In House
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I’m loving the branding and packaging for &Co., designed by New Zealand-based INHOUSE in crisp, clean black and white....
Category: Design
Courtney • Michael Freimuth
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You can’t really go wrong with any of the projects in Michael Freimuth‘s portfolio. Each one is striking, modern and exquisitely polished....
HBO Unexpected
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Unexpected is a fantastical on-air promotion for HBO created by Umeric....
Fashion Week Invitations
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Refinery 29 recently posted a selection of the most creative invitations from Fashion week. Below you can see the pieces from Candela, Alice + Olivia ...
Guerrilla Gardening
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Probably the biggest thing that irks me about our current living situation is the lack of outdoor space. So while these Seed Bombs wouldn’t actu...
Type Love 109: Sense and Sensibility
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Sense and Sensibility are a pair of sans serifs from ShinnType that have been used by The Globe & Mail for several years. Made up of a modernist a...
Andreas Neophytou
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Andreas Neophytou, a designer at London-based Six Design, has a great portfolio filled with projects for chic, fashion-forward clients, like this iden...
Double Felix
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It can’t get much more fun than designing the look and feel for a music festival. And that’s exactly what Chelsea Conboy, of Double Felix ...
Jonny Wan
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I’m pretty impressed with the level of detail in each of these illustrated letterforms by Jonny Wan. Get a closer look at each one right here. v...
Adrián Mora
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I love Adrián Mora’s unique take on his personal identity system, using various family snapshots as the main feature....
Type Love 108: Geotica
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Geotica is a curvy display face with lots of possibilities. It features four styles and four grades, for a total of 16 different combinations. The typ...
The Orphan’s Arms
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The Orphan’s Arms is a London-based t-shirt brand that features distressed patterns, lots of black and white and fun, quirky messages....
Feedback Loop Launched!
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The Feedback Loop shop is now open for business. Check it out!...
Family Design Co.
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Family Design Co., a New Zealand-based studio, recently overhauled their brand from top to bottom. The black and white brand was carried through consi...
Matt Lehman
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I’m loving pretty much everything in Matt Lehman‘s portfolio, from the design to the illustrations. But today I’m particularly, I...
Neumeister
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Beautifully clean, minimalist packaging for mineral water Hwila by neumeister. via The Dieline...
A Typographic Puzzle
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I’m loving Upon a Fold’s contribution to the Pop-Up Alphabet Shop, a show that opened in Sydney this past weekend. 6 is a three-dimensiona...
The Feedback Loop Notebook Project
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I’m always a fan of good design for a good cause, so I was really happy to receive this news about the Feedback Loop Notebook Project last week....
Color Happy 95
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Zara Picken recently created four maps for Lonely Planet’s current issue. The one below features Quebec, but you can see the rest right here....
Meaghan Murray
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Great packaging by recent grad Meaghan Murray....
Nicole Ziegler Design
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Here’s a great project by Nicole Ziegler, the branding and design for Ladder Up, a non-profit company that helps the working poor climb out of p...
James Trump
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I’m loving the modern, sophisticated branding for Shine, a privately owned luxury furnishings company, designed by James Trump....
Type Love 107: Creamy Script
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Creamy Script is the perfect name for this soft and friendly typeface. Pick it up right here. via Typography Served ...
Chillout Sessions
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I’m extremely impressed with the craftsmanship of this project from Collider: A homage to Frank Lloyd Wright and Neutra and the lifestyles their...
Jean-François Thériault
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Jean-François Thériault takes a look at the less glitzy side of Vegas....
Derek Prevatt
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I’m loving the geometric illustration style of these three posters by Derek Prevatt....
Thomas Guy
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Thomas Guy created this packaging design for the Paul Luc album entitled “A Revival. A Roadsong. A Rearview Mirror.”, which I think the mo...
Jeremy Mickel
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In addition to his design projects, Jeremy Mickel has some typefaces in progress that I am really excited about. Here are just a few of them (the midd...
Hello / Goodbye
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Check out the impressive details of this promotional piece by HUB. The design features a custom typeface and several production processes, including d...
Stamps of Disapproval
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Anyone who’s experienced the critique process will relate to the sentiments expressed in Stamps of Disapproval, a set of 12 rubber stamps create...
Julia Kostreva
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I first came across the work of Julia Kostreva when her recent invitation design was published on Beast Pieces last week. Unsurprisingly the rest of h...
Parliament and Working Class Creatives
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If you live in the Charleston area, listen up: Parliament is a coalition of business owners, entrepreneurs, and free agents… really anyone committed...
Glacé
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I am definitely a sweets person—especially when it comes ice cream—so naturally I was immediately drawn to the branding of Glacé, another great c...
Wallace Design House
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Great logos by Dustin Wallace. More on flickr....
DKNG
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Los Angeles-based DKNG, the studio of Dan Kuhlken and Nathan Goldman, makes some pretty amazing gig posters. ...
Color Happy 94
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Why oh why can’t luggage tags still look this cool? Photos one and two from Millie Motts’ flickr stream....
Etsy Love
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Here’s a few things that have caught my eye on Etsy lately: Clockwise from top left: Portland Popup Post Card by Manvsink, Birthday Whale Letter...
Type Love 106: FF Suhmo
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FF Suhmo, a FontShop exclusive, was inspired by American typewriter fonts. This modern, rounded take on genre features 8 styles and various special ch...
Draw Pilgrim
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On a more colorful note, I’d love to buy up the whole Draw Pilgrim shop if I could—from the posters and prints to the greeting cards. I’...
Patrick Rockwell
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Keeping with the theme of elegant simplicity, check out the identity system for the Chicago Architecture Foundation, a purely modern, black and white ...
Ben Jennings
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I’m loving the elegant simplicity of these business cards designed by Ben Jennings for Top Shelf, a bookbindery specializing in bridging the gap...
Will Dean
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We’ve had a home brewing kit kicking around for awhile, so I’m hoping this Fall we can finally break it in. For me my excitement may have ...
Kimberley Chan
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Another great portfolio from another recent grad: Kimberly Chan. In particular I’m drawn to her modern, unfussy book cover designs like those sh...
Tezak
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This deliciously retro hot chocolate packaging was designed by Kyle Tezak for Mindy’s Hot Chocolate in Chicago....
Raeburnink
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I’m loving the intricate line work that distinguishes the patterns in Raeburn Ink’s new India Collection. If you like the style enough to ...
Tunnel Bravo
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Arizona-based design studio, Tunnel Bravo, has designed a series of fun posters for East Valley Children’s Theatre. My favorite is easily this s...
Telegramme Studio
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Telegramme Studio sure knows how to make a great poster. Several of them are available for sale right here. via Benign Objects...
Insound 10 for 10
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Insound 10 for 10 is a series of t-shirt and poster pairings featuring 10 bands that made an impact in 2010. The t-shirts posters, which actually fit ...
News + Updates
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Well, hello there! Monday sure snuck up on me quickly this week, but I just wanted to start off the day with a few quick updates: ADVERTISING: I reali...
Wood McGrath
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I’m loving the custom, dotted type that Wood McGrath incorporated into this logo for Pottery Goes Pop....
The Biggert Collection
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If you have an interest in vintage ephemera, The Biggert Collection (a collection of architectural vignettes on commercial stationery) is a treasure t...
Caroline Robert
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Montreal-based artist and designer Caroline Robert has done some interesting work on Arcade Fire’s latest release, including album artwork and t...
Type Love 105: St. Ryde
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St Ryde, a “casual and modern sans serif”, is the latest release from Stereotypes. And it’s available for purchase from My Fonts rig...
The Animal Print Shop
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This morning I’m so excited to share with you The Animal Print Shop, the new home of Sharon Montrose’s amazing animal prints. Not only is ...
Oliver Hofmann
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I love this simple and smart Ex Libris (or bookplate) that Oliver Hofmann for Austrian semi-celebrity Robert Mang. Oliver also has some great illustra...
With Love
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Who doesn’t love an ampersand? I’d love to see this gift series by Scott Marc Berry developed into a line of t-shirts too....
Isle of Skye
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I always love to see creative business card designs, so I was especially excited to come across the new cards of artist and designer Skye Jeffreys. Th...
Pencil + Paper
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I’m loving the wide range of work in Justin Fuller‘s portfolio. But what especially caught my eye is these typographic and illustrative pi...
A USPS Redesign
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Unfortunately I highly doubt this would ever fly in real life, but I’m loving Matt Chase’s retro, cheerful USPS redesign....
Unleashed: 2010
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Every year I look forward to seeing the final projects of the SVA MFA Designer as Author program. This year, the 21 graduates present Unleashed, a col...