José Azevedo
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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 Abduzee...
Category: Design
Courtney • A Dress and a Gig Poster
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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 accessory, ...
Cornwell
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Australian design studio, Cornwell, excels in developing large scale brands that manage to retain a healthy dose of personality. Case in point, this p...
Type Love 84: Sans Merci
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This week I’m liking the display face, Sans Merci, “an incisive font for sharp words”, by SMeltery....
Flowers In May Prints
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Flowers in May makes some really fun prints. Each one features a collection of graphic illustrations based on various themes, including Paris (below),...
Juuso Koponen
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I’m loving these pieces that Juuso Koponen, a Helsinki-based designer and illustrator, designed for the Flow Festival, an annual music festival featur...
40 Days of Water Facts
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Great project for a great cause. 40 Days of Water Facts (more information on the cause here), by pope saint victor. found via mint...
New Reads
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Here are two books I’ve come across recently that made it to my wishlist: Impressive: Printmaking, Letterpress and Graphic Design This new book from G...
Alphabattle 2.0
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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...
Eric Ellis
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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...
FEED Alphabets
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More type today! I’m intrigued by these experimental letterforms from Montreal-based studio FEED. See more here....
Type Love 83: Giorgio Sans
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Giorgio Sans is quite the character. Designed by Schwartzco as a quirky companion to their popular serif, Giorgio, the typface features six weights an...
Verdun
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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 typeface...
Submitting Your Work
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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...
Seth Akkerman
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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...
William Morrisey
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I’m really liking the simple sophistication of the Bar Milano (now closed, unfortunately) identity by William Morrisey....
Tuesday Quick Links
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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...
Edmundson | Martin
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Edmundson | Martin is a Florida-based freelance design team with a combined nineteen years of experience. Russ and David specialize and excel and bran...
Yummo
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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 shop geared...
Color Happy 69
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I’m really loving the incredibly sophisticated color palette of this oversized Map of the Future infographic. If you’re interested in the background o...
Celeste Prevost
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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...
Type Love 82: Adelle
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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 slew of...
Something Pressed
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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...
Unless Someone Like You
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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...
Feltron in Progress
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Swayspace is currently painstakingly letterpressing the 2009 Feltron Annual Report, which as you can imagine is no simple letterpress job. Here are a ...
In Other Words
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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...
Typographica Cards
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Laura Palese recently sent over these typographic notecards she designed, which are now available at Amazon. The book of 24 cards includes various des...
doe eyed
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I’m loving the textures, patterns and layering of these posters by doe eyed....
Ryan McCullah
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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...
Diogo Montes
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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 with thi...
Jim Tierney
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I’m loving the rich colors, graceful hand-lettering and vintagey feel of these book covers by Jim Tierney....
Studio Makgill
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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, The L...
ryadia
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While browsing through Flickr these impressive design proposals for the Computer Human Interaction Conference, by ryadia, caught my eye. I love that i...
Color Happy 68
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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 Sattler...
Alex Varanese
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When looking through Alex Varanese’s work, it’s clear that he has a point of view. His projects are thoughtful, deliberate and beautifully executed. I...
Type Love 81: Graphik
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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 that debat...
Phillipe Nicolas
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I’m impressed by everything in Phillipe Nicolas’s type-heavy design portfolio. However, more than anything, I was really drawn to these deceptively si...
Chloé Fleury
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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 dimensional poste...
Base Art Co.
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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 post the...
The Birds and the Beasts
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The Birds and the Beasts shop sells illustrated and typographic cards, prints and other paper goods. These posters are particularly fun....
Color Happy 67
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The vibrant color palette of this 100% Berlin poster was created by Kristina Brusa....
Introducing: Seamless Paperie!
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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 excited to officia...
Lucia Gaggiotti
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Today I’m enjoying the wide range of packaging designs created by Lucia Gaggiotti. via simplesong...
Type Love 80: CamingoDos
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CamingoDos is a squarish, modern sans serif available at FontShop....
Dan Judge
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Philadelphia-based Dan Judge makes some pretty great posters. More can also be seen on Flickr....
Out of Print
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Out of Print “celebrates the world’s greatest stories through fashion”....
Wee See
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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 product I’d ...
Jeremy Gardner Stationery
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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...
The Rainbow Roll
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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 that parents c...
Type Love 79: Arctic
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Arctic is a headline family created by German designer Henning Skibbe. Interestingly enough, his background is in graffiti, which as you can see infor...
Pattern Plus
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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...
Shaz Madani
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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...
Color Happy 65
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A quick look at the unique, patterny lettering style of Matt Lyon....
Pictory
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Pictory is a showcase for your best photo stories. Pictory is about true, personal stories, and documentation of our lives and cultures. Pictory membe...
Type Love 78: Cooper Italic
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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....
Wilkintie Boxed Set
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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. The gift bo...
Neil Hubert
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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 that feature five...
LOST Posters by Mattson Creative
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I’m completely obsessed with these posters designed by fellow lost fan, Ty Mattson of Mattson Creative. Who’s with me?...
Feltron Annual Report 09
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Infographic designer extraordinaire, Nicholas Felton, has just released his 2009 annual report. Each year I continue to be inspired by the new ways he...
Friends of Type prints!
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One of my favorite visual blogs, Friends of Type, has just released their first line of prints! The set, “Always Play Amongst Friends” includes four p...