Gift Guide 2009: For the Guys
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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 ...
Category: Design
Courtney • Gift Guide 2009: Affordable Art
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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
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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
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From Wikipedia: Water Signs: Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces— Water represents imagination, human feelings and one’s ability to love and sustain. The Wate...
Gift Guide 2009: Fire
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From Wikipedia: Fire Signs: Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius— Fire represents one’s desires and creative energies. The Fire signs are associated with actio...
Gift Guide 2009: Air
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From Wikipedia: Air Signs: Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius— Air represents the intellect and one’s ability to reason and communicate. The Air signs are as...
Gift Guide 2009: Earth
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From Wikipedia: Earth Signs: Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn— Earth represents one’s material resources, environment and possessions. The Earth signs are...
Color Happy 59
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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 concept, ...
Type Love 72: Sun
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This versatile sans serif, Sun, a family including 14 styles, is available from Lucas Fonts....
Truly Deeply
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I’m really liking the typogrpaphic details and color palette of this identity project by Australian design firm Truly Deeply....
Upcoming Type
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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
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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
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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
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Australian studio Hofstede Design has a pretty amazing portfolio, so it’s no surprise that their own identity is equally outstanding. The system, whic...
Color Happy 58
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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?
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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 Office...
Igor Melgaco
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I can’t stop examining these vibrant illustrations and patterns by Brazilian designer, Igor Melgaco. You can see more of this project right here. And ...
Type Love 71: ITC Chino
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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 Döhren and L...
Yotam Hadar
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While I’m particularly drawn to this illustrative identity for Cafe Hillel, Yotam Hadar’s portfolio is widely diverse, featuring everything from packa...
New from Nice Type
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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 been add...
Doublenaut
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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
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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
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A perfectly Fall palette in this typographic illustration by THIS STUDIO....
Yurko Gutsulyak
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I’m intrigued by this identity for Legal Consulting Group by Ukraine-based designer Yurko Gutsulyak....
Type Love 70: Encore Sans Pro
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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 Ultra Bl...
Design is Love
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Design is Love is a gathering place whose goal is to “facilitate meaningful communication amongst designers and those working in the non-profit sector...
Mind Design
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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, each a...
International Year of Astronomy
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An awesome set of posters designed by Simon Page. More here....
Transformer Studio
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Great branding work by Transformer Studio....
Sollinero
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Thinking about picking up one of these fun prints by Buenos Aires-based artist, Sollinero. via Pikaland...
Jeremy Dimmock
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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
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Beautiful work by Twist Creative....
Love What You Do
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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
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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 around at t...
Still Room
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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
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If nothing else, Type Together’s Skolar is a workhorse. A text serif originally designed to shine in multilingual publications, the Skolar family incl...
Scribbler
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Another great find from this year’s annuals is the calligraphic identity for Scribbler, a stationery shop, by Lewis Communications....
Tower of Babel
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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 always find lo...
Erik Marinovich
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Particularly enjoying the web design projects in the portfolio of Erik Marinovich....
Acme
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Really liking the minimalist packaging design for tea purveyor Bernschutz & Co by Acme Industries. via Share Some Candy...
Augustus
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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.
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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 their ...
Creative Roots
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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
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Block Gothic is available in three weights from Fontshop....
Objective Subject
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Enjoying the work of Objective Subject, particularly the design for The Old Brooklyn Parlor....
LAPD Studio
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Great work by LAPD Studio, the freelance design practice of designer, Pete Davies....
Andrio Abero
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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 posters...
Christine Celic Strohl
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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
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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
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I’m currenly loving the work of French designer and illustrator, Tom Henni. I especially love this unique identity project for Librairie Ouvrir L’Œil—...
Tigerette
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Tigerette is the freelance design studio of Robin Bilardello, an art director at Harper Collins and 2006 ADC Young Guns winner....
Color Happy 54
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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. via Qu...
Orange Beautiful’s Perpetual Calendar
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Orange Beautiful’s 2010 calendar is a typographic gem. The thirteen double-sided cards are letterpress printed in gray ink, and come with a display bo...
Mrs. Eaves Has a Mate
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Meet Mr. Eaves, available in two styles, Sans and Modern. via Quipsologies...
Adrian Glatthorn
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Check out Adrian Glatthorn‘s bold, typographic posters for the musician’s society. via Typojungle...
Type Love 67: St. Atmos
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St. Atmos is a bubbly and playful display face by Stereotypes....
Cheep Industries
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I love the details—especially that yellow wax seal—of this self-promotional mailer created by Cheep Industries....
Because Studio
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I’m loving these clever limited edition posters by Because Studio. The ink coverage on each poster amounts to exactly 50% of the surface area, adding ...
Goodbye Galaxy
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Goodbye Galaxy, the portfolio of designer Khristian Mendoza, features some excellent print and packaging work. I’m really liking his clean and simple ...
Cody Haltom
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Last week Matt Rainwaters (who I posted about here) wrote in to let me know that Cody Haltom, a member of the Public School collective, is the designe...