by NB Studio sent to clients and friends as an alternative to the typical holiday card. Each year they focus on a par...
Marwan Kaabour: On Passports: A Study
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On Passports: A Study is a visual summary that accompanied Marwan Kaabour’s thesis project PASS/PORT, which critically investigates the differ...
Proof Wine Collective Packaging
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Proof Wine Collective is producing some really interesting wines with some impressive label artwork. You can see a whole lot more right here....
Mark Gowing Design Movie Posters
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Mark Gowing Design has created some excellent poster designs for Hopscotch films....
STUDIO BRAVE: Egg Unlimited Branding
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Melbourne, Australia-based Studio Brave recently developed the identity and collateral for Egg Unlimited, an old-fashioned bakery that bakes all o...
Braden Wise: Good Day CA Revisited
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In celebration of the project’s publishing in the CA Typography Annual, Braden Wise has posted a whole new series of his Good Day CA postcard d...
The Hungry Workshop: The Rabbit Hole Promo
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Here is yet another amazing project from The Hungry Workshop, a promotional piece for The Rabbit Hole Ideation Cafe, “a place to meet, work, sh...
Laudon Type Design
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Laudon is the Swedish type design studio of Carolina Laudon, focused on typography, type design and type education. Here’s a small sampling ...
Borja Bonaque: Square, Circle, Triangle Prints
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Borja Bonaque just released this print series of urban landscapes housed within basic geometric shapes. Get a closer look here and pick up a set for ...
CODO Design: Bird on a Wire Branding
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CODO Design recently developed the branding for Bird on a Wire, a small boutique in Franklin, Indiana that sells repurposed, recycled and refurbished...
Foundry Collective: Emporium Pies Branding
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I’m a big fan of Foundry Collective’s work, so it’s no surprise that I love their branding for Emporium Pies. The color palette mig...
BOND: Aschan Deli Branding
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BOND recently completed the branding and interior design for Aschan Deli. I’m loving the pops of red against the neutral color palette and mater...
Matter: 2012 New Year Package
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Check out this gorgeous promotion that Matter sent to their clients this year: two custom designed notebooks housed in a zipper-perforated mailer. Bea...
Matt Delbridge: Noble Discord
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Great work by Matt Delbridge: pieces designed for Noble Discord, a proposed fashion show highlighting the collections of young Bay Area fashion desig...
Commercial Type for Fast Company
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This past Fall, Fast Company—a magazine I subscribe to and highly recommend—launched a redesign featuring three custom typeface families by Comme...
Doe Eyed: New Site, New Work
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Lincoln, Nebraska based design and print studio Doe Eyed just launched a brand new site with loads of new work. Below you can see a small selection of...
P.A.R
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I am really drawn to the offbeat brand designed by P.A.R. for Barcelona-based Strata Bakery. I know this look is something we’ve seen a lot of b...
Colin Pinegar: F. Troupe Branding
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According to recent grad Colin Pinegar, F. Troupe is “a drunkship of cobblers from London who make shoes that are ‘quintessentially Britis...
Music: Leeds Print Festival posters
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I’m really inspired by the beautiful marbling in these posters found via Creative Review: Music worked with screen printers ASForPrint and m...
Zeus Jones: Thymes Mandarin Coriander Packaging
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I’ve long been a fan of Thymes products—especially their packaging—so I was excited to learn about the products designed for a new line, Th...
Naughtyfish: Keaykolour Paper Promotion
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Australian agency Naughtyfish created this printed promotional piece for Keaykolour, a paper range manufactured by ArjoWiggins. Their unique spin on ...
Stockholm Design Lab: Vårdapoteket Identity
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The vibrant identity was designed by Stockholm Design Lab for Vårdapoteket, a Swedish pharmacy chain. What a breath of fresh air it would be to shop...
Computer Arts Collection
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Computer Arts Collection is a new annual series of six in-depth guides from the makers of Computer Arts. I’ve seen one of these babies in perso...
Paul Rogers Posters
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Check out this small sampling of vintage style posters by Paul Rogers. Much more to be seen right here. ...
Chicago Women’s Health Center Invite
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This incredible invitation package was designed by Will Miller, and Ohn Ho for Firebelly Design’s annual Grant for Good project....
Edrea Lita: Spread the Word Identity
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Edrea Lita designed this graphic identity for Spread the Word, an organization that acts as a resource for designers who need logos from non-profit a...
Amy Rodchester: Newcastle Festival of Dance Posters
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These unique, 3D posters were designed by Amy Rodchester for the Newcastle Festival of Dance. ...
Josh Finklea: Rider Branding
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I’m loving Josh Finklea‘s identity for Rider, a boutique hotel chain that caters to touring musicians....
Felix Reichle: Turbulenz
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This beautiful publication was created by Swiss designer Felix Reichle, who happens to be—employers—looking for an internship in NYC. In his own...
Recent Grad: Eugene Art Seo: Radiolab Redesign
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I am a huge fan of Radiolab—if you don’t know the podcast, I highly recommend checking it out—so this brand and site redesign by recent Ar...
Miller Creative: Drake & Lou
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Take a look at yet another gorgeous project by Miller Creative: packaging for Drake & Lou, a small-batch jam maker, which features labels letterpr...
Lila Symons Calligraphy
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I became an instant fan of Lila Symons’s hand-lettering and calligraphy work the second I laid eyes on it. Take a look at a plethora of other wo...
Uniform: Grilleriet
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Though I can’t speak a word of Norwegian, or translate their web page, I love the aesthetic details of this project for Grilleriet by Uniform....
Recent Grad: Jiin Kim: New York Fashion Week Posters
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Jiin Kim, another recent grad of Art Center College of Design, has an excellent portfolio. I was most impressed by these graphic, hand-sewn posters de...
Paige Foley: Abbey Brown Packaging
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This lovely packaging was designed by Paige Foley for Abbey Brown, Chicago-based soap artisan and gift shop....
Safwat Saleem: Oh Expletive: Zombies, Unicorns and 8-bit Creatures!
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I’m not one for violence, so when Safwat Saleem emailed me about his latest project, a poster series based on “ass kicking and mayhem̶...
Tom Davie: 2011 Typographic Posters
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Below you will see a selection of Tom Davie‘s stellar typographic posters from 2011. Yesterday Tom actually kicked off a giveaway via his Face...
Juan Marin: David Byrne Book Tour Posters
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I spotted this poster series in the recent Communication Arts Typography Annual (lots of great work in there, by the way). Designed by Juan Marin, th...
Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich Book Covers
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I’ve long been familiar with the work of Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich through projects such as Bembo’s Zoo and Type Calendar (I also jus...
Jeremy Payne: Project49
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Project49 is a self-initiated poster series by Jeremy Payne based on the San Francisco 49 mile scenic drive, which he walked and photographed in its...
Jan Avendano: 1985 Typography
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1985 is a new typographic experiment by Jan Avendano. Prints are available right here—would make a great gift for someone born that year. ...
Recent Grad: Tracy Hung: Linger Identity and Collateral
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Tracy Hung is a recent graduate of Art Center College of Design. Linger is a 5-week long summer outdoor film festival in Pasadena, California, for ...
Tim Boelaars: New Icons
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Tim Boelaars just launched a pretty extensive set of icons that encompasses quite a wide range of topics. Check out the rest right here. ...
Lee Anthony Zelenak: Art of Ornament Collateral
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Lee Anthony Zelenak created these print pieces for Art of Ornament No. 2, an annual charity event hosted by AIGA Cleveland. The event enlists members ...
Jason Perez: Treasury Wine Estates Displays
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Jason Perez conceptualized these unique wine displays for Treasury Wine Estates, using only sustainable or upcycled materials provided by the winery....