Brain vs. Braun: Typography Sketches
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I know we most often show the finished product around here, but I am equally—if not more so—inspired by the process. Take these type sketches by Matt ...
Category: Design
Courtney • Sergey Shapiro
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There is some lovely calligraphy in the portfolio of Sergey Shapiro....
Student Spotlight: Johnny Chang
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Johnny Chang, a recent grad of the Art Center College of Design, has lots of great identity projects in his portfolio. However, I was really impressed...
Feed: Punkt
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Unfortunately there isn’t much context provided for Atelier Punkt‘s identity, by Montreal-based studio Feed; though from what I gather it is a unique ...
DHNN: Lecca Lecca
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This playful and sweet identity for Lecca Lecca, a couture children’s clothing line, was designed by DHNN, a Buenos Aires-based studio. I love that th...
Modern Valentines
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It wouldn’t be Valentine’s Day without at least one Valentine post, so I thought I’d feature these sweet and modern designs by Mike Smith. Mike create...
Xavier Encinas: James Moes Identity
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Here is a sophisticated, masculine identity that Paris-based designer Xavier Encinas created for photographer James Moes—whose work I also very much a...
Amanda Jane Jones
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We have some pretty talented readers. Often times the work that I post comes through clicking on the links of commenters or Twitter followers, which i...
Type Love 128: Preface
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Preface, a sans serif with some truly interesting letterforms, was designed by Nick Shinn in 2003 as a unique alternative to Helvetica. type specimen ...
Kelli Anderson: Dig For Fire Site
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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 art in i...
Brandon Wilson: Hypnotic Skate
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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...
Brian Danaher: Rabbit Children Packaging
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It’s rare to come across any cd packaging these days, let alone the elaborate, letterpressed variety; so unsurprisingly, this gem caught by eye. Desig...
Minibar for the Mind
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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...
Alvin Diec: Perrine’s Wine Shop
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Here’s a charming identity for Perrine’s Wine Shop by Alvin Diec....
SRCP: Astra
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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...
Luke Williams
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I love the clean, modern style of this promotional piece for Hale Empowerment Revitalization Organization, by Chicago-based designer Luke Williams....
Aimee Gauthier: Sifted
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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...
Book Covers by Jason Ramirez
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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 excited t...
Type by Albert Pereta
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What first caught my eye in Albert Pereta’s portfolio is the handful of typography snippets he’s featured. The few glimpses offered make me excited to...
Kyle Tezak: Four Icon Challenge
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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 ...
Almanac
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I’m completely enamored with the the identity of St. Louis-based studio, Almanac. The concept and details are carried out beautifully across all of th...
Atipus
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Great modern wine packaging by Barcelona-based studio, Atipus....
Type Love 127: Suti
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Suti is a fun brush script by Mike Melvas. Available right here at MyFonts....
Live the Language
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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 resul...
50 and 50
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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 first ...
Luchocorrea: Brown
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I’m loving this identity by Luchocorrea for Brown, a small, artisan confectioner in Bogotá, Colombia....
AIGA New Mexico Showdown
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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...
Mrs. Connection
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Lately I have discovered so many talented designers and clever projects through The SVA Designer as Author MFA program, and Mrs. Connection is certain...
Lesley Weiner
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When I happened upon Lesley Weiner’s portfolio, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that she’s one of the creatives behind Mélangerie’s playful paper ...
CF Napa Packaging
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CF Napa seems to have successfully cornered the Napa Valley wine market. Their portfolio is filled with packaging and marketing materials for various ...
Collective Approach
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For a recent mailer, the team at Collective Approach transformed a collection of vintage London postcards into a modern and unique promotional piece....
Hunt Studio
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I’m loving Hunt Studio‘s beautiful new identity. via site inspire...
Theory of Connectivity
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For the cover of Bluetooth’s publication Signature, Adam Voorhes and Will Bryant collaborated on a stop motion animation. Check out the animation belo...
Julian Zimmermann: König Bansah
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There’s some excellent work in the portfolio of Julian Zimmermann, including this identity for—believe it or not—an African King. Take a look right he...
Elliott Walker: Otto
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Here is a fun identity project by Elliott Walker, who I briefly mentioned in the Quick Links post earlier this morning....
Face.
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Face. has some great identity programs in their portfolio, including this one for Milla Suri, a beauty boutique in Mexico....
Type Love 126: Tabac Sans
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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....
Kafka, Redesigned
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I’m popping in late tonight to share these redesigned Kafka covers by Peter Mendelsund. All i can say is, wow....
USOPPOSTO
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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...
Amelia Grohman
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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’s 2006 Prom...
Play Me
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For a variety of modern wine packaging, check out the portfolio of Portugese design studio Play Me....
Dowling | Duncan: Future Designs
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This modern, geometric identity was designed by Dowling | Duncan for Future Designs, a bespoke lighting systems company. Since its creation Dowling | ...
Dan Blackman for Cranky Pressman
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I’m loving this letterpress promotional piece that Dan Blackman designed for Cranky Pressman. The piece was created for the next issue of Uppercase Ma...
Beth Katleman
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Maya from Visual Lingual recently alerted me to the work of Beth Katleman who created this amazing three-dimensional toile. via Visual Lingual...
Christine Wisnieski
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I love everything in Cleveland-based designer, Christine Wisnieski’s portfolio. The works include both personal and professional projects that she’s c...
Steph Davlantes
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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 targeted to...
Adam Katz
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Adam Katz is a fellow Syracuse Grad and current MFA Candidate in SVA’s Designer as Author program. For Stefan Sagmeister’s “Things I Have Learned in M...
Funnel’s New Site
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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 ...
Gerren Lamson
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Today I’m pleased to feature Gerren Lamson, an Austin-based designer at Springbox, whose portfolio is brimming with a variety of colorful designs, ill...
Moving Brands: E. Tautz
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Awhile back I posted about the beautiful Moving Brands work for Norton & Sons, a fine London tailor. Following the success of that launch, the proprie...
Rabe & Company
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Loving this collection of letterpressed business cards by Rabe & Company. (Also doesn’t hurt that as a Top Chef fan Lee Anne Wong’s name caught my eye...
one point oh: You & Me
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one point oh just released a beautiful new limited-edition set of typographic prints, entitled You & Me. Pick it up right here....
World of Geekcraft
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Three of the talented gents of Public School recently had the opportunity to produce World of Geekcraft, a new publication from Chronicle Books. World...
The Office of Nature: Lux Beauty Boutique
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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 Office o...
Type Love 125: Brandon Grotesque
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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 ...
Stuart Kolakovic for Marks and Spencer
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Somehow I missed these beautiful packages Stuart Kolakovic illustrated for Marks and Spencer a little while back. They’re still very much worth a look...
Wallace Design House Revisited
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I just took another look at Wallace Design House’s photostream (originally posted about designer Dustin Wallace here), and there’s lots of awesome new...
Spoonful of Sugar
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I’m so excited about this next project that designer Leen Sadder, a graduate student in the SVA Designer as Author program, conceptualized. For Stefan...
Ivana Martinovic
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Here is some beautiful work by Sydney-based Ivana Martinovic. This particular project was created to celebrate Vision Day at Landor Sydney. According ...
Sussner Design Company: Invision Eyewear
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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 work i...