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Disney Nature

Courtney • Mar 02, 2009
These flats were created for Disney Nature by Andy Gugel, of 32 round. It’s really refreshing to see something so modern and sophisticated desig...
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Type Love 37: Antenna

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012
We talked about Cyrus Highsmith earlier in the week, so I figured I would feature one of his fonts. Antenna is an extremely versatile sans serif type ...
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Frug

Courtney • Mar 02, 2009
I’m not sure I totally understand the story behind this project by Fabian Jochen Kanzler and Steve Michaelis, but the artwork is really beautifu...
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Best of New York

Courtney • Dec 14, 2012
New York magazine released it’s Best of New York double issue this week. And they always ask several design firms for cover art submissions, so ...
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T-shirt Wednesdays

Courtney • Mar 29, 2011
I came across the t-shirts by ONLY NY in Time Out New York recently and thought they were really fun. They have a great catalog of typographic tees in...
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Nice Type

Courtney • Nov 20, 2013
The Nice Type channel on Vimeo was created by Matthew Buchanan and features “sturdy typography, motion and kinetic type explorations, and other ...
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Brains on Fire

Courtney • Mar 02, 2009
I came across Brains on Fire—a South Carolina-based branding agency—through a random Google search, and I was really interested in and impressed b...
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The Fifty Dollar Logo Experiment (or a Perfect Example of Why Logo Factories are Bad)

Courtney • Mar 01, 2009
Art by 160/90 For quite some time now, there has been an ongoing discussion (or outrage depending on how you look at it) going on about why logo facto...
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The Sketchbooks of Cyrus Highsmith

Courtney • Mar 01, 2009
MyFonts sent out it’s monthly Creative Characters newsletter the other day, and this time the focus was on Font Bureau’s Cyrus Highsmith. ...
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Jordan Michael Gray

Courtney • Feb 27, 2009
Check out the portfolio of Jordan Michael Gray on Flickr. via Inspiration Lab...
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Fun with ASCII

Courtney • Feb 22, 2009
Typeset something of your own right here....
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Type Love 36: Geogrotesque

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012
Geogrotesque is a new type family from emtype....
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T-shirt Wednesdays

Courtney • Mar 29, 2011
Interesting gradients: Prisma Gradient, about $51 at Marthuba Utopia, about $41 at Sixpack France...
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Emperor of Antartica

Courtney • Feb 22, 2009
Designer/art director Christian Zander has one of those portfolios that make it practically impossible to choose what to showcase, because every piece...
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Great Flickr Find

Courtney • Feb 22, 2009
The other day I luckily stumbled upon the typographic goodness of wasianed’s Flickr stream. I’m especially loving this Berthold Type Found...
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Michael Renaud

Courtney • Feb 22, 2009
Cool album artwork for The Laureates There are no More Gentlemen album, by designer Michael Renaud. Also check out this amazing calendar design (found...
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Get ’em While You Can

Courtney • Dec 21, 2010
20 x 26 collects out-of-print Pantone by Letraset posters and resells them as pieces of art. There are still some great colors left; but move quickly,...
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TDC 2009

Courtney • Feb 22, 2009
The winners of the Type Director’s Club’s annual competition have been announced. You can see the complete list of winners right here, but...
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Royal/T

Courtney • Mar 08, 2009
I came across Royal/T by way of (amazing photographer) Bonnie Tsang’s food blog and immediately loved the branding, which I later found out was ...
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Candy 11

Courtney • Feb 20, 2009
The latest issue of Candy Magazine—The For All Intents and Purposes Issue—is now available for download. And it’s got a brand spanking new l...
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Monster Type

Courtney • Feb 20, 2009
Originally created by designer/illustrator Joey Ellis, these adorable little letterforms can all be downloaded as desktop wallpapers right here. And n...
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A Happy Inbox

Courtney • Feb 20, 2009
I always enjoy the emails I get from Kate Spade, but this one is particularly fun (and makes me reaaallly wish it weren’t 25 degrees outside rig...
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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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