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...
Category: Design
Courtney • 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’m loving these colla...
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-dimensional typographi...
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. Here’...
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 poverty...
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 build...
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 monochromatic ...
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 created by R...
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 t...
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 collab...
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 Letterpress ...
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’m loving the c...
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 betwe...
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 more to do w...
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 shown be...
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 incorporate ...
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 sophist...
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 tote ba...
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 right here....
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 it great to ...
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 pieces....
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...
Luke Elliott
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This project from recent grad, Luke Elliott, is so much fun. I love the band of characters they developed as part of the fruit fan club. Even more imp...
Ty Wilkins
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I’m loving the design style of Oklahoma-based designer, Ty Wilkins‘. For me, this especially comes through in his logo work, which has been created at...
Type Love 104: Arbor
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Arbor created by Village founder Chester Jenkins. Originally designed for the New York Time’s Magazines’s 2008 Hollywood issue, the entire typeface wa...
Supermodule
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More plaid! Supermodule‘s tagline is “Classic Paper for Modern People”, which really says it all. The Stay Warm series is a set of vibrant, letterpres...
A Modern Eden
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A Modern Eden actually creates well-designed, educational iPhone apps for kids. If you’re a parent I highly recommend checking them out. But what I’m ...
The Bubble Process
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Meet The Bubble Process, a “two-man design and illustration firm built on this premise: good food, good music, good time”. In addition to their fun an...
Curtis Jinkins
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Austin-based designer Curtis Jinkins has a great range of work in his portfolio. Here is just a sampling of a few projects that caught my eye. And if ...
Perfect Pressed Plaid
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As someone who has always been a big fan of plaid, my jaw just about dropped when I spotted these cards, designed for The Plaid Lab, on Beast Pieces. ...
Color Happy 91
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Yet another great illustration from Luke Bott. Love it....
Gillian MacLeod
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I’m loving Gillian MacLeod’s hand-lettering and illustration style....