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By Force the Book

Courtney • Nov 15, 2010Nov 15, 2010
By Force is a book that accompanied the Summit of Cheap Laser Graphics, an event held in Belgrade the past two years. The book features a series of in...
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826DC

Courtney • Nov 15, 2010Nov 15, 2010
Oliver Munday recently tackled the incredible task of branding the newest 826 store, 826DC. (If you’re unfamiliar with the organization, be sure to re...
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Minted Winners

Courtney • Nov 15, 2010Dec 18, 2012
Good morning readers! First task of the day is to announce the winners of last week’s Minted Giveaway. The three lucky ladies below were chosen at ran...
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Play calendar

Courtney • Nov 11, 2010Nov 11, 2010
Here’s a little bit of info about EIGA’s new calendar, Play! Design for Kids:“The calendar contains an inspiring cross section of contemporary childre...
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Type Love 117: Cillian

Courtney • Nov 11, 2010Sep 14, 2012
Cillian is a simple and affordable sans serif typeface with two weights available. Check out more style images here, and purchase on My Fonts....
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Things We Love

Courtney • Nov 11, 2010
This sort of blew up yesterday, but I still couldn’t resist posting it here. As a huge Kate Spade fan—both the products and the brand—I almost leapt o...
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Dan Matutina

Courtney • Nov 10, 2010Nov 10, 2010
I’m loving the illustration work of designer/illustrator Dan Matutina, who hails from the Phillipines. Here’s just one example of his geometric, textu...
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George Katz

Courtney • Nov 10, 2010Nov 22, 2010
It seems that it’s getting more popular for big name brands to put more time and money into design, which is a great thing. But for the most part when...
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Fabio Ongarato Design

Courtney • Nov 10, 2010Apr 5, 2011
Here is a beautiful identity by Fabio Ongarato Design for interior design studio K.P.D.O. The envelope flap treatment is such an unexpected detail, an...
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Ben Wright

Courtney • Nov 9, 2010Nov 9, 2010
Australian designer Ben Wright, aka All Caps Yeah, designed this branding program for The Office of John Cheese digital production services while at B...
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Élie Monge

Courtney • Nov 9, 2010Dec 18, 2012
I’m starting to get in the holiday spirit—gift guides will be coming up in the next few weeks! So I’m loving this New Year’s card that was designed by...
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Alex Bloom

Courtney • Nov 8, 2010Nov 7, 2010
This campaign for The Rolling Roadshow, a traveling movie tour, is a student project by Alex Bloom. The annual tour produces outdoor screenings in the...
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Studio Bomba

Courtney • Nov 8, 2010Nov 7, 2010
I first became aware of Studio Bomba‘s work through their new line of paper goods, Mitchell & Dent (definitely worth a look). So I was excited to hear...
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LEGO + Letterpress winners!

Courtney • Nov 8, 2010Nov 8, 2010
Congratulations Barbara and Amandah! with your mailing address and we’ll get the print out to you. Thanks to everyone else for giving it a shot!...
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Jennifer and Jed Heuer

Courtney • Nov 5, 2010Nov 5, 2010
Jennifer and Jed Heuer are one talented husband and wife design duo. Their work definitely has unique sensibilities but they are equally talented, as ...
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Where We Know

Courtney • Nov 5, 2010Dec 14, 2012
I’m happy to introduce you to a publication from Chin Music Press, Where We Know: New Orleans As Home which will be released this month. What caught m...
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Bryant Ross

Courtney • Nov 5, 2010Nov 5, 2010
This morning I’m admiring the work of Bryant Ross, who has quite a few restaurant brands in his portfolio from his time at Korn Design. It was tough t...
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Ryan Frease​

Courtney • Nov 5, 2010Nov 5, 2010
These awesome hand-drawn letterforms were created by Ryan Frease for Lettercult’s Alphabattle....
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Kacie Yates

Courtney • Nov 4, 2010Nov 4, 2010
Kacie Yates, a designer at Southside Creative in Chattanooga, Tennessee, has a design aesthetic that I absolutely love—a mix of vintage and modern sen...
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Nathan Hinz

Courtney • Nov 4, 2010Nov 3, 2010
After looking through the portfolio of Nathan Hinz—one of the designers behind the Cue projects I posted recently—I was super impressed by the handmad...
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Colin Payson

Courtney • Nov 4, 2010Nov 3, 2010
There’s some great work in Colin Payson‘s portfolio, including this piece for the Prix Arc Awards. via FPO...
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Type Love 116: URW Wood Type

Courtney • Nov 4, 2010Sep 14, 2012
There’s no shortage of woodtype fonts out there these days, but what drew me to URW Wood Type is the fun possibilities that the Shadow version present...
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Eduardo Hernández

Courtney • Nov 3, 2010Nov 3, 2010
Loving this vibrant identity for La Cigala Zul, a seafood restaurant in Mexico, by Eduardo Hernández....
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Evan Nagan

Courtney • Nov 3, 2010Nov 3, 2010
You may have spotted these business cards (3rd shot down), designed for v25 of Space 150’s brand, on Beast Pieces last summer. But you may not have se...
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Everything Design

Courtney • Nov 3, 2010Nov 3, 2010
I’m admiring this simple yet approachable brand created for Babylon Gardens, a husband and wife landscape design team, by New Zealand-based Everything...
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Plenty

Courtney • Nov 2, 2010Nov 2, 2010
I’m loving this fun and slightly wacky promotion for Dr Lemon Tequila by Plenty, which aims to recreate the traditional Mexican Day of the Dead....
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NothingSomething

Courtney • Nov 2, 2010Nov 3, 2010
Just recently checked in with NothingSomething—I’ve always loved their intricate branding work—and came across this eclectic brand for Magnolia Gastro...
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Good Morning / Good Night

Courtney • Nov 1, 2010Oct 31, 2010
Dolce Press recently collaborated with the Divisionof/ team to create this really fun Good Morning/Good Night poster. The limited edition letterpress ...
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Jackie Ngo

Courtney • Nov 1, 2010Oct 31, 2010
I was instantly smitten with San Francisco-based designer Jackie Ngo‘s portfolio, which features a little bit of everything, including handful of web ...
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James Kape

Courtney • Oct 29, 2010Oct 29, 2010
While the dwl audience is primarily U.S. based, I always find it exciting to “meet” designers and readers who follow us from around the world. So it w...
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Anti-Eco

Courtney • Oct 28, 2010Oct 27, 2010
Anti-Eco‘s mission is to “provoke awareness, stimulate dialogue, and alter actions regarding the current conservation of our earth’s resources” using ...
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Type Love 115: Monroe

Courtney • Oct 28, 2010Sep 14, 2012
Monroe is a fun new new slab serif/script hybrid by Sudtipos....
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CAMPO

Courtney • Oct 27, 2010Oct 26, 2010
There’s something about primarily pink brands I just can’t resist—especially when they’re designed in a clean, modern, non-girly way. Here’s a great e...
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Menosunocerouno

Courtney • Oct 27, 2010Oct 27, 2010
Some of you may be aware of the fact that restaurant branding is one of my favorite types of projects to feature. So I was really excited to be introd...
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New from Cue!

Courtney • Oct 27, 2010Oct 26, 2010
I was pretty psyched when Kate wrote yesterday to let me know that Cue had just updated their portfolio. I’m a big fan (previously posted about them h...
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Edholm Ullenius

Courtney • Oct 27, 2010Oct 26, 2010
Edholm Ullenius, a team of two designers working in Stockholm, has one of the most colorful portfolios I’ve ever seen. Filled with pattern after patte...
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Pryor Design

Courtney • Oct 27, 2010Oct 27, 2010
Pryor Design is a small firm based out of Ann Arbor, Michigan with a wide range of work to their credit. Here are a couple of projects that caught my ...
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Manual: Sam Tootal

Courtney • Oct 26, 2010Oct 25, 2010
I first discovered Manual back in May and was immediately impressed with their work, so I was excited to see they’ve recently published an update. All...
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Smicker Dubblera

Courtney • Oct 26, 2010Oct 25, 2010
A recent look at BVD’s portfolio led me to a project I hadn’t seen before, the Smicker Dubblera identity. On its own the typographic system is super s...
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Savons Exquis

Courtney • Oct 26, 2010Oct 25, 2010
I’m loving the sweet floral packaging for these French soaps found at online shop Cocobohème....
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Aardvark

Courtney • Oct 26, 2010Oct 25, 2010
UK-based Aardvark makes letterpress broadsides using traditional wood and metal type. Their shop is stocked with with vintage-inspired prints includin...
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FBA

Courtney • Oct 25, 2010Dec 14, 2012
I’m loving this collection of graphic book jackets designed by Portugese studio, FBA. via Cosas Visuales...
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One Million

Courtney • Oct 25, 2010Oct 25, 2010
One Million is a unique book, conceived by New Yorker editor Hendrik Hertzberg, whose aim was to make abstract numbers more concrete for the reader. O...
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Kenny Barela: An Infographical Guide

Courtney • Oct 22, 2010Oct 22, 2010
Loving this self-promotional infographic piece by Kenny Barela. via HOW magazine...
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fg branddesign

Courtney • Oct 22, 2010Oct 22, 2010
When German design firm fg branddesign sent over their work, I was immediately drawn to the Perfect Nails Perfect Face brand and the geometric pattern...
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Color Happy 102

Courtney • Oct 22, 2010Mar 20, 2011
Not the typical type of image I like to post for Color Happy, but I was really struck by the color palette of J. Crew’s homepage this week....
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Knit

Courtney • Oct 21, 2010Dec 18, 2012
Knit is a new series of vector pattern designs from You Work for Them. The two sets of pattens “hijacked off sweater vests from long forgotten childho...
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Abby Brewster

Courtney • Oct 21, 2010Oct 21, 2010
Loving this stationery system designed by Abby Brewster for J.W. Hall Builders. She had me at that striped envelope liner....
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Type Love 114: Thorowgood

Courtney • Oct 21, 2010Sep 14, 2012
For an alternative to Bodoni Poster, check out Thorowgood. Available from You Work for Them....
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Robert Festino

Courtney • Oct 20, 2010Oct 20, 2010
Despite their recent decline, I’m still a bit of a magazine junkie. So these spreads art directed by Robert Festino really caught my eye. via @Matt Le...
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Matt Stevens: GUTS

Courtney • Oct 19, 2010Oct 19, 2010
While checking out Matt Stevens’ blog the other day, his work for GUTS caught my eye. Started by HAWSE, GUTS is a Halloween-centric, design community-...
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The Years Are Sailing By

Courtney • Oct 18, 2010Oct 18, 2010
This exquisite book, The Years Are Sailing By, was created for Farstad Shipping ASA for their 50th anniversary by Robert Dalen and Tom Emil Olsen. See...
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Cooper & Ford Identity

Courtney • Oct 18, 2010Oct 18, 2010
Here is a lovely identity for Cooper & Ford, “Coffee Makers and Pastry Bakers”, by Robinsson Cravents....
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Timo Weiland Identity

Courtney • Oct 15, 2010Mar 28, 2011
Here’s a great identity for fashion label Timo Weiland The chic and sophisticated brand was created by RoAndCo, the New York-based studio of Roanne Ad...
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Tom Davie | Typographic Posters

Courtney • Oct 14, 2010Oct 14, 2010
I can’t stop scrolling through this series of Typographic Posters by Tom Davie of the Cincinnati-based studiotwentysix2, especially the photographic o...
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Type Love 113: Suomi Slab Serif

Courtney • Oct 14, 2010Sep 14, 2012
Suomi Slab Serif a crisp, sharp version of a typewriter font, was designed by Tomi Haaparanta (who also designed Tee Franklin, featured recently) and ...
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LEGO + Letterpress

Courtney • Oct 13, 2010Oct 12, 2010
A match made in heaven? I think so. Pick up prints right here....
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Luke Lisi

Courtney • Oct 13, 2010Oct 13, 2010
Well this identity for Spin! Pizza is certainly a far cry from what I’m used to seeing around here. Designed by Luke Lisi, this Kansas pizza parlor de...
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Astronaut Design

Courtney • Oct 12, 2010Oct 12, 2010
I love identity systems that incorporate different textures and layers of visual information. So I’m really enjoying the juxtaposition of the pastel c...
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Glitz Design

Courtney • Oct 11, 2010Oct 10, 2010
Here is some lovely patterned packaging for Beijaflor vegetal soaps, by Glitz Design....
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