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...
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Courtney • 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 interactive bo...
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 printed personal Annual...
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 reve...
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 ficti...
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 letterpre...
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, much in ...
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 trave...
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 sobering statistic ...
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 of t...
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, an ev...
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. Boylst...
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 has...
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 site). Fix Food...
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 intention of he...
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, includi...
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 fictional co...
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 for...
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 detai...
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’s the d...
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 13...
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 Lili...
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 Portsmouth, UK along w...
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 at a fe...
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 film post...
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’m also lovin...
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 partic...
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 different part...
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 of th...
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 designs....
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, share and...
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 of the typ...
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 y...
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 might be my favorite d...
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 materials....
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 design...
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 Commercial...
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 before,...
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 British.'” Check o...
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 marbling ar...
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, Thymes Mandar...
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 t...
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 i...
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 person and i...
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....