Monday Quick Links: 05.14.12

Check out The Hungry Workshop’s Trophy Lives letterpress prints—they’re awesome. Knoed put together some great advice for young designers. In case you missed this year’s 99% Conference (like me—next year I won’t be making that mistake), be sure to check…

Type Love 190: Vibro

I’ve had my eye on Vibro ever since it was released on MyFonts back in March. It’s certainly not the most versatile font in the world, but for the right project it could add the perfect graphic touch.

Collection: For Mom

FOUND: 1. Lollia Candle in Sunspots On A Photograph No. 2, 2. Hable Construction Picnic Tote, 3. Virginia Johnson Shawl, 4. Kate Spade Hand in Hand Bangle, 5. Rifle Monogrammed Notecards, 6. Tocca Eau De Parfum, 7. Serena & Lily Matelasse Robe.

Valerie Jar: National Park Stamp Icons

Valerie Jar recently developed this series awesome of stamp icons for the National Parks by National Geographic app, an interactive guide to the U.S.’s national parks. The app, which was built by Rally Interactive, can be downloaded here. Below you can see a…

Student Work: Mike Perry: Packaging Projects

Mike Perry is a soon-to-be-graduate of Tyler School of Art with a great portfolio. In particular, I’m most impressed with his packaging projects, so I’ve featured a few below. Check out the rest of his work right here. Matteo Panettone…

Etsy Finds: Print and Grain

I’m loving the work of Print & Grain, a letterpress studio based in Portland Oregon and operated by designers Violet Tchalakov and Mike James. They’re currently booked up through the end of the month with custom work, but keep an eye on…

Tom Jaeger: Identity and Collateral

Tom Jaeger recently completed a brand new identity for his design practice. Here’s a bit of info that describes his thinking: Design with the ability to communicate efficiently, requires a methodical assessment of the status quo, along with the imaginative approach…

Monday Quick Links: 05.07.12

During a three-week Creative Problem Solving Course in the Digital Media Management master program of Hyper Island Manchester, students developed Queue Hacker, a way to take the queue out of the post office. It was developed for Britain, but I could see it…

Ludlow Kingsley: LK Year End Report

What a great year-end project by Ludlow Kingsley, the 2011 LK Year End Report: Every early December, it starts up again. “Should we send out a holiday card?” We decided to survey our clients and friends’ sentiments for the year…