Curious Chocolate
I’m really loving the the branding of UK-based chocolatier Curious Chocolate. The color palette is fun and unexpected, and the typography gives ...
Category: Design
Color Happy 60
I’m still waiting for the snow to arrive in New York, so in the meantime I’ll live vicariously through photographs like this one by Tiffan...
The Best Part Shop
The Best Part (one of my favorite design blogs) has opened up shop! Take a look at his first product offering, The ABC’s of branding, a foil sta...
Type Love 73: Geogrotesque Stencil
One new typeface I am determined to find a use for is Geogrotesque Stencil, a new release from Emtype. The suite of 3 styles and 7 weights is now avai...
Personal Work: Save the Dates
Normally I like to keep anything personal out of this blog. However, although this particular example falls into that category, it is also 100% design...
New from Jessica Hische
The lovely Jessica Hische has a brand new site! She not only has plenty of new work to share, but also has a whole slew of prints available for sale i...
Wearing Whitman’s Words
The Gift Guide postings last week took up quite a bit of time, so unfortunately I didn’t get a chance to post about Wearing Whitman’s Word...
Gift Guide 2009: Happy Holidays
Here is a guide featuring some favorite holiday items, including gift wrap, cards and decor. This brings the week of Gift Guides to an end, so I hope ...
Gift Guide 2009: For the Guys
1. CD Packaging Kit, $16.95 / 2. Beer Brewing Kit, $30.00 and up / 3. Attack of Literacy T-Shirt, $12.00 / 4. Whiskey no. 006 eau du toilette, $68.00 ...
Gift Guide 2009: Affordable Art
1. Coney Island Katie, $15.00 / 2. Today Was a Good Day, $29.99 / 3. Penpals Set, $50.00 / 4. Oh Me Oh My, Approx. $131.00 / 5. Ranunculus Mini Set, $...
Gift Gude 2009: Typography
1. Push Your Luck Postcard Series, Approx. $24.00 / 2. Empire Letters, $10.00 / 3. Photolettering Blocks, $35.00 / 4. Flocked Letter Cushion, $135.00 ...
Gift Guide 2009: Water
From Wikipedia: Water Signs: Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces— Water represents imagination, human feelings and one’s ability to love and sustain. ...
Gift Guide 2009: Fire
From Wikipedia: Fire Signs: Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius— Fire represents one’s desires and creative energies. The Fire signs are associated wi...
Gift Guide 2009: Air
From Wikipedia: Air Signs: Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius— Air represents the intellect and one’s ability to reason and communicate. The Air sign...
Gift Guide 2009: Earth
From Wikipedia: Earth Signs: Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn— Earth represents one’s material resources, environment and possessions. The Earth s...
Color Happy 59
Here’s an interesting color palette from The Great Carnival, the graduation project of Eric van Den Boom. Check here to learn more about the con...
Type Love 72: Sun
This versatile sans serif, Sun, a family including 14 styles, is available from Lucas Fonts....
Truly Deeply
I’m really liking the typogrpaphic details and color palette of this identity project by Australian design firm Truly Deeply....
Upcoming Type
The graduates of the 2009 Type and Media Program at The Hague are one talented bunch. Most of the typefaces they created as final projects are still i...
Gold Lunchbox
There are so many great things to see at Gold Lunchbox, the portfolio of Karl Hebert, that it was definitely tough to choose which to feature. Karl, w...
Yeehaw
Over the weekend we took some time to check out the Yeehaw Industries exhibit at Chelsea Market. Their prints are hung all throughout the space, and a...
Hofstede Design
Australian studio Hofstede Design has a pretty amazing portfolio, so it’s no surprise that their own identity is equally outstanding. The system...
Color Happy 58
This lively tourism poster for the city of Jerusalem is from the 1966/1967 Graphis Annual. Just one example of the vintagey goodness in Sandi Vincent&...
How do we achieve harmony?
Another colorful project I’m loving at the moment is this interactive site for GOOD magazine and Toyota Prius. Designed by New York studio, For ...
Igor Melgaco
I can’t stop examining these vibrant illustrations and patterns by Brazilian designer, Igor Melgaco. You can see more of this project right here...
Type Love 71: ITC Chino
This week I’m excited by the possibilities of one of Linotype’s newest releases, the ITC Chino family. The family, designed by Hannes von ...
Yotam Hadar
While I’m particularly drawn to this illustrative identity for Cafe Hillel, Yotam Hadar’s portfolio is widely diverse, featuring everythin...
New from Nice Type
Awhile back I posted about Nice Type, the Vimeo channel created by Matthew Buchanan. And since I’d last checked some really great videos have be...
Doublenaut
Doublenaut, who I previously mentioned in a Color Happy post, has some really awesome posters up for sale. Check them out right here....
Creative Grab Bag
Creative Grab Bag, a book created by design student, Ethan Bodnar, is a publication that collects the work of well-known and up-and-coming artists and...
Color Happy 57
A perfectly Fall palette in this typographic illustration by THIS STUDIO....
Yurko Gutsulyak
I’m intrigued by this identity for Legal Consulting Group by Ukraine-based designer Yurko Gutsulyak....
Type Love 70: Encore Sans Pro
Parachute’s Encore Sans Pro is a humanistic sans serif that suports Latin, Greek and Cyrillic texts. It comes in 11 weights, from Hairline to Ul...
Design is Love
Design is Love is a gathering place whose goal is to “facilitate meaningful communication amongst designers and those working in the non-profit ...
Mind Design
Mind Design’s portfolio encompasses both the chic and sophisticated, and the modern and playful, as you can see below. And no matter the style, ...
International Year of Astronomy
An awesome set of posters designed by Simon Page. More here....
Transformer Studio
Great branding work by Transformer Studio....
Sollinero
Thinking about picking up one of these fun prints by Buenos Aires-based artist, Sollinero. via Pikaland...
Jeremy Dimmock
Jeremy Dimmock is a designer and art director who specializes in style guides. His portfolio is packed wth great work, including film titles for this ...
Twist Creative
Beautiful work by Twist Creative....
Love What You Do
These slides are part of a lecture given by Frank Chimero for Portland State University this month. See a few more right here....
Round Object
I’ve been on a bit of a poster kick lately, so I’m really enjoying these designs by Bryan Keplesky of Round Object. Be sure to take a look...
Still Room
Still Room, a bi-coastal writer and designer (and sister and sister!) team, is another Print Regional Design Annual find. Their work is modern and unp...
Type Love 69: Skolar
If nothing else, Type Together’s Skolar is a workhorse. A text serif originally designed to shine in multilingual publications, the Skolar famil...
Scribbler
Another great find from this year’s annuals is the calligraphic identity for Scribbler, a stationery shop, by Lewis Communications....
Tower of Babel
Lately I’ve been poring over this year’s Communication Arts and Print Design Annuals, one of my favorite mail deliveries of the year. I al...
Erik Marinovich
Particularly enjoying the web design projects in the portfolio of Erik Marinovich....
Acme
Really liking the minimalist packaging design for tea purveyor Bernschutz & Co by Acme Industries. via Share Some Candy...
Augustus
Augustus is a chunky sans serif with quirky, curvy details by Karl Frankowski. Augustus is currently available at You Work for Them....
Stitch Design Co.
I’m currently admiring the work of South Carolina-based design duo Stitch Design Co. Their website is under construction, but you can check out ...
Creative Roots
Creative Roots is a new-to-me design blog with a specifically international perspective. The goal for each post is to present samples of art and desig...
Type Love 68: Block Gothic
Block Gothic is available in three weights from Fontshop....
Objective Subject
Enjoying the work of Objective Subject, particularly the design for The Old Brooklyn Parlor....
LAPD Studio
Great work by LAPD Studio, the freelance design practice of designer, Pete Davies....
Andrio Abero
Designer and illustrator Andrio Abero, formerly known as 33rpm, recently completed a redesign of his brand and new site. I’m a huge fan of his p...
Christine Celic Strohl
Christine Celic Strohl is the designer behind many of my favorite Mucca projects, including the identity for Butterfield Market. Her style is the kind...
Behind the Design: Australian Financial Review
Tony Rice, Design Director for the Australian Financial Review, gives Grids an in-depth look behind the design of their most recent, 10th anniversary ...
Tom Henni
I’m currenly loving the work of French designer and illustrator, Tom Henni. I especially love this unique identity project for Librairie Ouvrir ...
Tigerette
Tigerette is the freelance design studio of Robin Bilardello, an art director at Harper Collins and 2006 ADC Young Guns winner....
Color Happy 54
There’s amazing stuff to be found in the vast ephemera collection of Sheaff. This trade card rebus was found in the Extreme Typography section. ...