Category Design

ASCD: 2013 Annual Report Website

Every annual reporting season, companies and nonprofits alike step up their design game to create a solid impression of the past year’s progress. Education nonprofit ASCD knocked their 2013 annual report out of the parallax park with their dedicated report…

Sense: Oblica Catalogue

Bask in the warming glow of beautiful design found in this catalogue for Oblica fireplaces created by Sense, a creative agency based in Melbourne, Australia. In making collateral for such unique products as Oblica’s fireplaces, Sense did a masterful job of designing around the…

Baron Fig: The Poster Project

Baron Fig, a small business making “sketchbooks and notebooks for thinkers,” just launched a lovely new side project simply titled The Poster Project, featuring a collection of inspiring posters created by thinkers around the world. The posters employ a simple color palette that…

BLOW: Project Charisma Teaser

New from BLOW is their work for Project Charisma, a teaser promotion for Polytrade Paper. To promote their range of eight papers, BLOW developed eight sets of cosmetic packaging, each representing one woman’s unique charisma.

Signs of Hawaii

Since Hawaii is my absolute favorite place on earth, I am loving this Instagram photo series of vintage signs found there. Most of the images have been captured by Hawaii-based lettering artist Matthew Tapia, but if you happen to catch one…

Kyrö Distillery Company on Behance

I am by no means a whiskey fan, but I definitely love the bold identity and packaging that Werklig developed for Kyrö Distillery Company, a rye whiskey distillery operating out of Finland.

Odding Wang: The Book of Red

Odding Wang‘s “The Book of Red,” a handcrafted notebook tribute to Pablo Picasso, is a beautifully made piece of paper cut storytelling by the artist/designer from Beijing. “The Book of Red” is part of Odding’s series “Everyone Has A Story,” accompanied by…

13 Italian Illustrators Whose Work Will Inspire You

Italian illustrators are really showing up in the illustration scene right now. With bold color choices and meaningful messages, these illustrators from Italy know where it’s at. There’s an undercurrent in Italian illustration that I quite enjoy—a certain exuberance rendered…

Best of the Web: May Edition

It may seem like we’re crazy about apps, but we like the web too. The question is, what’s the future of the web? Is it dying? Are apps taking over? Or are websites coming back in vogue as social media…

Ciara Phelan: Collages

Ciara Phelan, a freelance illustrator and textile designer in east London, recently launched her new website full of intricate collage work and other marvelous projects. Ciara has a notably talented eye for combining vintage ephemera and other goods, and has been commissioned for…

New Paper Goods from Hammerpress

I’m loving some of Hammerpress’s most recently launched paper goods, from their series of astrological notecards, to their small chipboard prints, to their unique-as-always greeting cards.

Studio Fludd: Gelatology – Micro / Macro

Studio Fludd‘s Gelatology project, which we featured back in November, has grown into a new booklet titled “Micro / Macro” and expanded into a full-fledged banquet and traveling workshop. If you’re unfamiliar with Gelatology, it all started as a booklet and print series…

Open Door Design Studio: Reinventing the Toilet Challenge

Who knew a toilet could be so beautiful? The team at Open Door Design Studio, in collaboration with Kohler, designed the remarkable exterior of Caltech’s innovative, winning entry into Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s 2012 “Reinventing the Toilet Challenge” for…