OK Experiment
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Our friends over at OK Great have an ongoing experiment creating handmade versions of their logo with various materials. Lately they’ve been exp...
Category: Design
Courtney • Anthropologie + Hatch Show Print
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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
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Photographer extraordinaire Bonnie Tsang has a new identity courtesy of the uber talented Anna Bond. I especially love the wallpaper-patterned busines...
Granola
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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
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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
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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
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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!
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Really impressed with the portfolio of London-based designer Trish Papadakos. The branding for The Short & Sweet Co., in particular, really caught...
XTRABOLD
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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
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You can pick up Pinup, a pillowy, lovable sans serif designed by Pieter van Rosmalen, from FontShop....
Independent Studio: SAMA
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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
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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
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Lovely lettering by Ian Brignell. via FFFFOUND!...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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Origin 68’s latest creation: Anonymous, about $23...
Daily Candy
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Harlem-based Sparrow v. Swallow has some great hand-lettering in their portfolio. via BOOOOOOOM!...
Pitu Patterns
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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
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A fun set of business cards for The Colour Gray. Image from here...
Oreli
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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
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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
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League, by Letterbox, is a chunky display face with interesting details....