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Cake Sale

Courtney • Mar 17, 2010Mar 14, 2010
Sweets and typography are one of those combinations I can’t ever resist. So I’m loving this album artwork created for The Cake Sale, an al...
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Zeus Jones

Courtney • Mar 17, 2010Mar 14, 2010
Zeus Jones is a Minneapolis-based design firm that produces consistently smart, polished and beautiful work, no matter what the medium. Their pool of ...
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Hand Drawn Type Collection

Courtney • Mar 17, 2010Mar 14, 2010
On my wishlist: the Hand Drawn Type Collection from You Work for Them. Below are just a few of the 12 OpenType fonts that are part of the set, and eac...
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Lego Boardroom Table

Courtney • Mar 16, 2010Dec 14, 2012
Legos were one of my favorite toys as a kid, so I’m completely envious of the people that get to work from this Lego Boardroom Table every day. ...
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Everything is Swell

Courtney • Mar 16, 2010Mar 14, 2010
After living abroad in France for awhile, Karl Hebert, of Gold Lunchbox, produced this beautifully designed and illustrated booklet to celebrate their...
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José Azevedo

Courtney • Mar 12, 2010Mar 6, 2010
I’m a sucker for great hand-lettering, so I found these sketch book pages by José Azevedo hugely inspiring. Check out the rest right here. via ...
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A Dress and a Gig Poster

Courtney • Mar 11, 2010Mar 11, 2010
Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of inspiration post series that pair two seemingly different objects together—a piece of clothing and a home acc...
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Cornwell

Courtney • Mar 11, 2010Mar 7, 2010
Australian design studio, Cornwell, excels in developing large scale brands that manage to retain a healthy dose of personality. Case in point, this p...
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Type Love 84: Sans Merci

Courtney • Mar 11, 2010Sep 14, 2012
This week I’m liking the display face, Sans Merci, “an incisive font for sharp words”, by SMeltery....
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Flowers In May Prints

Courtney • Mar 10, 2010Mar 9, 2010
Flowers in May makes some really fun prints. Each one features a collection of graphic illustrations based on various themes, including Paris (below),...
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Juuso Koponen

Courtney • Mar 10, 2010Mar 7, 2010
I’m loving these pieces that Juuso Koponen, a Helsinki-based designer and illustrator, designed for the Flow Festival, an annual music festival ...
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40 Days of Water Facts

Courtney • Mar 9, 2010Mar 7, 2010
Great project for a great cause. 40 Days of Water Facts (more information on the cause here), by pope saint victor. found via mint...
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New Reads

Courtney • Mar 9, 2010Mar 9, 2010
Here are two books I’ve come across recently that made it to my wishlist: Impressive: Printmaking, Letterpress and Graphic Design This new book ...
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Alphabattle 2.0

Courtney • Mar 9, 2010Mar 9, 2010
If you have been keeping up with Lettercult at all, you may already be aware of the Alphabattle currently going on over there. Not exactly a battle pe...
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Eric Ellis

Courtney • Mar 5, 2010Mar 5, 2010
Check out this fun class project by Chicago-based designer and illustrator Eric Ellis. Matro is a fictional chocolate company whose concept is based o...
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FEED Alphabets

Courtney • Mar 4, 2010Mar 4, 2010
More type today! I’m intrigued by these experimental letterforms from Montreal-based studio FEED. See more here....
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Type Love 83: Giorgio Sans

Courtney • Mar 4, 2010Sep 14, 2012
Giorgio Sans is quite the character. Designed by Schwartzco as a quirky companion to their popular serif, Giorgio, the typface features six weights an...
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Verdun

Courtney • Mar 3, 2010Dec 21, 2010
Verdun is the result of a collaboration between Mind Design and Rafael Farias.The work in progress is a modern take on Morris Fuller Benton’s ty...
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Submitting Your Work

Courtney • Mar 2, 2010
You may have noticed a small addition to the sidebar today regarding work submissions. We get quite a few emails from our readers, which we love, so w...
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Seth Akkerman

Courtney • Mar 2, 2010Mar 2, 2010
Seth Akkerman does some great print work, including this Fowl Approach to Bird Watching wood cut print that really caught my eye. The details are impr...
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William Morrisey

Courtney • Mar 2, 2010Mar 2, 2010
I’m really liking the simple sophistication of the Bar Milano (now closed, unfortunately) identity by William Morrisey....
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Tuesday Quick Links

Courtney • Mar 2, 2010Mar 2, 2010
Better late than never! pr*tty sh*tty interviews one of my design idols, Paula Scher. Big news: FontShop announces the release of 30 web FontFonts! Ra...
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Edmundson | Martin

Courtney • Feb 26, 2010Feb 25, 2010
Edmundson | Martin is a Florida-based freelance design team with a combined nineteen years of experience. Russ and David specialize and excel and bran...
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Yummo

Courtney • Feb 26, 2010Feb 25, 2010
I’m not sure how Tad Carpenter finds such amazingly fun projects to work on, but he’s done it again. Yummo is a frozen yogurt and smoothie...
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Color Happy 69

Courtney • Feb 26, 2010Mar 20, 2011
I’m really loving the incredibly sophisticated color palette of this oversized Map of the Future infographic. If you’re interested in the ...
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Celeste Prevost

Courtney • Feb 25, 2010Feb 25, 2010
Celeste Provost is a Minneapolis-based designer with quite the portfolio. All of her work, which ranges from identity and branding to web to packaging...
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Type Love 82: Adelle

Courtney • Feb 25, 2010Sep 14, 2012
Adelle is a modern slab serif by Type Together. It was created with editorial use in mind, but I think it’s versatile enough to use in a whole s...
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Something Pressed

Courtney • Feb 24, 2010Feb 24, 2010
Something Pressed in a new North Carolina-based letterpress operation. Right now they only have a couple of pieces for sale in their Etsy shop. But ju...
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Unless Someone Like You

Courtney • Feb 24, 2010Feb 24, 2010
I discovered the work of Unless Someone Like You via simple + pretty and immediately fell in love with her style. The pieces below were designed for a...
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Feltron in Progress

Courtney • Feb 24, 2010Feb 24, 2010
Swayspace is currently painstakingly letterpressing the 2009 Feltron Annual Report, which as you can imagine is no simple letterpress job. Here are a ...
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In Other Words

Courtney • Feb 23, 2010Feb 22, 2010
In Other Words is a self-initiated project from student Patrycja Zywert. The primary goal of the was to explore the effects of textspeak on human lang...
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Typographica Cards

Courtney • Feb 23, 2010Feb 21, 2010
Laura Palese recently sent over these typographic notecards she designed, which are now available at Amazon. The book of 24 cards includes various des...
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doe eyed

Courtney • Feb 23, 2010Feb 21, 2010
I’m loving the textures, patterns and layering of these posters by doe eyed....
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Ryan McCullah

Courtney • Feb 22, 2010Feb 21, 2010
Ryan McCullah is one of those multi-talented creatives I envy who excels at not only multiple facets of design, but also in illustration and photograp...
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Diogo Montes

Courtney • Feb 21, 2010Feb 21, 2010
I don’t normally enjoy navigating sites that are extra flash heavy, but I can certainly appreciate how far Diogo Montes has pushed the medium wi...
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Jim Tierney

Courtney • Feb 21, 2010Dec 14, 2012
I’m loving the rich colors, graceful hand-lettering and vintagey feel of these book covers by Jim Tierney....
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Studio Makgill

Courtney • Feb 21, 2010Feb 21, 2010
I’m usually the type of person that likes a lot of color, but sometimes a slick, simple black and white design will catch my eye. Case in point,...
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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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