What Travel Can Teach Us About Web Design in 2014
One category that is every designer’s dream playground is travel. Great photography, unlimited adventures, and huge user experience challenges. Ther...
Round: 2012 Jewish International Film Festival Identity and Collateral
In 2012, Australia-based Studio Round was tasked with developing a brand new identity for the Jewish International Film Festival. Their goal was to re...
Print Club Boston
I’m absolutely loving the first series of limited edition prints from Print Club Boston, an initiative by artist Elizabeth Corkery. Each series ...
Inspiring Instagramers: sharpie
Username: sharpie Info: Grab a Sharpie & Start Something. In general, I prefer to follow people on Instagram versus brands. Although I guess the...
Vitae Design Projects
I recently discovered the work of Vitae Design, the studio of Toronto-based independent graphic designer Cameron McKague. His work is equal parts mini...
Post Projects: Brassneck Brewery
Awesome work by Vancouver-based Post Projects for Brassneck Brewery, a retail brewery in the area. The design team developed their brand identity b...
Studio MPLS: Faribault Woolen Mill Co.
I love it when I see new updates pop into my reader from Studio MPLS. They’ve posted several new pieces of work in the last couple of weeks, inc...
Quick Links: 01.31.14
I’m loving Mike Dornseif‘s recent contribution to The Desktop Wallpaper Project on The Fox is Black. Yay Squarespace Logo. Enough said. Ch...
Jon Contino: The Hidden Sea Packaging
I pretty much always buy wine based on its label (with the hope that it tastes good too), so I am all over this new packaging design for South Austral...
Luvocracy Love: 01.30.14
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. Aloha Maui ...
Steven Noble and Taxi Studio: Kate Hudnott Spirit Packaging
This packaging series, a collaboration between Steven Noble and Taxi Studio, was created for Kate Hudnott, a UK-based drinks pioneer. The Taxi Design ...
Alliteration Inspiration: Fruit & Feathers
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This week...
ilovedust Beer Coasters
ilovedust designed this series of 8 illustrated beer coasters as part of their most recent promotional pack. They will soon be available for purchase...
Wise Words: Margaret Mead
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Isabela Rodrigues: Tilín Cacao Packaging
Here is yet another gorgeous packaging project by Isabela Rodrigues (previously published here, here and here.) This time the creative work was develo...
Badass Lady Creatives: Julia Yellow
Editorial illustration has quite the reputation for (thrillingly) tight deadlines. Despite the fast-paced nature of this specialty, illustrator Julia ...
Type Love: Brandon Printed
Brandon Printed is a new variation on the much loved Brandon Grotesque by HVD Fonts. This new release has a distressed, printed look and includes four...
Eric Chow: Learning Disabilities GIF Series
Illustrator Eric Chow created a series of GIFs symbolically depicting the feeling behind several common learning disabilities. Each one offers a fasc...
Studio Indice: Ocio Identity and Collateral
Bogotá, Colombia-based design studio Indice recently completed the identity and collateral for Ocio, a creative, informal restaurant and bar. The enc...
Recommended Resources: Design Square
Design Square is a new, curated directory of the graphic design industry, aiming to make connections between design and business. The site is free to...
Rachael Saunders: Otto’s Circus Illustration Series
I’m loving the colorful, whimsical characters that Rachael Saunders has created in the world of Otto’s Circus....
Inspiring Instagramers: ourwildabandon
Username: ourwildabandon Name: Jill + Kyla Info: Vancouver, BC. Baby, we were born to run. Postcards available. When it comes to Instagram, I tend ...
Emma Fick: Snippets
Emma Fick, a 22-year-old from Louisiana living in Serbia and teaching English on a Fulbright scholarship, has chosen an interesting and public way i...
El Famoso
El Famoso is an illustrator collective composed of brothers Rich and Chris Fairhead. Hailing from and operating in the UK, the two have combined their...
Alex Westgate Illustration
Alex Westgate is a freelance illustrator and designer out of Toronto, ON. Though he’s only recently graduated from the Ontario College of Art &...
Quick Links: 01.24.14
If you missed Ugmonk’s studio tour on their blog last week, it is definitely worth a look. For a small space, it is packed with design inspirati...
Savvy Studio: Puebla 109 Identity and Collateral
Savvy Studio recently worked on the design for Puebla 109, a new gastropub in Mexico City. The identity consists of a series of icons inspired by Mexi...
Kickstarter Spotlight: JUMP Cables
Kickstarter is an amazing place for watching (and helping) innovative ideas develop into real world products. Once a month we will feature one projec...
Hello! Lucky 2014 Valentines
This year, Hello! Lucky has designed a large collection of illustrated, letterpressed cards for Valentine’s Day. Each one features a light-heart...
Nicole and Mike McQuade: Pullman Foundation Annual Report
It’s a rare occurrence when an annual report crosses my inbox these days, so I was pleasantly surprised to find Nicole and Mike McQuade‘s...
Wise Words: Simon Sinek, Ask for Help
Wise words from “Ask for Help,” Simon Sinek‘s best advice, given at Creative Morning’s 5th Birthday Bash. By the way, if you&#...
The Hungry Workshop 2014 Valentines
For this year’s Valentine designs, The Hungry Workshop worked with two designers on unique letterpressed love notes. The first card was designe...
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Badass Lady Creatives [in History]: Cipe Pineles
This month’s badass lady creative [in history] is for the editorial design nerds: Cipe Pineles, a force in twentieth-century art direction. Pine...
Are we ready for some Jelly?
In the immortal words from the poet of our generation, Beyonce, “I don’t think you ready for this jelly.” Turns out, 13 years later per...
FUNNEL: Lyon Distilling Co. Rum Identity and Packaging
I’m loving the identity and custom packaging design that Funnel developed for Lyon Distilling Co. Based out of Saint Michaels, Maryland, the dis...
Type Love: Grota Rounded
Grota Rounded is a new unicase release from Latinotype. The typeface includes six weights, from thin to black, plus matching italics. Currently marked...
Anagrama: GIST Publication Design
Excellent work by Anagrama for the lifestyle magazine Gist: Gist is a lifestyle magazine that reports on many different subjects, from fashion to gadg...
Recommended Resources: 5 Email Newsletters Worth Subscribing To
If you’re anything like me, your inbox is almost always overflowing. It’s a constant battle; and while “inbox zero” is not som...
Tim Lahan: KENZO Idiom Illustrations
Tim Lahan developed this fun set of illustrations for Kenzo. Each one represents a common English idiom having to do with eyes. I never would have g...
Inspiring Instagramers: willtypefordondraper
Username: willtypefordondraper Name: Ashleigh Info: Vintage. Makes my heart go giddy up. Owner of Peggy Takes Manhattan If you’re a fan of ty...
Hubbly Bubbly Falafel Shop
Orlando-based studio Push recently took their design for restaurants one step further, by choosing to conceptualize, own and operate one for themselve...
Wedge & Lever
I’ve seen Wedge & Lever, a relatively new (established in 2012) design studio out of San Diego, all over the place lately, and rightfully so...
Blok Design: ADCC Promo
Blok Design developed this promotional piece for The Advertising and Design Club of Canada with the goal of driving membership to the organization. ...
Quick Links: 01.17.14
Last weekend I went to see Her and it was magical. I absolutely loved it. Between its wide release last Friday and the Golden Globes, tons of arti...
Student Work: Vivian Shih
A recent graduate from the Illustration program at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA, Vivian Shih already boasts an impressive breadth ...
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Creature: Kigo Kitchen Identity and Collateral
While browsing around Behance recently I stumbled upon the awesome portfolio of Clara Mulligan, who happens to be a Design Director at Creature. And a...
Alliteration Inspiration: Dairy & Drop Caps
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This week...
MoMA Art Lab: Movement
Tony Lee Jr., a designer at MoMA Design Studio (and previously featured for his student work), recently sent over his updated portfolio. I was immedi...
Wise Words: Milton Glaser
This week Milton Glaser reminds us of the importance of concept over ornamentation. via Quotes on Design...
Apartment One: Beespace Identity and Collateral
One of Apartment One‘s most recent projects is their work for Beespace, “a new concept nonprofit incubator, helping to identify and launch...
Badass Lady Creatives: 6 Lady-Made GIFs
Illustrated GIFs are a bit like peanut butter fluff sandwiches: an already great thing with some extra sweetness on top. This week’s Badass Lad...
Do Not Open
If, like me, you’ve been admiring Erik Marinovich‘s envelope handiwork via Friends of Type, you are in luck. Now, through his new project...
Type Love: Roihu
Roihu is a new sans serif typeface by Mika Melvas that includes eight upright and eight italic weights. The set also includes a huge selection of sw...
Little Mule Studio
Watch out: this Little Mule kicks. After sharing her talents and building her chops at Pentagram (Austin, TX) and Yee-Haw Industries (Knoxville, TN)...
Interfaces of the Future – A preview from CES 2014
Last week, Vegas played host to yet another hangover edition the future gazing. This year, CES was a global consumer electronics orgy of nerdom. A wee...
Alyssa Blank: Bike & Build Brand Identity and Collateral
Atlanta-based designer Alyssa Blank kicked off her 2014 with some exciting work for Bike and Build, a nonprofit that organizes cross-country bicycle t...
Inspiring Instagramers: vutheara
Username: vutheara Name: VuTheara Kham Info: UI Designer · Photographer · Paris, France · iPhone only VuThéara Kham is the founder of French di...
DIA: Porter & Plot Brand Identity and Packaging
This afternoon I am loving the stripped down, graphic brand identity and collateral that DIA developed for Porter & Plot: Porter & Plot is an ...
Timothy Goodman: Airbnb Installation
Timothy Goodman recently completed an impressive, permanent 60-foot wall installation for Airbnb, the culmination of almost three months of preliminar...