Type Love 63: Cordial Bloom
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I present to you Cordial Bloom, an ornate, highly customizable display face from Veer. In addition to all of its own options, it can also be layered o...
Category: Design
Courtney • Jaime van Wart
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Jaime van Wart is a recent grad with a passion for typography. I first became familiar with her work through her two blogs, Sauce Bomb, which showcase...
Nicole Gustafsson
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Nicole Gustafsson’s appreciation for nature is very much apparent through her work. Each piece honors the landscape through the attention to detail an...
Inventory
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British design firm Inventory has such a great portfolio, with work that ranges from music packaging to identity to editorial. Having a personal inter...
Ryan Hammond
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Check out the exquisitely clean and elegant work of Ryan Hammond, in an equally clean and elegant presentation. via @siteinspire...
Laurence Pasquier
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Take a look at the colorful styling of Laurence Pasquier....
A Friend of Mine
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Melbourne-based studio, A Friend of Mine, has some excellent branding and identity work in their portfolio. See for yourself right here....
Color Happy 49
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Cookie, the brains behind Made in England by Gentleman (I posted about his Goat Race logo here.) illustrates and designs a weekly desktop that’s then ...
Norton & Sons
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I’m literally drooling (well, maybe not literally) over this identity for Norton & Sons created by Moving Brands. It is impeccable; and completely fit...
Modern Alphabets
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ABC Letter Print by Stephanie Fizer, $20 Letterpress Alphabet Poster by Sycamore Street Press, $30 ABCs, My Favorite Things (Girl) by Petit Collage, $...
Justin HQ
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Justin HQ is a showcase of the the work of Justin LaFontaine, a freelance designer that also holds positions with Veer and Corbis. I’m really loving h...
Type Love 62: Generell
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Generell, a playful slab serif with a slightly retro bent, is newly available from FontShop. The lowercase “w” and “k” characters are especially fun....
The Book Project
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Calling all artists and designers. IdPure, a Swiss design publication, is looking for your contributions to their latest book project. There are sever...
Guilt Studio
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Guilt Studio is the work of Chilean designer Nicolás Soto Tabach. His portfolio features a wide variety of work from identity to photography, but I’m ...
Semilla
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Oh Semilla, it was love at first sight. I just might have to lift my self-imposed type-purchasing ban for you. via Typophile...
Ugmonk Updates + A Special Offer
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I’ve been a fan of Ugmonk’s bold typographic t-shirts since the beginning, and they just keep getting better. They’ve recently launched a brand new an...
Love Affair
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Love Affair is the home of Lily Lin, a multi-cultural designer currently based out of Berlin. Her portfolio is packed with some impressive design, ill...
The Terry Shop
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I’m loving this new project by Ed Nacional, identity system and collateral for The Terry Shop, a traveling vintage shop. Great typography and color pa...
Horst Gläsker
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Art in architecture by German artist Horst Gläsker. This particular installation is from the ‘Crime Scene Paderborn’ exhibition, and was created using...
Type Love 61: Carrosserie
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Designed by Letterwerk (whose logo I’m in love with, by the way), Carrosserie is a sans serif display face inspired by the shapes of the 30s....
Renee Fernandez
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Today I’m loving the typographically-rich work of Renee Fernandez, who I realized while writing this post is a designer at The Decoder Ring Design Con...
Mopa Patterns
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Inspired by “childhood memories, 60’s kids iconography, brazilian popular music and joy”, these patterns were created by Mopa for Casa Rima....
Robert Mars
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The work of Robert Mars is a “chronicle of Americana”, according to the artist himself. His mixed media pieces feature lots of retro signage, which is...
Typographic Pinups
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A fun set of digital illustrations by Marco Recuero....
Gabriel Morales Updates
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Gabriel Morales, who I’ve mentioned before here, has updated his portfolio with lots of great work. In particular, I’m liking this packaging design fo...
Tattooday
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Tattoday is the daily typographic project of Thomas Brodahl, one of the creators of Surfstation. Like a temporary tattoo, each day he hand-lettered a ...
SOULSEVEN
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Sam Soulak, who goes by the moniker SOULSEVEN, has an outstanding portfolio packed with a range of work from branding to retail to interactive design....
Nick Jones
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Nick Jones is an extremely talented interactive designer based out of Minneapolis, which seems to be a mecca for design talent these days....
Adam the Velcro Suit
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I’m loving the quirky, retro-inspired work of Adam the Velcro Suit....
Markatos Moore
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San Francisco-based Markatos Moore has some amazing identity work in their portfolio, including this intricate, gorgeously layered suite for Aventine....
Type Love 60: Torino Display
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A fun Jukebox serif with exuberant swashes. Torino Display...
Robinsson Cravents
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Robinsson Cravents is another studio I came across through their packaging, this time via the Dieline. His Missile packaging had me at first glance, b...
Business Card Inspiration
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I’ve been looking for business card design inspiration lately, and discovered quite a few excellent examples throughout my search. Here are a few of t...
The Heads of State in Real Simple
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Lately I’ve noticed a lot of high quality art and design popping up in women’s magazines where you’d least expect. One example is this illustration an...
Mutt Ink
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Loving the textural, three-dimensional illustration style of Mutt Ink....
Steph Walker
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Steph Walker’s day job is a sign artist at Trader Joe’s. Sounds like a pretty awesome job to me....
T Magazine Well Openers
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In celebraton of their upcoming five year anniversary, T Magazine is taking a look back at their famous artist and designer-commissioned T interpretat...
New ABC’s
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I love this new project by Erin Hanson of Recovering Lazyholic, a unique take on your typical alphabet cards. You can find all 26 letters right here....
Packaging Envy
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I am excitedly following Chelsea’s enviable trip to Sweden through her blog. So when I saw her photos of Swedish food packaging (see more right here) ...
The Hotel Minneapolis Pt. 2
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Last week I wrote about J. Zachary Keenan’s typography for the Hotel Minneapolis, as well as a new project from Crystal Barlow. And on a second look a...
Raya Photography Stationery
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Well the Decoder Ring Design Concern has done it again—take a look at this gorgeous stationery system they’ve created for photographer Raya Carlisle. ...
Type Love 59: Quatro
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I tweeted yesterday about the official release of Quatro by ppwrk studio, an ultra black display face. But today I wanted to show you a couple of the ...
Bear Flag
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The new Bear Flag wine packaging features detailed, textural illustrations by Eduardo Bertone. Edit: Thanks to Alison for identifying the photographer...
Martina Flor
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Some bits and pieces of what I’m liking from Martina Flor’s portfolio....
Collective Lines
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Collective Lines does some really elegant and sophisticated work, which is echoed in their presentation. I love that they incorporate embellishments s...
Cue
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Cue does some excellent branding work. Their portfolio is consistently on target, but their projects for the Children’s Theatre Co. really stand out t...
Arlo
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There’s an abundance of excellent identity work coming out of Chicago-based Arlo....
Alexis Rom Studio
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Alexis Rom Studio doesn’t have the most user-friendly site, but their patterns designs sure are great. I especially love seeing them in use....
Estudio Diego Feijóo
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I’m loving this identity project created by Barcelona-based, Estudio Diego Feijóo....
Nrmal
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Mexican design studio Nrmal created this beautiful lettering as part of the brand for La Fabrica del Taco, an authentic Mexican Taqueria in Buenos Air...
Rudi de Wet
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Check out the excellent hand-lettering skills of Rudi de Wet....
Technical Difficulties
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A couple people have mentioned to me that the image for this week’s Type Love post isn’t showing up. I can see it fine in Firefox, but it looks like t...
J. Zachary Keenan
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Check out J. Zachary Keenan’s awesomely retro typography for The Hotel Minneapolis....
Type Love 58: Loupot
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One of Cyrus Highsmith’s lesser known fonts is Loupot, a bold sharply-stroked script....
Aaron Scamihorn
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Aaron Scamihorn does an excellent job of incorporating typography and texture into his illustrations. via Yay! Everyday...
Love What You Do
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A limited edition, screen printed, typographic poster by Bandito Design Co. You can pick up a copy right here in their Etsy shop....
Avant
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Avant is a multidisciplinary design studio that was founded by Andrés Schmisser, and is based out of Buenos Aires. Their portfolio leans heavily towar...
Eenie Meenie
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New work from Crystal Barlow. via Allan Peters...
Screenshots
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Lots of inspiration can be found in vintage movie stills, especially when it comes to typography. And this new site, organized by Christian Annyas, ha...
Many Thanks
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I’m back in New York and ready for a new week of posts after what turned out to be an ultra-relaxing break. A big thank-you to Jane, Ellie, Andrea, Ja...