Inspiring Instagramers: perrycolante
Ashley •
Username: perrycolante Name: Andrew Zonzini Info: illustrator / graphic designer. All photo’s made by me. If you’re looking for an Instagram account w...
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Isabel Urbina Book Covers
Garth •
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
Courtney •
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
Courtney •
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 ...
Quick Links: 02.28.14
Courtney •
Did anyone not fall in love with Mayhem this week? If you’re not familiar, Mayhem is an adorable, ultra creative four-year-old who makes dresses out o...
Luvocracy Love: 02.27.14
Courtney •
Luvocracy Love is a monthly column that features a handful of the products I’ve spotted over the past four weeks. Shop the links: 1. Colour + Pattern ...
“Love From Hawaii”
Courtney •
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...
Alliteration Inspiration: Knowledge & Knives
Garth •
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This week’s...
Wise Words: David Ogilvy
Courtney •
Wise words from David Ogilvy, the “Father of Advertising.” For more wisdom, also check out his 10 Tips on Writing on Brain Pickings...
Cherry Bomb: Innovación Lectora Series
Garth •
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 ...
Badass Lady Creatives: Comics by Yumi Sakugawa
Melanie •
As of late, comics are enjoying greater popularity—and respect from the art world. One of the best side effects of this trend is a wider variety of pe...
Student Work: Zan Barnett
Garth •
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...
Type Love: Revisal
Courtney •
Revisal is a new typeface from Switzerland-based foundry Type Dynamic. This “humanist sans family” includes seven weights plus italics, from hairline ...
Marx Design: The Coconut Collective
Courtney •
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...
Design and Facebook’s Newest $16 Billion Toy, WhatsApp
Jackson •
Last week Facebook bought popular messaging company WhatsApp for $16 billion (Yes with a b), giving the social media company yet another crown jewel i...
Bolster: The Freehouse
Garth •
The folks at Bolster have executed some fantastic work for Blue Plate Restaurant Company in developing the brand identity and overall brewpub experien...
Recommended Resources: Skillshare Round-up
Courtney •
As an avid user (and teacher) of Skillshare’s online classes, I thought it would be great to use this column to highlight a few of their offerings eac...
Rodrigo Maia: New Records, Old Covers
Garth •
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...
Inspiring Instagramers: zacharysmithh
Ashley •
Username: zacharysmithh Name: Zachary Smith Info: Do what you love | @knowwhereco There are plenty of artists, designers and typographers sharing thei...
Little: Fair State Brewing Cooperative Identity and Collateral
Courtney •
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
Garth •
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
Courtney •
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...
Quick Links: 02.21.14
Courtney •
I’m loving these cool “Seeing New York” Cinemagraphs by Ann Street Studio found via Diego Guevara’s blog. The folks at Global Inheritance are looking ...
Alliteration Inspiration: Plants & Pizza
Garth •
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This week’s...
Etsy Finds: Sarah Abbott Art & Illustration
Courtney •
Sarah Abbott’s Etsy Shop features a collection of prints and paper goods designed by the Sheffield, UK based artist, who clearly has a strong affinity...
Chris Turnham Prints
Courtney •
I was happy to recently discover the work of Los Angeles-based Chris Turnham, who has worked as an artist in both feature and television animation and...
Wise Words: Justin McMurray, Show Your Work
Courtney •
This week’s wise words come from Justin McMurray’s Medium article, The time is now to share your work with the world. Found via Austin Kleon‘s blog Th...
Jessica Hische: Jess & Russ Keepsake
Courtney •
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...
New Portfolio Site: Kitkat Pecson
Melanie •
Illustrator/designer Kitkat Pecson just launched her new portfolio site a few days ago. If you’re looking to revamp your website—or build a new one as...
The Era of Publishing
Jackson •
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...
Type Love: Nomada
Courtney •
Nomada, a new release from Tipografies, is a compact set of sans serif fonts in four upright weights, from light to black. Pick up a copy for yourself...
David P. L. Jones: Alibi Spirits
Garth •
Philadelphia-based designer David P. L. Jones recently finished some brilliant new work on Alibi Spirits, spanning both spirits packaging and book des...
Recommended Resources: Victionary Palette Series
Courtney •
Victionary is an excellent resource for books that contain lots of design eye candy, both in the content as well as the books’ own designs. They have ...
Jen Mussari Lettering
Courtney •
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...
Inspiring Instagramers: teresa_franco
Ashley •
Username: teresa_franco Name: TERESA Info: Macro iPhone Photographer- San Diego, CA I’ve always been a fan of macro photography and the stunning detai...
Jono Garrett: Wedding Materials
Courtney •
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...
Jono Garrett: Frida von Fuchs Identity and Collateral
Courtney •
I’m absolutely loving this sophisticated and whimsical brand identity and collateral system developed by Jono Garrett for Frida von Fuchs, a Berlin-ba...
Stephen Powers: New Love Letters Products
Courtney •
I’m a huge fan of Stephen Powers’s (most recently featured here) large-scale, typographic, and poignant environmental works of art. So I was really ex...
Quick Links: 02.14.14
Courtney •
In case you haven’t heard, The Great Discontent (on of my favorite blogs) has their sites set on creating a biannual print magazine! They currently ha...
Color Happy 197
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New Products from Fairgoods
Courtney •
Fairgoods, a shop that puts “the maker at the forefront,” recently introduced a couple of new products that caught my eye: Code Mode Light First, the ...
Alliteration Inspiration: Hearts & Horns
Garth •
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This week’s...
Scott Patt: Bigger. Smaller. Funnier.
Courtney •
I’m happy to have recently discovered this new project by Scott Patt, an artist whose inspirations—”the folk art of his youth and post pop consumerism...
Wise Words: Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Courtney •
This week’s wise words come from French aristocrat, writer, poet, and pioneering aviator, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry....
Super Precious: Groundhog Day Mini-show
Courtney •
Well, Groundhog Day has passed, and unfortunately most of us didn’t get the result we wanted (6 more weeks of winter—no fun), but that doesn’t mean we...
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Badass Lady Creatives [in History]: Lola Álvarez Bravo
Melanie •
“I was the only woman fooling around with a camera in the streets and all the reporters laughed at me. So I became a fighter.” “Fighter” is the best w...
Paperless Post Valentines
Courtney •
With Valentine’s Day swiftly approaching this week, I know many of you will be on the lookout for fun, interesting and creative greetings to send to f...
Type Love: Louize
Courtney •
Louize is a new serif typeface by Nonpareille, the foundry of France-based, Swiss-born Matthieu Cortat. The typeface is a contemporary revival of Au...
TOKY 2013
Garth •
We exist in an age of design and business that institutionalizes short attention spans. Main project. Side hustle. Really need to update my site. Clie...
Apps We Love—Valentine’s Edition
Jackson •
This week is Valentine’s Day. What better way to indulge in this manufactured holiday than to share our love of all things digital and talk about a fe...
App Review: Waterlogue
Ashley •
“See the world like an artist. You don’t need to paint to create beautiful watercolor images—Waterlogue captures the essence of your photos in brillia...
Non-Format: nyMusikk Identity and Collateral
Courtney •
Awesome work by Kjell Ekhorn and Jon Forss, of Non-Format, for nyMusikk, the leading promoter of contemporary music in Norway. nyMusikk, the leading p...
Richard Perez: Coen Cast
Courtney •
This afternoon I’m loving Coen Cast, a fun little side project from designer Richard Perez. He’s started a Tumblr to collect his illustrations of char...
Quick Links: 02.07.14
Courtney •
I’m personally not a huge fan of “selfies” (both taking them myself and the word in general), but if I was surrounded by these amazing backdrops I mig...
Projekt, Inc.: Choiselle Identity and Packaging
Courtney •
Pennsylvania-based studio Projekt recently created a beautiful new identity and packaging system for Choiselle, a new line of all natural skincare pro...
Etsy Finds: Little Low Studio
Courtney •
Etsy shop Little Low Studio features the “illustrative, expressive, and charming style” of owner and designer Caitlin McClain. The shop offers a huge ...
Student Work: Josh White
Garth •
A graphic design student at Fort Hays State University, Josh White recently debuted some impressive concept work. I appreciate how his approach challe...
Alliteration Inspiration: Script & Skateboards
Garth •
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This week’s...
Caitlin Robinson: Invitations
Garth •
Designer Caitlin Robinson has had the opportunity to work on some really fun projects as a Senior Designer at Wingard Creative in Jacksonville, Florid...
Melissa Chaib Illustration
Garth •
Melissa Chaib, a graphic designer and illustrator based in Mexico, has a cheeky illustration style that she pairs delightfully with hand lettering. I ...