Feel Good Anyway
Feel Good Anyway is a Portland-based design studio with an energetic, motion graphics-heavy portfolio. But it was one of their identity projects, for ...
Category: Design
Peter Mendelsund
Peter Mendelsund has quite the portfolio of book jackets. You can see the whole lot on his site or on the Book Cover Archive....
Sketchbook Envy
My sketchbooks are typically a jumble of notes, partial thoughts and sketches. So I’m in awe of these lovely compositions by holdsnowater....
Typographic Movie Posters
These simple yet clever typographic movie posters by Able Parris are great. Technically they are rough drafts, but they look just fine to me. A fun de...
Flickr Find: Pilllpat
Prepare to waste your day sifting through this amazing inspiration resource—a treasure trove of great French vintage goodies. You can also find her ...
Type Love 46: FF Good
FF Good is a clean, elegant and versatile sans serif from FontShop. (I love the lowercase G.)...
Diego Bellorin
Designer Diego Bellorin, who works out of Barcelona, invited me to a circle on Bēhance the other day and I was so glad he did. His work relies he...
Stripes!
I have an ongoing obsession with diagonal stripes. Well, stripes in general. But especially diagonal ones. So here’s a little round-up of what&#...
Joshua Distler
Joshua Distler has done some great work for some big name studios. I’m especially loving this concept design for Visit London (especially that s...
HOW Conference Updates
HOW’s editor, Bryn Mooth, recently contacted me to give me some updated information about the upcoming HOW Conference in Austin next month. I at...
Visual Bookmarking
Visual bookmarking sites have been popping up like crazy lately, and I’ve promptly gotten addicted to them. I’ve found that they’re ...
SkechType
If you’ve always wanted to incorporate hand-drawn type into your work but lack the skills to create it for yourself, SketchType might be the per...
Bosque
How great would it be to have an office that looked like this? Love the murals....
Color Happy 34
I went to Max Brenner for the first time the other night; and in addition to having an amazing dessert, I really took notice their brand. I especially...
Daily Type
Daily Type is a blog I check in with regularly. It’s a creative space overseen by Russian type designers who post their daily type experiments. ...
Pattern Tutorials: a round-up
Patterns by Honey & Bloom It’s no secret that I love pattern art. And lately I’ve been working on perfecting my skills, so I’ve...
Artforms of Nature
Prepare to be blown away with inspiration. “Artforms of Nature” is a book filled with gorgeously detailed illustrations of animal, plant a...
Type Love 45: Houschka Pro
Gorgeous lines on Houschka Pro from Veer....
Make Something Cool Every Day
I’ve seen a lot of designers take on a daily project of some sort lately. I think it’s a great idea—something to keep your creativity fl...
LOVE Prints
By Patrick Moberg....
FEED
Loving the bright, summery colors on this invitation by Montreal-based design studio FEED. Check out the rest of their portfolio right here....
/M/A/S/H/
Australian design firm /M/A/S/H/ has—justifiably—been all over the blogosphere lately, but I had to mention them here. I am in love with the contr...
Bringing Books to Life
Joseph O’Reilly wrote in to let me know about a writing project he’s recently completed, Bringing Books to Life. The project consists of t...
Seb Lester: Flames
Seb Lester has another amazing print for sale. The limited edition print is available in Silver and Gold from Keep Calm....
Songs About Shapes
A fun idea from Illumination Ink. You can download a PDF booklet of all of them right here....
The Hi-Fi
These posters are part of a series of hand-printed serigraphs, originally created as part of the artwork for The Stands by Yes Studio. There are a few...
Vintage Wizard of Oz
I need to find one of these for myself. Amazing....
Sort
Sort Design created this luxe packaging for Co Couture handmade chocolates. via iain claridge...
The Road Less Traveled
Here’s some amazing three-dimensional typography created by Volumeone. There are six other designs in the series, which you can also buy as a po...
Venn Diagrams
A new little project by Frank Chimero....
Type Love 44: Blaktur
I know, more blackletter. But I love this more playful version—Blaktur—from House Industries....
The New Typographica & Their Favorites
If you haven’t heard already, Typographica has a brand new look, and it’s pretty awesome. Check it out right here. And. They’ve also...
Pattern Tales Desktop Wallpapers
A fun gift from Sir Allan the Gallant: a pair of patterned desktop wallpapers. Choose your size right here....
Nonsense Infographics
Loving these nonsense infographics by designer Chad Hagen. via Pitch Design Union...
Christopher Brand
Most of Christopher Brand’s book covers have an element of playfulness to them that I love. via Book Cover Archive...
The Design Practice
Brilliantly simple....
Kashiwa Sato
I wish the schools I attended had been designed this nicely growing up. via Graphic Hug...
ToDo
To Do is to Be is an “an experiment to teach the computer calligraphy and good manners, as well as an exploration of the expressive potential of...
The Never Ending Internet Mix Tape
This is another one of those why-didn’t-I-think-of-that ideas. A project of Robb Smigielski, The Never Ending Internet Mix Tape is a monthly, cu...
Ed Nacional
Student designer Ed Nacional has an impressive portfolio. I especially love this identity system he created for a cinematographer friend. via UPPERCAS...
Published!
A couple of months ago I was asked to participate in a book redesign article for the new Uppercase Magazine, and my printed copy has finally arrived! ...
Type Love 43: Carmen, Memoriam, Narziss
Dark and light, thick and thin. (Couldn’t pick just one this week.) Carmen Memoriam Narziss...
I Like Blue
I like pink....
MOD: Free Font
Svetoslav Simov’s latest font project is a chunky display face called MOD. You can download the Open Type version for both Mac and PC right here...
The Pelican Project
things magazine has quite an extensive collection of Pelican paperback covers. Below are a few from the 1970’s, but the entire collection ranges...
Density Design
Infographic goodness by Density Design. via DesignNotes...
T-shirt Wednesdays
Plain and simple. Be Cool, $18 at Threadless...
Hi
One of the specialties of Swiss design studio, Hi, seems to be creating modular environmental graphics. There are quite a few examples in their portfo...
Schaffter Sahli
Montreux Jazz Cafe identity by Schaffter Sahli....
Tom Sawyer’s Funny Business
Nessim Higson, the designer behind I Am Always Hungry, is always producing excellent work. And this title sequence for the indie film, Tom Sawyer̵...
Cloudy Collection
The Cloudy Collection is an ongoing collaboration between David Huyck and artists he admires. The first volume is a set of seven two-color letterpress...
Onthetable
There isn’t too much information about this typeface on Onthetable’s site, so I’m not sure if it is available for sale. But I’...
Naïve
This new release from Gestalten, Naïve, “documents the extraordinary renaissance of Classic Modernism, from the 1940s to 1960s, in contempo...
Vintage Business Cards
I’m so excited about this flickr set I just stumbled upon. The combination of ornate typography and patterns is really just like nothing youR...
Genevieve Simms
I’m loving the playful illustration style of Genevieve Simms. via Design You Trust...
Color Happy 33
In honor of Hatch San Francisco’s 2nd Annual Easter Egg Coloring Contest, I leave you with some of the fun designs from last year. Click here to...
Blackletter
I’ve never been lucky enough to work on a project where a Blackletter typeface would be appropriate, unfortunately. But I love the intricacy and...
Paint Blobs
I’m not quite sure what this project is all about but I love it....
Type Love 42: Router
My favorite part about Router, a newish release from village, are the graceful, smooth italics. For more information you can read an in-depth intervie...
Commando Group
A perfect example of less is more. via Iain Claridge...