Jamie Conkleton + Space Opera
Recent grad, Jamie Conkleton has a really tight portfolio (you might have seen this sake packaging on the dieline)—each piece is really polished and...
Category: Design
Lessons to Live By
I am obsessing over these posters created by Public School. I really hope they make them into prints....
Saraiva Classics Redesigned
Brazilian design firm, Rex Design, recently gave the Saraiva Classics book collection a whole new look. The collection, which brings together 24 title...
Rubber Bandit
This student project by Andy Mangold, Rubber Bandit, was posted on The Dieline last week, but I couldn’t resist a recap. Any design using Archer...
Creative Inc.
Creative Inc., a multi-disciplinary creative agency based out of Dublin, has an amazing portfolio of work. Each project is meticulously crafted and ph...
Derek Hunt
Caught the portfolio of recent grad Derek Hunt the other day, and was thoroughly impressed with his work. He seems to have quite the knack for publica...
Thibaud Herem
I’m really liking the simplicity of these posters by Thibaud Herem. via Uppercase Magazine Tumblr...
Sean Clarke
I’m really enjoying the typographic book projects of student designer Sean Clarke. This particular project, cmnct, is an observation of modern l...
Recommended Reading
Between my newish Twitter usage and the hundreds of blogs in my Google reader, I come across interesting and helpful articles constantly. Whether they...
Holiday Type
FLAT-IT, an independent type foundry based in Japan, produces a whole range of various display faces. I previously wrote about one of their fonts, HT ...
Font in Progress: Questa
Questo is an in-progress typeface from exljbris font foundry, which also brought us Museo and Anivers. The details look amazing, especially those liga...
Kyle Poff
I’m enjoying Kyle Poff’s identity work....
Color Happy 39
The colors of this image really struck me when I saw them—so fresh and bright. These materials for The Reel were completed by Daniel Freytag while a...
Jay Fletcher
In addition to being a great designer, Jay Fletcher is also a talented illustrator. I personally love what happens when he combines the two skills, li...
C.S. Lewis Signature Series
Designer Jason Gabbert and illustrator Antar Dayal collaborated on the design of C.S. Lewis’s non-fiction works....
Type Love 50: FF Dancer
FF Dancer, designed by Fontpartners, was part of Typographica’s Best Fonts of 2007. The design was intended to combine a constructed sans serif ...
Jeff Harrison
Jeff Harrison has done some really great work for Rethink Communications, including this fun identity system for photographer Hans Sipma....
Silent Giants Update
The Silent Giants have recently updated their shop with some new poster designs for Fleet Foxes, Flight of the Conchords and more. Pick up a print or ...
W.W. Norton Book Design archive
Publisher W.W. Norton is now cataloging all of its covers on Flickr. via The Book Cover Archive...
Painted Pretzel
Check out this gorgeous letterpress pretzel packaging by the ultra-talented Yael Miller, of Miller Creative, the Dieline and Share Some Candy....
Ben Whitla
Fellow Syracuse grad Ben Whitla has some great work in his portfolio. I’m really enjoying the restaurant design work he’s worked on while ...
OK Experiment
Our friends over at OK Great have an ongoing experiment creating handmade versions of their logo with various materials. Lately they’ve been exp...
Anthropologie + Hatch Show Print
If you haven’t yet received the June Anthropolgie catalog, you’re in for a treat. The creative team at Anthro has joined forces with Hatch...
Anna Bond for Bonnie Tsang
Photographer extraordinaire Bonnie Tsang has a new identity courtesy of the uber talented Anna Bond. I especially love the wallpaper-patterned busines...
Granola
Danish design firm, Designbolaget created this complete identity system, including packaging, menus and signage, for Granola coffee company and coffee...
Type Love 49: ITC Klepto
ITC Klepto, designed by Phil Grimshaw, is a playful yet rough-around-the-edges display face. I especially love the curves in the lowercase k (and the ...
Sarah Walsh
I am so excited about this branding for specialist tea company Mallard by Sarah Walsh, I’m almost ready to hop on a plane to England. I would lo...
Ben Barry
I’ve had invitations and announcements on my mind lately, as I’m designing a few sets for friends’ upcoming weddings. So when I took...
Plaid!
A couple weeks ago I wrote about my obsession with diagonal stripes. So I thought I’d continue the series today with another one of my pattern a...
Eric Kass
I’m a big fan of Eric Kass’s work. Each project always incorporates plenty of intricate and surprising details, so I never get tired of lo...
Trevor Bassett
Student designer Trevor Bassett makes some really fun gig posters. You can also see more great work from Trevor in his Flickr stream right here. via T...
Good 50×70 2009
The winners of the most recent Good 50×70 competition were announced a week or so ago, and I finally got a chance to look through them a bit. Her...
Printed Matter
Printed Matter is a project about craft within the context of graphic design. It brings together digital and hand made, aiming to challenge the idea w...
Candace Lieck
Brad Surcey (who I’ve written about before) wrote in the other day to tell me about the work of his friend, Candace Lieck, and I am so glad he d...
Short & Sweet
Really impressed with the portfolio of London-based designer Trish Papadakos. The branding for The Short & Sweet Co., in particular, really caught...
XTRABOLD
Designer Nelson Balaban, aka XTRABOLD, created these over-the-top graphics for an article of Computer Arts Projects. The illustration was designed for...
Type Love 48: Pinup
You can pick up Pinup, a pillowy, lovable sans serif designed by Pieter van Rosmalen, from FontShop....
Independent Studio: SAMA
I’m loving the vibrant colors and icons from this identity program that Independent Studio created for the SAMA Festival. So playful and fun. vi...
Cardon Copy Show
Designer Cardon Webb (previously written about here) recently had a really fun exhibit up at the Type Directors Club. Cardon Copy is an experiment in ...
Ian Brignell
Lovely lettering by Ian Brignell. via FFFFOUND!...
T-shirt Wednesdays
Origin 68’s latest creation: Anonymous, about $23...
Daily Candy
A little bit of news to share: I just joined Share Some Candy, one of my go-to resources for inspiration, as a curator. So in addition to this blog, I...
Patrick Edgeley
UK-based designer and artist, Patrick Edgeley creates fun screenprints using hand-lettering and bold, graphic imagery. Take a look at more of his work...
Brimfield Report
Last Friday I took a trip to the Brimfield show while I was in Massachusetts. It turned out to be a beautiful day, and a successful one as well, since...
Letterpress by Swayspace
Swayspace is a true master of the craft of letterpress. They have a portfolio full of various printing and design projects, covering everything from w...
Sparrow v. Swallow
Harlem-based Sparrow v. Swallow has some great hand-lettering in their portfolio. via BOOOOOOOM!...
Pitu Patterns
Lukasz Dabrowski created several patterns using the letterforms from FF Pitu. Each pattern is so tightly done that the original letterform used is com...
Color Happy 36
A fun set of business cards for The Colour Gray. Image from here...
Oreli
I love illustrator Oreli‘s homepage. There’s so many fun characters hiding in the composition. I’m also really drawn to her invitati...
Numbers: A Silent Auction
The Type Director’s Club will be holding a silent auction on June 11th to benefit their scholarship fund. On the auction block is a series of po...
Type Love 47: League
League, by Letterbox, is a chunky display face with interesting details....
For Immediate Purchase
Sentinel, a new slab serif from HF&J....
Feathers tote
Poketo added a few new tote bags to their shop. And this feather design by Betsy Walton is a favorite....
SPD Design Awards
The Society of Publication Designers recently announced the 44th Annual Award winners. Here are a few of my favorite finalists for the Member’s ...
Hawaii or Bust
As usual, I love everything about the design of the latest Kate Spade email—the vibrant color palette, simple type and especially those cut paper fl...
T-shirt Wednesdays
Not sure how I’m just discovering Mark Simonson’s typographic t-shirt designs, but I’m glad I did. Check the rest of them out right ...
Branding Lussumo
Take a look at this post by Jon Contino to get some insight into his design process....
Checks Never Looked So Good
These 19th century engraved checks were luckily found by Sean Kelly at Deamplified. The details are amazing—even the penmanship is impeccable, as yo...
Recession Cards
I think the last thing anyone wants to hear right now is another comment about “this economy” or the “current financial climate̶...
Design • Taste
I’m a huge fan of all of Victionary’s publications, but I’m especially excited about their latest release. Design • Taste is all a...