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Jamie Delaney

Courtney • Feb 19, 2009
I realize this is the second blue and red identity I’ve posted in one week, but I’m really loving the boldness of this system for Wigwam b...
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Type Love 35: Girard Slab

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012
To commemorate the work of the legendary Alexander Girard, House Industries has recently launched a whole suite of typefaces, my favorite being the Gi...
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T-shirt Wednesdays

Courtney • Mar 29, 2011
Designer Steven Bonner is behind the latest release from Origin 68, a new-to-me shop based out of the UK. Higher Than the Sun, about $21...
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Alice Cho

Courtney • Feb 18, 2009
I’m loving the work Alice Cho has done for SEED magazine....
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Aces

Courtney • Mar 08, 2009
I’m really enjoying the branding for Aces, the new express train that takes you from New York City to Atlantic City. So far the only design firm...
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Widgets & Stone

Courtney • Feb 16, 2009
I’ve been a big fan of the work of Widgets & Stone ever since I saw their Singing to the Deaf project a few years ago (which is a must see)....
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Firmorama

Courtney • Feb 16, 2009
Briazilian design studio Firmorama has some really fun work in their portfolio, including these illustrations for Super Interessante magazine....
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In Honor of Presidents Day

Courtney • Feb 16, 2009
Sorry about the lack of posting today—it’s a vacation day for us here in the States. But I wanted to take a minute to share something sent ove...
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Harry Potter Reimagined

Courtney • Dec 14, 2012
I never caught on to the Harry Potter craze, but if they ever reprinted the novels with these covers—designed by M.S. Corley—I might change my min...
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The Pen is Mightier than the Sword

Courtney • Feb 13, 2009
A second (and final) edition of Seb Lester’s extremely popular Mightier print is available at the Keep Calm Gallery as of last night. They&#8217...
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Can & Did

Courtney • Dec 14, 2012
If you’re in the New York area, you may want to check out the latest exhibit at Danziger Projects. Can & Did is an exhibition of graphics ar...
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I Can Read Movies

Courtney • Dec 14, 2012
Designer Spacesick took it upon himself to reimage a whole slew of famous films as vintage novels—I’m filing this project under the “Ide...
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Type Love 34: Soiree

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012
Soiree was inspired by designer Jacqueline Yue’s three month stay in Paris, and can be purchased at T26....
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OK Soda

Courtney • Feb 11, 2009
Image from boston.com A friend sent me a link to this article on discontinued sodas this morning, where I discovered the incredibly cool packaging of ...
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my beautiful

Courtney • Feb 08, 2009
Out of all the projects in the portfolio of French studio, my beautiful, the design for Jazzmin Records stood out the most to me. Something about the ...
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T-shirt Wednesdays

Courtney • Mar 29, 2011
The latest from Ugmonk: One Hundred, $21...
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Hvass&Hannibal

Courtney • Feb 08, 2009
There’s so many cool things to look at in the portfolio of design studio Hvass&Hannibal. One of my favorites is this mural they designed fo...
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Kelli Anderson

Courtney • Feb 08, 2009
I found Kelli Anderson through some of her work on Card Observer, and was instantly impressed with both her work and interesting site design....
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Yomar Augusto

Courtney • Feb 08, 2009
There’s some interesting typographic logos in the portfolio of Brazilian artist and graphic designer, Yomar Augusto. Check out his complete port...
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Card Observer

Courtney • Feb 07, 2009
In the same vein as Logopond, Card Observer provides viewers with inspiration in the form of business card eye candy. The site’s brand new, but ...
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Todd Weinberger

Courtney • Feb 04, 2009
I found the work of publication designer Todd Weinberger through Grids, the SPD blog. He is currently the Creative Director at Inked magazine....
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25ah

Courtney • Feb 04, 2009
I love the simple yet dramatic home page of Swedish design firm, 25ah. The ultra-close-up photograph of their work rotates every time you visit the pa...
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Palentines

Courtney • Feb 06, 2009
Greg from Able emailed yesterday to tell about their latest project, and it’s pretty awesome. Palentines is a set of eight free downloadable, pr...
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Color Happy 24

Courtney • Mar 20, 2011
Today I’m taking some inspiration from the past with this op-art inspired record sleeve from Poland. via Record Envelope...
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Fine Cheese Co.

Courtney • Feb 05, 2009
I’m loving all the packaging designed for The Fine Cheese Co. by Irving. via The Lovely Package...
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Modern Alphabets

Courtney • Feb 04, 2009
There’s a lot of really great typographic reference material in the Flickr stream of Depression Press, especially this one....
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Type Love 33: Cube, Cubic

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012
Fontfabric makes some really interesting three-dimensional fonts. Cube Cubic...
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Pretty Sure

Courtney • Feb 04, 2009
A winner of the TDC 55 Certificate of Typographic Excellence, Pretty Sure is a one-color screen print by designer Nick Schmitz. Could be a fun Valenti...
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Now and Then

Courtney • Dec 14, 2012
Next Tuesday, February 10th, The Society of Publication Designers presents Now and Then: Paula Scher for their first 2009 SPD@FIT event. More details ...
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Some Letterpress Eye Candy

Courtney • Feb 03, 2009
If you haven’t checked out Studio on Fire’s new blog, you should head over there immediately—it’s overflowing with letterpress goo...
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T-shirt Wednesdays

Courtney • Feb 01, 2009
Here’s some Helvetica goodness from Graniph: Helvetica B, about $28...
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Me and Mr. Jones

Courtney • Feb 01, 2009
The husband-and-wife team behind Me and Mr. Jones created these awesome infographics as part of the 2009 RJ Calendar. Check out the rest of their port...
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A Great Collaboration

Courtney • Feb 01, 2009
I’m loving these bold, graphic patterns created by Trina Turk for Schumacher. See the rest of the line right here....
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A Sunday Bonus

Courtney • Feb 01, 2009
Check out these alternative Superbowl logos created by well-known designers. Ah what a wonderful world it would be if talented designers had a hand in...
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Studio Kluif

Courtney • Jan 30, 2009
Studio Kluif has an amazing package design portfolio. via the the Dieline (where the first image was also found)...
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Hello Health

Courtney • Dec 14, 2012
Update: Hello Heath owner Jay Parkinson commented to let me know that the current advertisements were actually the result of a collaboration between d...
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Regime

Courtney • Jan 30, 2009
This typographic illustration was produced by Jonathan Barnbrook for for a special edition of the Guardian G2 supplement, celebrating the inauguration...
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Standard 8

Courtney • Jan 26, 2009
I’m enjoying the identity created for Standard 8 by Browns Design...
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Type Love 32: Typonine

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012
Typonine is a Croatian type foundry with a small but quality offering of typefaces, including the two sophisticated serifs below. Marlene Amalia...
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Long Live Domino

Courtney • Dec 14, 2012
In case you haven’t heard the disappointing news, Domino magazine announced yesterday that it has folded. I’ve been a subscriber since the...
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Good Graphic Designer

Courtney • Jan 26, 2009
Take a look at the portfolio of Jose Antonio Contreras. He worked on one of my favorite Mucca projects, Schiller’s Liquor Bar ....
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El Banco Deuno

Courtney • Dec 21, 2010
Gorgeous new brand identity for El Banco Deuno by Saffron. More images right here. via Brand New...
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Uppercase Magazine!

Courtney • Jan 28, 2009
What exciting news! The multi-talented Janine has launched a quarterly magazine for the “creative and curious” (which is especially exciti...
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T-shirt Wednesdays

Courtney • Jan 25, 2009
Grid Systems, $24.95 at You Work for Them...
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Little Bee

Courtney • Dec 14, 2012
I love the book cover design for Chris Cleave’s novel, Little Bee, which comes out next month. Anyone know who the designer is? Update: The auth...
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Type in Use

Courtney • Jan 25, 2009
Typotheque has quite an extensive section of samples of their fonts in use. Below are a couple of examples of Fedra Sans....
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Design and Design

Courtney • Jan 24, 2009
“Every day since 1 January 2008, the home page of DesignAndDesign.com is entirely dedicated to two projects, one in graphic design and the other in ...
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Color Happy 22

Courtney • Mar 20, 2011
The image below is from the Easy Graffiti Photoshop brush set sold through Media Slap....
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Every Little Counts

Courtney • Jan 22, 2009
I’m loving the Winter Collection of typographic tees by Every Little Counts. Each one features hand-silk-screened lyrics from popular love songs...
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Type Love 31: Cadena

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012
Cadena...
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Fontcase

Courtney • Jan 21, 2009
I received an email last night announcing the release of Fontcase 1.0, a font management tool for the Mac that allows you to tag and control your font...
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T-shirt Wednesdays

Courtney • Jan 19, 2009
A couple of fun shirts from Urban Outfitters… NEAL by Neal Sperling Twist Tee, $58 Nylon Tee by Federico Gutierrez Schott, $28...
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Random Resources 01.20.09

Courtney • Jan 19, 2009
All about grids… The Grid System “The ultimate resource in grid systems.” Everything you ever wanted to know about grids can be found here. ...
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danku

Courtney • Dec 21, 2010
I passed by this restaurant recently and was drawn in by the identity. danku, which means “thank you” in Dutch, is “an international...
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01.20.09

Courtney • Dec 21, 2010
Today is the day! If you’re not lucky enough to be in DC for the festivities, you can take a look here for more information....
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Menu Pages Redesign

Courtney • Jan 19, 2009
Last month when I attended The Dinner Party, one of the projects Matteo Bologna—of Mucca Design—presented was their redesign of Menu Pages. At the...
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Celebrate

Courtney • Dec 18, 2012
Image of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Landmark Memorial in West Palm Beach, Florida is from wallyg’s photostream I hope all of you get to take a ...
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Hoboken Pie

Courtney • Jan 15, 2009
I was instantly drawn to this identity system when I saw the website on Typophile the other day. Designed by the Decoder Ring Design Concern (also a g...
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I Wish I Lived in Mpls

Courtney • Jan 14, 2009
Because Studio on Fire is having a BBQ! More info here....
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Type Love 30: Quantico

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012
Quantico is a display face designed by Mad Type, and is available for purchase at You Work for Them and My Fonts....
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