Green Chair Press: Miniature Matchbox Books
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Susan Angebranndt, owner of Santa Fe’s Green Chair Press, has created a quirky line of miniature matchbox books that are simply delightful. Each book ...
Category: Design
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Andreas Wikström Illustration
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I’m thoroughly enjoying the work of Andreas Wikström, a graphic designer hailing from Sweden. There’s more to explore on his website, so get to clicki...
Sergi Delgado Illustration & Lettering
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If “rad” were a design discipline, Barcelona-born Sergi Delgado could teach a class on it. His illustration, lettering and typography work all fit a c...
Angel Bomb Rebrand & Collateral
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Angel Bomb, a design and letterpress studio in northeast Minneapolis, recently rebranded themselves to emphasize the full-service nature of their stud...
Melanie Rothschild: The Art of Mistakes
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Melanie Rothschild has a wildly intriguing story to share with the world about the creative process, and it all started with a disastrous mistake. Sev...
Michael Haddad: Ottawa Magazine “The Sex Issue” Illustrations
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Michael Haddad‘s illustrations for Ottawa Magazine’s “The Sex Issue” are simple, clever, and innuendo-tastic. Creative Credits Art Direction: Jane Cor...
Miles Design: William Roam Identity and Collateral
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Miles Design worked with the team at William Roam on an extensive project which encompassed their identity and stationery, website, the naming and pac...
Hardy Seiler and Created by Monkeys: Freies Theater Hannover Identity
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I’m loving this vibrant and dynamic identity redesign for the Freies Theater Hannover by Hardy Seiler and Created by Monkeys. via Form Fifty Five...
Finding Digital Inspiration in our Neighbourhood
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What do a hip coffee house, a curated general store, a popular sandwich joint, a trendy shoe shop, and a new superfood store have in common? For start...
Winkreative: The Government of Thailand
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Exciting work by Winkreative for The Government of Thailand. As Thailand prepared to host the World Economic Forum, Winkreative was selected by the Of...
Dxmiq: Future Artifacts
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Future Artifacts, a digital art project by Dxmiq, is just about the opposite of the type of work I do, which is probably why I’m so drawn to it. While...
Janine Rewell: Minna Parikka
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Janine Rewell managed art direction, illustration and body paint design for a SS2014 Minna Parikka promotional campaign. Creative Credits: Photography...
Skillshare By the Book Challenge Winner: Star St. Germain
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This afternoon I’m doing a series of posts featuring the winners of the first challenge in my Skillshare class, By the Book: Create a Style Guide for ...
Skillshare By the Book Runner Up: Jena Buckwell
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This afternoon I’m doing a series of posts featuring the winners of the first challenge in my Skillshare class, By the Book: Create a Style Guide for ...
Skillshare By the Book Runner Up: Jennifer Thomke
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This afternoon I’m doing a series of posts featuring the winners of the first challenge in my Skillshare class, By the Book: Create a Style Guide for ...
Jenney Stevens: Far North Spirits
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I’m loving the identity and collateral designed by Jenney Stevens for Far North Spirits. The white glass bottle for their gin is especially gorgeous. ...
The Grand Budapest Hotel
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It’s fascinating to get a look behind the scenes of Wes Anderson’s latest film, The Grand Budapest Hotel, through the work of the designer, Annie Atki...
Little: Ephemera
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We recently featured Little‘s lovely identity and collateral work for Fair State Brewing Cooperative, and now I’m quite taken by Ephemera, where Littl...
Did Google figure out wearable technology?
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This past weekend we noticed a tweet about Alicia Keys out for a run in St. Barts. It was only remarkable because she was taking selfies, not with her...
Stitch Design Co.: New Stationery
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Check out the new stationery package that Stitch Design Co. designed to go with their recently updated website. Gorgeous, as always....
Matt Chase: Escapades Magazine
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Matt Chase just blew my mind with his challenging, beautiful design work for “The Takeoff Issue” of new travel magazine Escapades. After you ogle the ...
Nicole McQuade: Kitchen Stories Identity and Collateral
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For the past three years, Nicole McQuade—designer and photographer—and Judi Cutrone—writer—have been collaborating on Some Kitchen Stories, a blog tha...
MaeMae Paperie: Munster Rose Stationery
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I’m loving this beautiful stationery developed by MaeMae Paperie for Munster Rose, a floral design company based out of Minneapolis....
Plus63 Design Co.: Your Local Identity and Collateral
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Plus63 Design Co., a Phillipines-based studio, recently developed the brand identity and collateral for Your Local, a restaurant serving Asian comfort...
Student Work: Clarke Harris
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I’m quite fond of the work Clarke Harris has put out as he cuts his (Gator) teeth in the University of Florida’s graphic design program. If this colle...
Bryan Patrick Todd: Banner Year
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Bryan Patrick Todd recently opened his first solo show, “Banner Year,” which includes eight handcrafted banners featuring eight quotes serving as “par...
Gabby Lord: The Great Fifty
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Gabby Lord, whose wildly clever business cards were featured on DWL last year, loves her mum very much. When she asked Gabby to design a “simple invit...
Where Food + Technology Meet
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The intersection of photography, social, and our insatiable desire to eat tasty animal parts and vegetables means that there is a constant stream of d...
Adam Turnbull: Ten Cent Dime
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While some take to Twitter to share their stream of consciousness experience of the world, Adam Turnbull has used Ten Cent Dime as his outlet, a proje...
Emmanuel Cohen: BNT Studio Identity and Collateral
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Lovely clean, modern, sophisticated work for BNT Studio, “a distribution studio devoted to design and innovation,” by Emmanuel Cohen....
MM Identity Lab: Year of the Horse Card Deck Calendar
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The team at MM Identity Lab just finished a fantastic self promotion project, working with local vendors to create their Year of the Horse Card Deck C...
The Apps of March—SXSW Edition
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Graham and I were having a bit of a dialogue over the weekend about what hot apps were going to come out of SXSW this year. He’s there on the ground, ...
2014 RE:DESIGN UXD Giveaway Winner
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Congrats, Allison—you’ve won a free pass to the upcoming RE:DESIGN UXD Conference! Please shoot me an email so that I can pass your contact info onto ...
MINE: Bun Mee
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San Francisco just got even more eye-popping with MINE‘s branding and environment design for Bun Mee’s new Market Street location. From the large, bea...
Deuxtone: Dichotomy Coffee & Spirits
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Texas two-man operation Deuxtone executed some exquisite work in designing the brand identity and environment for Dichotomy Coffee & Spirits in Waco. ...
Naomie Ross & Daniel Renda: Pastosa Ravioli Co.
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As a personal project, designers Naomie Ross and Daniel Renda set out to rebrand Pastosa Ravioli Co., an NYC shop whose pasta they both grew up eating...
1983 Present: The Happy 8 Identity and Collateral
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I’m loving this vibrant work by 1983 Present for The Happy 8, a chain of hotels in Malaysia. The Happy 8 is a high-quality chain hotels brand of Malay...
2014 RE:DESIGN UXD Giveaway
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It’s that time of year again! The 2014 RE:Design UXD Conference is coming up at the end of April in Brooklyn, and I’m happy to offer one lucky winner ...
Stitch Design Co.: Produce Candles Packaging
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It’s been far too long since I’ve posted a project from the ladies at Stitch Design Co., so this morning I’m excited to share their latest packaging p...
Scotty Reifsnyder: Cheers Notecards
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Today, Scotty Reifsnyder and Chronicle Books release Cheers!, a set of 12 notecards and envelopes “perfect for toasting any occasion.” The set include...
Down the Rabbit Hole of Social TV
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A recent study from TiVo says that 76% of television viewers prefer to just watch what is on the TV rather than be distracted by the multitude of mult...
Jean de Lessard Interior Design
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I’m blown away by the interior design work of Jean de Lessard in Montreal, Quebec. The environments that Jean and his firm have created for local busi...
Atelier Olschinsky: Rollercoaster Illustration Series
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Between the kaleidoscopic use of color and deconstructed, abstract forms, I can’t stop staring at Rollercoaster, a new illustration series by Atelier ...
Isabel Urbina Book Covers
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The book cover designs of Isabel Urbina for Random House, New York are absolutely delightful examples of lettering, textures and illustrations combine...
D.T. Practice: The Roxy
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While browsing Klim Type Foundry’s blog recently, I discovered D.T. Practice’s work for UK’s The Roxy. Featured because of its heavy use of a modified...
Studio MPLS: Alli Marie Identity and Collateral
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I’m excited to share more new beautiful work from Studio MPLS, this time a new brand identity, stationery and packaging project for Alli Marie, a new ...
“Love From Hawaii”
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One of the many reasons I fell in love with Hawaii when I first visited a few years ago, was the Aloha spirit that is in the air. Beyond a greeting, a...
Cherry Bomb: Innovación Lectora Series
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It’s so encouraging to see good design making its way into schools, and I’m absolutely enamored with Cherry Bomb Design Studio‘s illustrations in the ...
Student Work: Zan Barnett
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With as much negativity that exists within and toward the world of hip hop, the genre’s positive influences can be easy to overlook. With this in mind...
Marx Design: The Coconut Collective
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Personally, I’m not a huge fan of coconut water as a beverage. But despite that face, I am loving the fresh, sunny packaging that Marx Design recently...
Bolster: The Freehouse
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The folks at Bolster have executed some fantastic work for Blue Plate Restaurant Company in developing the brand identity and overall brewpub experien...
Rodrigo Maia: New Records, Old Covers
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Audiophiles and collectors alike argue that there’s nothing like holding and owning a real life, tangible vinyl record as the world continues to becom...
Little: Fair State Brewing Cooperative Identity and Collateral
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I am loving the work that Minneapolis’s Little has developed for Fair State Brewing Cooperative, Minnesota’s first cooperative brewery. As a co-op, th...
Justyna Medoń Screen Printing
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I’m really enjoying the work of Justyna Medoń, head of Red Poppy design studio in Warsaw, Poland, who specializes in hand screen printed textiles and ...
Matt Stevens: Junk Drawer Prints
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Matt Stevens‘s Junk Drawer series is an ongoing set of illustrations that depict “fascinating characters from pop culture by showing the random and fo...
Jessica Hische: Jess & Russ Keepsake
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You may remember seeing Jessica Hische‘s epic wedding website awhile back, a richly detailed parallax design featuring the work of many of her and now...
The Era of Publishing
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Just as it was with print, editorial design on the web is always an exciting playground for designers. And today pretty much everyone is in the editor...
David P. L. Jones: Alibi Spirits
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Philadelphia-based designer David P. L. Jones recently finished some brilliant new work on Alibi Spirits, spanning both spirits packaging and book des...
Jen Mussari Lettering
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I’m not sure how I have not come across Jen Mussari‘s lettering portfolio before now, but it is filled with all kinds of awesomeness. You can check ou...
Jono Garrett: Wedding Materials
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We love Jono Garrett’s work so much that it’s getting a double post! And since it is Valentine’s Day, what better project to share than the gorgeous m...