Brownstone
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Inspired by Brooklyn architecture, Brownstone is the latest release by Alejandro Paul. It features multiple styles, alternates, ligatures and frames. ...
Category: Design
Courtney • Help for Nashville
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It seems that these days designers are stepping up to do their part any time tragedy strikes, and the latest unfortunate situation in Nashville is no ...
LOST for Sale
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In case you haven’t heard, Ty Mattson’s LOST posters (previously written about here) are going to be available via ABC. They will be relea...
Meg Gleason
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I absolutely love Meg Gleason‘s hand-lettering and design style. Her website is currently under construction, so for now you can keep up with he...
Alice Gabb Fine Stationery
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I’m loving the personal, handmade quality of these stationery pieces by Alice Gabb....
Type Love 93: Sutro
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Sutro is a very structured slab serif designed by Jim Parkinson in 2003. You can pick up the package of 11 fonts at FontShop right here....
I’m a Minted Judge!
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I am a huge fan of Minted, an online community, resource and marketplace for all things stationery. As a paper goods fanatic, I feel like so much of t...
Ian Edward Prentice
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In Ian’s words, CMYK is “an informational set of four posters educating young children on colour mixing and blending”. The series co...
I ♥ Minimalism
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I ? Minimalism is a new art print designed by Brandon Knowlden. Originally designed for a gallery show, the 8″x 10″ letterpress print is a...
The White Rabbit Update
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Thanks to Zy in the comments of this post, I found that The White Rabbit is actually a restaurant in Singapore. And they also have a pretty fun websit...
Topshop Make-up
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I’m loving the lively new artsy branding and packaging for Topshop’s new Make-up collection. Great colors too. via For Me, For You...
Charles Ross
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On a recent click through B?hance, this extensive identity for a retirement party caught my eye. Designed by Charles Ross, the event was held in honor...
McKenna Kemp
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I’m loving McKenna Kemp‘s self-initiated Bluegrass project made as a present for her Grandfather. Great illustrations. via simple + pre...
LoV-E
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When Lorena Vigil-Escalera, aka LoV-E, sent over her work recently, I became an instant fan. If you like what you see, you can pick up prints here or ...
The White Rabbit
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Alice in Wonderland has always been a popular subject for creatives to work with, understandably so. I’ve always been drawn to the story and its...
Color Happy 79
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In the mood for flowers: Peach / Prunus persica / ??(????) by Tanaka Juuyoh...
The Heavyweights
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I was recently contacted by The Heavyweights, an Indianapois ad agency, to let me know about their collaborations with illustrator Michael Mullen. Thi...
Mingo Lamberti
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Mngo Lamberti is a maker of limited edition designer t-shirts. In addition to their own designs, they often collaborate with other designers. This par...
Anagrama
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Romantica is a boutique that offers headpieces, barrettes and various hair accessories, focusing on custom made pieces and personalized service. I lov...
Type Love 92: Hernandez
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Sudtipos recently released three new slab serif fonts. My favorite is Hernandez, a “slab serif display” with a wide range of alternates to...
SketchType Vol. 2
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I posted about T.26’s SketchType package awhile back, and now they’ve just released Volume 2. The set includes 20 original hand-drawn type...
New Fabien Barral: CAM
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I’m a big fan of Fabien Barral’s work, as well as his blog and wall decal company. In particular, I’m currently impressed with a new...
New Siggi Eggertsson
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Siggi Eggertsson recently updated his site with a whole lot of new work, including these beauties below....
Student Spotlight
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I continue to be impressed with the caliber of work I’m seeing from student designers. So here is another installment of my Student Spotlight se...
byggstudio!
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This fun identity for the ice cream kiosk in Malmö People´s Park manages to be playful, modern and welcoming all at the same time. Bravo byggstudio!...
Typeface: The Goods
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Back in 2008, I introduced you to Typeface, a documentary about rural Midwestern museum and print shop. Lots of developments have been been made since...
Violation Report
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VIOLATIONREPORT.COM provides a bulletin board for the public shaming of discourteous people to procure a community that is more aware of the people ar...
A Late Start
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Apologies for the late start to the week! I’ve had some personal business to take care of that’s held be back from blogging the last coupl...
Kyle Fletcher
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While browsing the portfolio of Midwest designer Kyle Fletcher, the personal brand for producer Matt Abramson caught my eye. I love the modern take on...
Type Love 91: Darjeeling
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Darjeeling, a new release from You Work for Them, was designed by FaceType. With it’s various styles and library of ornaments, Darjeeling can go...
Glimpse
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Glimpse is “an online marketplace connecting artists and designers with trade and private buyers under one multi-brand umbrella.” The slee...
Poketo in the News
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On Twitter recently, I mentioned my admiration for the newly designed Poketo site and identity. Then on a random browsing through Cargo Collective, I ...
Yani Arabena
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I’m absolutely loving this calligraphic styling of Yani Arabena, including this particular project created for Hobby Studio. It’s a treat ...
Mapping Istanbul
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When I first saw this book design on Kitsune Noir last week, I was instantly taken by the beautiful infographics. Designed by Project Projects, Mappin...
Laura Berglund
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Laura Bergland is one talented soon-to-be graduate. Each project in her portfolio not only has a strong concept, but is also incredibly polished and p...
Fontan2 Logotypes
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I’m loving this black and white logotype collage of Fontan2....
The Official Manufacturing Company
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The Official Manufacturing Company had the amazing job of creating signage, collateral and products for the fashionable Ace Hotel. I’m particula...
Lisa Fleck
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Lisa Fleck’s work is modern, polished and incredibly chic....
Multilingua
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Loving this identity by Transformer Studio. Multilingua is a new language school that helps people with basic knowledge of language to improve their s...
Wizard of Oz Reimagined
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I’m hugely inspired by the work of Jessica Hische’s students. Each student was challenged to create a book cover design, endpapers, titlep...
Type Love 90: Kina
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Incubator is Village’shome for contemporary releases from young designers. There are a few in development that promise to be available this year...
PNTS
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PNTS a French art direction studio founded in 2009 by Aurélien Arnaud and Denis Carrier. Their work is bold, graphic and decidedly modern, as evidenc...
Season 6 in Black and White
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Remember these LOST posters by Mattson Creative? Well, he’s done it again. In honor of the last episodes of the series, Ty will be creating a ne...
Andreas Homann
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Germany-based designer, Andreas Homann, is churning out some great work, including this identity for Staatstheater Kassel. More images here....
In the Land of Punctuation
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In the Land of Punctuation is a unique picture book for adults where language, design and politics intersect. First published in 1905, German Poet Chr...
NotJones
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There’s lots of great work in the portfolio of Aled Williams, aka Not Jones. This particular identity system was created for a rebrand of Boomer...
Student Spotlight
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We get quite a few submissions, including lots from student followers of dwl. So this week I thought I would feature a couple of projects from two of ...
I Love Dust
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I’m loving these three-dimensional typographic experiments by I Love Dust....
Huddle
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Huddle, is yet another great identity from A Friend of Mine. I love the simplicity and vibrant, uplifting color palette....
Live and Fall
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I have a soft spot for graphic ribbons (and real ones, for that matter), so this Live and Fall tote by Sean Sutherland immediately caught my eye. Pick...
Type Love 89: Wolfsburg, Militia, Mercado
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Even though I rarely get to use them, I’ve been really into stencil fonts lately. And You Work for Them has quite a variety of inexpensive, inte...
Janet Hansen
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I’ve been enjoying looking through the portfolio of Janet Hansen, a fellow Queens-based designer and illustrator. I’m especially loving he...
The Haiti Poster Project
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Awhile ago I mentioned The Haiti Poster Project as it was just getting started, so I was thankful when Michelle Rollins sent over a reminder that it w...
Visual Armory
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I was so happy to see the work of Andy Luce, aka Visual Armory, in my inbox recently. His personal, heartfelt work, featuring beautiful hand-lettering...
Interior Design Typography
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Unfortunately I don’t have much background on this really amazing, three-dimensional typography, other than knowing it was created by Moscow-bas...
Craig Ward is LOST
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I’ve recently discovered that Craig Ward also happens to be a big fan of LOST. And in honor of the final season, he is creating a limited editio...
Eames
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I always enjoy receiving House Industries catalogs in the mail—they always do such an amazing job branding their products and collaborations. ItR...
BATTERIEnext
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BATTERIEnext is a creative magazine in which designers, illustrators, photographers et al. present their visual interpretations on a given subject. Th...
Type Love 88: Margarita
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Loving the voluptuous curves and thick-thin contrast of Margarita‘s letterforms. The display face, created by Pampa Type, is available for pur...
Poc a Poc
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Take a look at this cheerful, playful identity designed by Lluis Pareras. According to the designer, Tastingirona.com “offers gastronomy and tou...