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ryadia

Courtney • Feb 19, 2010Feb 19, 2010
While browsing through Flickr these impressive design proposals for the Computer Human Interaction Conference, by ryadia, caught my eye. I love that i...
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Color Happy 68

Courtney • Feb 19, 2010Mar 20, 2011
This is such an amazing shot from the Neon Boneyard in Vegas. Definitely on my must-visit list for the next time I’m out West. photo by Pam Satt...
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Alex Varanese

Courtney • Feb 18, 2010Feb 18, 2010
When looking through Alex Varanese’s work, it’s clear that he has a point of view. His projects are thoughtful, deliberate and beautifully...
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Type Love 81: Graphik

Courtney • Feb 18, 2010Sep 14, 2012
Helvetica is one of those polarizing typefaces—most people either love it or hate it, no in between. If you’re on the more negative side of th...
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Phillipe Nicolas

Courtney • Feb 17, 2010Feb 15, 2010
I’m impressed by everything in Phillipe Nicolas’s type-heavy design portfolio. However, more than anything, I was really drawn to these de...
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Chloé Fleury

Courtney • Feb 16, 2010Feb 15, 2010
I have a soft spot for San Francisco—I’ve only visited there once, but I immediately fell in love with it. So when I saw these three dimension...
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Base Art Co.

Courtney • Feb 16, 2010Feb 15, 2010
As you all probably know, I’m a big fan of gig posters. So when Base Art Co. sent these sophisticated designs over last week, the decision to po...
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The Birds and the Beasts

Courtney • Feb 12, 2010Feb 8, 2010
The Birds and the Beasts shop sells illustrated and typographic cards, prints and other paper goods. These posters are particularly fun....
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Color Happy 67

Courtney • Feb 12, 2010Mar 20, 2011
The vibrant color palette of this 100% Berlin poster was created by Kristina Brusa....
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Introducing: Seamless Paperie!

Courtney • Feb 12, 2010
Big News! I’ve mentioned before that I wanted to create a home for our design work for weddings and special events. And today we’re excite...
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Lucia Gaggiotti

Courtney • Feb 11, 2010Feb 8, 2010
Today I’m enjoying the wide range of packaging designs created by Lucia Gaggiotti. via simplesong...
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Type Love 80: CamingoDos

Courtney • Feb 11, 2010Sep 14, 2012
CamingoDos is a squarish, modern sans serif available at FontShop....
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Dan Judge

Courtney • Feb 10, 2010Feb 10, 2010
Philadelphia-based Dan Judge makes some pretty great posters. More can also be seen on Flickr....
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Out of Print

Courtney • Feb 10, 2010Feb 7, 2010
Out of Print “celebrates the world’s greatest stories through fashion”....
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Wee See

Courtney • Feb 9, 2010Feb 7, 2010
I am not a parent, but I hope to be some day. And when that happens, I’d imagine Wee See is exactly the type of thoughtful, well-designed produc...
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Jeremy Gardner Stationery

Courtney • Feb 8, 2010Feb 8, 2010
I always love checking my Google reader to find that Beast Pieces has updated. Every new project they feature exemplifies how they push the boundaries...
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The Rainbow Roll

Courtney • Feb 4, 2010Feb 4, 2010
Maybe this isn’t a new thing, but I certainly haven’t seen it before. Sway Space decided to create a line of business cards for kids so th...
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Type Love 79: Arctic

Courtney • Feb 4, 2010Sep 14, 2012
Arctic is a headline family created by German designer Henning Skibbe. Interestingly enough, his background is in graffiti, which as you can see infor...
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Pattern Plus

Courtney • Feb 3, 2010Feb 1, 2010
One of the many projects of designer/illustrator Jess Neil is Pattern Plus. The idea behind the interactive project is simple; users submit a brief qu...
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Shaz Madani

Courtney • Feb 2, 2010Feb 1, 2010
London-based designer Shaz Madani has had the opportunity to work on some really great projects for Topshop, as evidenced by these portfolio pieces. W...
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Color Happy 65

Courtney • Jan 29, 2010Mar 20, 2011
A quick look at the unique, patterny lettering style of Matt Lyon....
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Pictory

Courtney • Jan 28, 2010Jan 27, 2010
Pictory is a showcase for your best photo stories. Pictory is about true, personal stories, and documentation of our lives and cultures. Pictory membe...
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Type Love 78: Cooper Italic

Courtney • Jan 28, 2010Sep 14, 2012
I love all the swashes and perfect imperfectness of each letterform that makes up Cooper Italic. Not to mention it’s a steal at only $30....
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Wilkintie Boxed Set

Courtney • Jan 27, 2010Jan 27, 2010
Not only do I love Wilkintie’s colorful letterpress prints, but I’m also really drawn to the more minimalist packaging of their boxed set....
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Neil Hubert

Courtney • Jan 27, 2010Jan 27, 2010
I’m not a big drinker, but that doesn’t mean I can’t love this set of bar cards designed by Neil Hubert. The set of 5 includes cards...
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LOST Posters by Mattson Creative

Courtney • Jan 26, 2010Jan 25, 2010
I’m completely obsessed with these posters designed by fellow lost fan, Ty Mattson of Mattson Creative. Who’s with me?...
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Feltron Annual Report 09

Courtney • Jan 26, 2010Jan 26, 2010
Infographic designer extraordinaire, Nicholas Felton, has just released his 2009 annual report. Each year I continue to be inspired by the new ways he...
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Friends of Type prints!

Courtney • Jan 26, 2010Jan 25, 2010
One of my favorite visual blogs, Friends of Type, has just released their first line of prints! The set, “Always Play Amongst Friends” inc...
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Brent Couchman

Courtney • Jan 25, 2010Jan 24, 2010
Brent Couchman—who is the talent behind Fossil’s disctinctive branding—has an extremely polished portfolio, full of bright, whimsical print ...
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A Quick Valentine Freebie

Courtney • Jan 25, 2010Dec 18, 2012
In the spirit of the upcoming holiday, I thought I’d offer a quick DIY freebie: 4 cards, 4 different designs. I’m not hugely into Valentin...
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Valentines Round-up

Courtney • Jan 25, 2010Jan 24, 2010
Here are a few of my favorite Valentine-related items and projects from around the web. Clockwise, from top left: Valentine’s Day Goodie Bag by ...
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Christopher Brand

Courtney • Jan 22, 2010Jan 17, 2010
New York-based designer and illustrator, Christopher Brand, specializes in the design book jackets....
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Clementine Derodit

Courtney • Jan 22, 2010Jan 21, 2010
It’s hard to resist the adorableness of Clémentine’s Dérodit’s—who is also a part of collective Bupla—work. This recent portra...
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Color Happy 64

Courtney • Jan 22, 2010Mar 20, 2011
A fun pattern by Liz Scott of Paper Pie....
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Ice Cream for Free Does Skis

Courtney • Jan 21, 2010Jan 17, 2010
Ice Cream for Free‘s designs for Armada Skis almost make me want to take up the sport....
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Natalie Kucken

Courtney • Jan 21, 2010Jan 21, 2010
Perhaps the most surprising thing about the photography of Natalie Kucken is that she is merely fifteen years old. She is talented-beyond-her-years, t...
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Type Love 77: Fluidum

Courtney • Jan 21, 2010Sep 14, 2012
Apparently Fluidum has been around for quite some time, but it is a new discovery for me. Beautiful lines....
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Chris Dent

Courtney • Jan 20, 2010Jan 17, 2010
I’m in awe of the intricate, architectural illustrations of Chris Dent. This small image size does not do them justice though, so for a bigger a...
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Grayhood

Courtney • Jan 20, 2010Jan 17, 2010
I’ve seen the work of Dan Gneiding, senior graphic designer at Urban Outfitters, all over the place lately, and rightfully so. His work, which o...
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Ingela P. Arrhenius

Courtney • Jan 20, 2010Jan 17, 2010
Today I’m inspired by the colorful, retro-inspired work of Sweden-based illustrator Ingela P. Arrhenius—especially her patterns....
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Helping Haiti with Art

Courtney • Jan 19, 2010Jan 19, 2010
I know in times like these a lot of us feel helpless. It’s tough to feel like you can actually make a difference when the problem is so enormous...
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Omar Tehawkho

Courtney • Jan 19, 2010Jan 17, 2010
I love this hand-lettered shaving cream packagng by Omar Tehawkho....
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Todd Richardson

Courtney • Jan 19, 2010Jan 17, 2010
Talented photographer Todd Richardson groups his photographs by the place where they were taken. I love how each collage of images comes together to g...
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Amanda Wachob

Courtney • Jan 19, 2010Jan 17, 2010
Amanda Wachob’s tattoos are easily the coolest I’ve ever seen. Her work appears to be painted on top of the skin with a brush rather than ...
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Alphabet Complete

Courtney • Jan 18, 2010Jan 17, 2010
I introduced you to Jeannie and Jewell’s illustrated letterforms a little while ago; and now the alphabet is almost complete. I especially love ...
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Black and White Bokeh

Courtney • Jan 18, 2010Jan 17, 2010
Beautiful, beautiful photos by Jordan Tiberio....
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Patrick Macomber

Courtney • Jan 18, 2010Jan 17, 2010
Patrick Macomber‘s portfolio features clean, smart design and illustration for a variety of clients. In particular, I’m loving this logo a...
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Color Happy 63

Courtney • Jan 15, 2010Mar 20, 2011
http://www.maurogatti.com/#26689/The-Winner-Guide...
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A Brand New dress code

Courtney • Jan 14, 2010Jan 13, 2010
The always excellent dress code, designers extraordinaire and authors of the popular Never Sleep book, have a brand-spanking-new site. With projects f...
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New Liberty

Courtney • Jan 14, 2010Jan 13, 2010
The new collection from Liberty features tons of new variations on their signature florals. via Frolic...
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Type Love 76: Stag Dot

Courtney • Jan 14, 2010Sep 14, 2012
A few times I’ve attempted to create clean crisp dotted type on my own, to no avail.  Stag Dot to the rescue....
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Julian

Courtney • Jan 13, 2010Jan 12, 2010
Nathaniel Cooper wrote in this week to let us know about Julian, a new collaborative project between him, Jordan Gray and Brent Anderson. The new Kans...
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Meeta Panesar

Courtney • Jan 12, 2010Jan 10, 2010
Meeta Panesar has a great portfolio. But what I love equally as much as her work, is the intro pages she’s created for each project....
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Monina Velarde

Courtney • Jan 12, 2010Jan 10, 2010
Last week I mentioned this handy New Year’s Resolution generator created by Monina Velarde. Also the 2009 Command X winner, it comes as no surpr...
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Barnbrook

Courtney • Jan 12, 2010Jan 10, 2010
The well-known design studio, Barnbrook, recently unveiled a brand new site, filled to the brim with lots of new and exciting work....
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Matthew Manos

Courtney • Jan 12, 2010Jan 10, 2010
Really great poster design by Matthew Manos. Created for a campus film screening, the design is intended to illustrate the juxtaposition of the two mo...
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Eduardo del Fraile

Courtney • Jan 11, 2010Jan 10, 2010
Lot’s of bold, modern and often minimalist work in the portfolio of Eduardo del Fraile. via The Best Part...
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Boarding Pass/Fail

Courtney • Jan 11, 2010Jan 10, 2010
Inspired by Dustin Curtis’s Letter to American Airlines and a recent Delta experience, Tyler Thompson took it upon himself to redesign the board...
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Lisa Llanes

Courtney • Jan 11, 2010Jan 10, 2010
Super sweet work by designer Lisa Llanes… via the Dieline...
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AFOM Self-Promotion

Courtney • Jan 8, 2010Jan 7, 2010
Now here’s an application of edge painting I’ve definitely never seen before. Check out A Friend of Mine’s new new business cards. S...
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