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Kelli Anderson: Dig For Fire Site

Courtney • Apr 03, 2011
You may remember Kelli Anderson’s Dig for Fire identity I posted a few months ago. Well, now the site has launched, and it is a whole work of ar...
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Brandon Wilson: Hypnotic Skate

Courtney • Feb 09, 2011
Brandon Wilson recently collaborated with Brent Anderson of Stir on this new brand for Ride Four Ever, a Kansas City skate shop. The designer/writer t...
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Brian Danaher: Rabbit Children Packaging

Courtney • Feb 09, 2011
It’s rare to come across any cd packaging these days, let alone the elaborate, letterpressed variety; so unsurprisingly, this gem caught by eye....
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Minibar for the Mind

Courtney • Feb 07, 2011
Minibar for the Mind is a new collaboration between The School of Life and Morgans Hotel Group, that aims to provide guests with a more meaningful and...
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Alvin Diec: Perrine’s Wine Shop

Courtney • Feb 06, 2011
Here’s a charming identity for Perrine’s Wine Shop by Alvin Diec....
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SRCP: Astra

Courtney • Feb 06, 2011
SRCP is the work of London-based designer Sam Renwick. This particular project is a series of service brochures for Astra, a European satellite servic...
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Luke Williams

Courtney • Feb 04, 2011
I love the clean, modern style of this promotional piece for Hale Empowerment Revitalization Organization, by Chicago-based designer Luke Williams....
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Aimee Gauthier: Sifted

Courtney • Feb 04, 2011
Sifted: Handpicked Recipes From Our Mothers is a cookbook that Aimee Gauthier designed, wrote and curated. Both the content and design aims to honor t...
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Book Covers by Jason Ramirez

Courtney • Dec 14, 2012
I’ve admired the cover of Gabriel García Márquez: The Early Years for awhile, but could never find any information on the designer. So I was e...
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Type by Albert Pereta

Courtney • Feb 03, 2011
What first caught my eye in Albert Pereta’s portfolio is the handful of typography snippets he’s featured. The few glimpses offered make m...
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Kyle Tezak: Four Icon Challenge

Courtney • Feb 03, 2011
The Four Icon Challenge is an ongoing project by Kyle Tezak, where he boils down various films, books, etc. into just four succinct visuals. He plans ...
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Almanac

Courtney • Feb 03, 2011
I’m completely enamored with the the identity of St. Louis-based studio, Almanac. The concept and details are carried out beautifully across all...
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Atipus

Courtney • Feb 03, 2011
Great modern wine packaging by Barcelona-based studio, Atipus....
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Type Love 127: Suti

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012
Suti is a fun brush script by Mike Melvas. Available right here at MyFonts....
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Live the Language

Courtney • Mar 28, 2011
I haven’t done a whole lot of traveling abroad, but these promotional videos for EF Language Schools have me itching to. The short films are the...
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50 and 50

Courtney • Feb 01, 2011
If you’re not aware, 50 and 50 is a project where fifty designers were invited to represent their state by illustrating its motto. And now, the ...
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Luchocorrea: Brown

Courtney • Apr 03, 2011
I’m loving this identity by Luchocorrea for Brown, a small, artisan confectioner in Bogotá, Colombia....
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AIGA New Mexico Showdown

Courtney • Apr 03, 2011
This work for the AIGA New Mexico Showdown is the result of a collaboration between Hieronymus and Jesse Arneson, with photography by Karen Kuehn. Acc...
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Mrs. Connection

Courtney • Feb 01, 2011
Lately I have discovered so many talented designers and clever projects through The SVA Designer as Author MFA program, and Mrs. Connection is certain...
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Lesley Weiner

Courtney • Feb 01, 2011
When I happened upon Lesley Weiner’s portfolio, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that she’s one of the creatives behind Mélangerie&#82...
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CF Napa Packaging

Courtney • Feb 01, 2011
CF Napa seems to have successfully cornered the Napa Valley wine market. Their portfolio is filled with packaging and marketing materials for various ...
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Collective Approach

Courtney • Jan 31, 2011
For a recent mailer, the team at Collective Approach transformed a collection of vintage London postcards into a modern and unique promotional piece....
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Hunt Studio

Courtney • Jan 30, 2011
I’m loving Hunt Studio‘s beautiful new identity. via site inspire...
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Theory of Connectivity

Courtney • Jan 30, 2011
For the cover of Bluetooth’s publication Signature, Adam Voorhes and Will Bryant collaborated on a stop motion animation. Check out the animatio...
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Julian Zimmermann: König Bansah

Courtney • Jan 30, 2011
There’s some excellent work in the portfolio of Julian Zimmermann, including this identity for—believe it or not—an African King. Take a loo...
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Elliott Walker: Otto

Courtney • Jan 30, 2011
Here is a fun identity project by Elliott Walker, who I briefly mentioned in the Quick Links post earlier this morning....
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Face.

Courtney • Jan 26, 2011
Face. has some great identity programs in their portfolio, including this one for Milla Suri, a beauty boutique in Mexico....
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Type Love 126: Tabac Sans

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012
Tabac Sans is a new release from Suitcase Type, featuring eight weights and a huge variety of Open Type features. Pick it up from My Fonts right here....
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Kafka, Redesigned

Courtney • Dec 14, 2012
I’m popping in late tonight to share these redesigned Kafka covers by Peter Mendelsund. All i can say is, wow....
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USOPPOSTO

Courtney • Jan 26, 2011
This beautiful cookbook, La Puglia in un piatto, was conceptualized and designed by Usopposto. Here is a description of the concept, direct from the s...
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Amelia Grohman

Courtney • Jan 26, 2011
I’m a big fan of designer Amelia Grohman‘s letterpress work. I spotted the first piece, designed for Peter Kruty Editions, way back in HOW...
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Play Me

Courtney • Jan 26, 2011
For a variety of modern wine packaging, check out the portfolio of Portugese design studio Play Me....
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Dowling | Duncan: Future Designs

Courtney • Dec 18, 2012
This modern, geometric identity was designed by Dowling | Duncan for Future Designs, a bespoke lighting systems company. Since its creation Dowling | ...
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Dan Blackman for Cranky Pressman

Courtney • Jan 26, 2011
I’m loving this letterpress promotional piece that Dan Blackman designed for Cranky Pressman. The piece was created for the next issue of Upperc...
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Beth Katleman

Courtney • Jan 25, 2011
Maya from Visual Lingual recently alerted me to the work of Beth Katleman who created this amazing three-dimensional toile. via Visual Lingual...
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Christine Wisnieski

Courtney • Dec 18, 2012
I love everything in Cleveland-based designer, Christine Wisnieski’s portfolio. The works include both personal and professional projects that s...
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Steph Davlantes

Courtney • Jan 25, 2011
There’s some great work to be seen in the portfolio of Steph Davlantes. I’m really loving this program for Bold Bald, a head shine product...
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Adam Katz

Courtney • Jan 25, 2011
Adam Katz is a fellow Syracuse Grad and current MFA Candidate in SVA’s Designer as Author program. For Stefan Sagmeister’s “Things I...
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Funnel’s New Site

Courtney • Jan 23, 2011
Funnel, the studio of Eric Kass, recently launched a new site to showcase all of their beautifully layered work. This identity for Films by Francesco ...
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Gerren Lamson

Courtney • Jan 23, 2011
Today I’m pleased to feature Gerren Lamson, an Austin-based designer at Springbox, whose portfolio is brimming with a variety of colorful design...
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Moving Brands: E. Tautz

Courtney • Jan 20, 2011
Awhile back I posted about the beautiful Moving Brands work for Norton & Sons, a fine London tailor. Following the success of that launch, the pro...
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Rabe & Company

Courtney • Jan 20, 2011
Loving this collection of letterpressed business cards by Rabe & Company. (Also doesn’t hurt that as a Top Chef fan Lee Anne Wong’s na...
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one point oh: You & Me

Courtney • Jan 20, 2011
one point oh just released a beautiful new limited-edition set of typographic prints, entitled You & Me. Pick it up right here....
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World of Geekcraft

Courtney • Nov 20, 2013
Three of the talented gents of Public School recently had the opportunity to produce World of Geekcraft, a new publication from Chronicle Books. World...
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The Office of Nature: Lux Beauty Boutique

Courtney • Jan 19, 2011
Any shade of blue-green captures my attention immediately. So take that and combine it with an intricate and letterpress, and I’m hooked. The Of...
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Type Love 125: Brandon Grotesque

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012
Mistakenly, I never posted about Brandon Grotesque when I first discovered it; but it recently came back on my radar due to this Fonts in Use post on ...
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Stuart Kolakovic for Marks and Spencer

Courtney • Jan 18, 2011
Somehow I missed these beautiful packages Stuart Kolakovic illustrated for Marks and Spencer a little while back. They’re still very much worth ...
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Wallace Design House Revisited

Courtney • Jan 18, 2011
I just took another look at Wallace Design House’s photostream (originally posted about designer Dustin Wallace here), and there’s lots of...
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Spoonful of Sugar

Courtney • Jan 17, 2011
I’m so excited about this next project that designer Leen Sadder, a graduate student in the SVA Designer as Author program, conceptualized. For ...
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Ivana Martinovic

Courtney • Jan 17, 2011
Here is some beautiful work by Sydney-based Ivana Martinovic. This particular project was created to celebrate Vision Day at Landor Sydney. According ...
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Sussner Design Company: Invision Eyewear

Courtney • Jan 17, 2011
Minneapolis’s Sussner Design launched a new site a few months ago, and I finally just got a chance to browse around a bit. As expected, all the ...
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A Tandem Contest

Courtney • Jan 16, 2011
To celebrate five years of business, today marks the launch of a new website and a special contest for Tandem. Here are the details, straight from the...
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Katie Evans

Courtney • Jan 16, 2011
The Kate Spade brand is one of my favorites, when it comes to both their products and their marketing efforts, so it’s great get a peek into the...
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Flaechenbrand: Braufactum

Courtney • Jan 16, 2011
This sophisticated packaging system was designed by German design firm, Flaechenbrand for a new line of gourmet beers by Braufactum....
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Foundry Co.

Courtney • Apr 03, 2011
Oklahoma-based FOUNDRY CO is producing some really amazing work, from identities to collateral to packaging. The Belle of Saint Louis brand, which it&...
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A Friend Of Mine: Wired Weaving

Courtney • Jan 13, 2011
Each month Wired magazine asks various contributors to illustrate the edition number of their magazine. For A Friend of Mine‘s recent contributi...
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Type Love 124: Trigot

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012
First discovered over at André Mora’s site, Trigot is a modular display face by Michael Hübner crafted entirely from the basic form of the tri...
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Linseed Projects

Courtney • Jan 12, 2011
I love hearing from readers who are getting something out of the work I put into dwl on a daily basis. And furthermore, I love it when those same read...
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Student Spotlight: Nathan Godding

Courtney • Jan 12, 2011
Nathan Godding, a senior at Academy of Art in San Francisco, is one talented student, with an impressive portfolio. I’m particularly loving this...
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Nostalgia Organics

Courtney • Jan 10, 2011
I stumbled upon Nostalgia Organics on etsy awhile ago, and somehow the bookmark got lost in the shuffle. The designs have since been posted on the the...
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