Óscar Germade: Pazo Baión
The identity for Pazo Baión, a wine cultural foundation in Spain, includes this elegant and sophisticated bespoke typeface in sleek black and white. ...
Category: Design
Matt Roeser Book Covers
For a personal project, Matt Roeser chose to take some of his favorite books and redesign their covers. Here’s a few of the covers he’s co...
Evan Stremke
This morning I’ve been admiring the diverse portfolio of Evan Stremke, who is currently a designer at Swink....
Kendrick Kidd
There is a great assortment of illustrated packaging, mainly for various beers, in Kendrick Kidd‘s portfolio....
Robinsson Cravents: Xnilo
I’m loving this new identity for Xnilo Design Studio by Robinsson Cravents—especially the dynamic, exploding pattern created from the logo gra...
Color Happy 110
Yes, it is 2011. I’m aware. But this colorful typographic illustration actually accompanies Brent Couchman’s favorite albums of 2010. Chec...
Student Spotlight: Amanda Boshard
Play-Doh was by far one of my favorite toys growing up. (In fact, I still have a can of it sitting on my desk.) So this student project very quickly c...
Type Love 123: 2012 Top 10
As promised, here are my ten favorite typefaces from 2010, many of which you’ve seen in past Type Loves. This isn’t a “best of”...
Exhibit: 33.3
33.3 is an art show opening this weekend, January 8th, in Cedar Falls, Iowa. For the show, each artist was tasked with the challenge of reimagining an...
French Heraldry Exhibition
Take a look at this French Heraldry Exhibition by Hugo & Marie artist Jules Julien. I’m loving the juxtaposition between the clean, modern g...
Anagrama: Micheline
I’m a big fan of Anagrama’s work, so it’s no surprise that I’m loving this identity system for Micheline, a stationery boutiqu...
Fonts In Use
I briefly mentioned this site in this past Monday’s Quick Links, but I’m so excited about it that I feel it deserves a post of its own. Fo...
Bibliothèque Design: Flint
I’m not sure what it is about vintage-looking diagrams, but I cannot resist them. So, of course, I was immediately drawn to this identity design...
Marx Design Holiday Gift
For this year’s holiday gift, Marx Design chose to create a wine bottle design. The series of three bottles play off the founder’s last na...
To Resolve Project
The To Resolve Project is the creative effort of Chris Streger. He put out a call for submissions for designers and illustrators to submit an iphone w...
Emma Rogan
http://www.emmarogan.co.nz/...
Happy Holidays from dwl
Starting today, we are taking a much-needed break to relax with friends and family over the holidays. If you have any time off in the next week, enjoy...
Dribbble Hometowns
Yet another fun Dribble series (thanks so much for the invite offers everyone!) is this one where designers visually represent their hometowns. It all...
White House Project Annual Report
It seems like fewer and fewer organizations are producing annual reports these days, so I was pleased to see this design for the White House Project b...
Delane Meadows: The Conquest
The Conquest, by Delane Meadows, is an infographic that visualizes the travels of the characters in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Click on the...
onepointoh
This is perhaps more appropriate for Valentine’s Day than Christmas, but I’m loving this typographic screenprint by UK-based studio onepoi...
Lincoln Supply Co.
Lincoln Supply Co., a new line of vintage Americana-inspired clothing and accessories, is the brainchild of designer Jeremy Beasley. Personal attentio...
Type Love 122: Dala Floda
Dala Floda, from Commercial Type, is an unusual stencil typeface that was originally inspired by the lettering on worn gravestones and shipping crates...
Josh Higgins
I love that many of Josh Higgins’ poster designs focus on one central and compelling image. You can see many more examples of this right here, a...
New from Scout Books
I’m a big fan of Scout Books and all of the possibilities they present, both inside and out. At the moment I’m particularly loving these w...
The New Baker Identity
As someone who is always fascinated by the process of designers designing for themselves, this identity redesign is of particular interest to me. Desi...
Holiday Happy Hour by Dribbble
I don’t have a dribbble account (hint hint readers with extra invites :)), but it’s always fun to pop over there and catch a glimpse of wh...
Small Horse Studio
Small Horse Studio is the husband and wife team of graphic designer Trevor Basset and illustrator Gaelyn Woltz. Their combined efforts have resulted i...
Adiós LA
When designer Jon Jackson accepted a job that would take him from Los Angeles to New York, he wanted to leave with a bang. And what better way to send...
Kulick Design
Here are some great book covers, in a pretty wide variety of styles, by Kulick Design....
An Object of Beauty
I have heard so many great things about Steve Martin’s new novel, An Object of Beauty, that it has flown to the top of my reading list. So I was...
dwl Exclusive: 1200 Posters
This morning I’m excited to introduce to you 1200 Posters, a new project from Aaron Perry Zucker and Big New Ideas. On the twelfth of each month...
Kirsten Swank
I’m loving Kirsten Swank‘s take on the Mad Tea Party theme for Olsen‘s annual Mother’s Day celebration....
Allan Peters: BBDO 80th Anniversary
This creative and humorous campaign was created by Allan Peters and copywriter Eric Hansen for BBDO’s 80th Anniversary celebration. There’...
Ordinary Company
Ordinary Company is the work of Matthew Genitempo, a member of Public School. This identity system is for an imaginary, patriotic beer brand that they...
Like a Glove: A Love Story
Like a Glove: A Love Story is a unique and wintery poster designed by Bureau of Betterment. The intricate artwork is actually composed of a series of ...
Calendar Madness
I realize some of you may be completely spent on 2011 calendars at this point, as we’ve been flooded with them since October. However, I’v...
Type Love 121: FindReplace
According to Process Type Foundry: FindReplace is the result of tinkering with the typeface-making process while aiming for a result resembling conven...
Aaron Eiland
Love Aaron Eiland’s poster designs....
Student Spotlight: Sarah Mick
For her senior project, University of Wisconsin student Sarah Mick branded the proposed high-speed railway for Wisconsin together with Christopher Pau...
Student Spotlight: Bethany Heck
This is the first of two Student Spotlights for today. Normally I combine multiple designers into one post, but the work these two ladies are producin...
Mikey Burton
When looking back over this 2000+ posts published on this blog, I was shocked to see that I had never actually posted about Mikey Burton’s work....
Schwartz & Sons
New York City-based Schwartz & Sons is producing some really high-quality, sophisticated work, including this identity system for The Jane Hotel. ...
Neon Party
I’ve had a love for neon ever since I can remember—back in the late 80s I outfitted myself almost entirely in DayGlo colors. So ever since I g...
The Heads of State + The Great Gatsby
How amazing is this new print from The Heads of State?? The always awesome design duo took the guest list from Chapter four of The Great Gatbsy and cr...
Wink: Muse Perfumery
Beautiful packaging and posters for Muse Perfumery by Wink. More photos and information can be found here and here....
Stitch Design Co.: Indie Grits Film Festival
Here is yet another great piece from Stitch Design Co., the call for entries poster for the Indie Grits Film Festival....
W+K Studio Holiday
I’m always a fan of holiday items that use atypical color palettes, so I was immediately drawn to w+k studio’s typographic Jackpot Card Se...
Jeffrey Docherty
Los Angeles-based art director Jeffrey Docherty has a portfolio that certainly reflects the depth of his experience. This system for New Republic, a c...
Andrew Janik
Andrew Janik‘s illustrations and infographics are smart, cheerful, and just all-around fun to look at....
Type eCards
This series of six B-movie-inspired ecards was created by Will Staehle for the Type Director’s Club. They can be sent to your typographically-in...
Houdini
Here is a great identity for Houdini, a newly formed creative agency in Australia. My posts are usually short, but Head of Design Darren Cole sent ove...
Danny’s Continental Cocktail Lounge
I’m incredibly impressed with this thought-provoking installation by artist and writer Daniel Patrick Helmstetter. Danny’s Continental Coc...
Southside Promo
Designer Kacie Yates recently sent over this promotional piece she designed for Southside Creative. When Warehouse Row opened next door, the firm took...
Studio on Fire 2011 Calendar
I’m a big fan of Studio on Fire’s annual letterpress calendar. I’ve owned a couple of the past editions, and even had the privelege ...
Type Love 120: Brilliant
Brilliant is a great new stencil typeface by FaceType, with three, equally readable weights. (It’s also 40% at My Fonts at the moment, so get in...
Dan Cassaro
You may remember Dan Cassaro’s from his Springstreets project that I posted about back in August. But I recently took another look at his portfo...
Kelli Anderson for 20×200
Unfortunately, all of the pieces of this packaging design suite for 20×200 by Kelli Anderson weren’t produced this year—hopefully they...
Intelligence in Lifestyle Magazine
Intelligence in Lifestyle Magazine is a supplement to the Italian newspaper, Il Sole 24 Ore. One of the art directors One of the publication’s a...
Gift Guide 2010: Happy Holidays
1. Sparkling Ornament Wreath, $65.00 / 2. No Kid Hungry Holiday Cards, $35.00 donation and up / 3. Two-sided Wrap, $20.00 / 4. To You, From Me Gift Ta...