Rook: Various Identities
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I’m loving all of the identity work coming out of new-to-me, Athens, Georgia-based studio Rook. Check out a few of my favorite projects are belo...
Courtney • Studio Fludd: Gelatology Series
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As part of their self-publishing collection, EPHEMERA & MISCELLANEA, Studio Fludd developed Gelatology, a booklet (available here) that exploresÂ...
The Company You Keep: Builders Arms Hotel Social Campaign
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Australia-based studio The Company You Keep developed this clean and bold typographic campaign to facilitate an ongoing dialogue between the Builders...
Style guide class starts this week!
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Just a quick reminder that my new Skillshare class, By The Book: Create a Style Guide for Your Brand, opens up this Thursday. Once again you have lif...
Paperlux: Arjowiggins Reinventing the Bookmark
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The Paperlux team created this series of fun, colorful—and incredibly useful for book lovers!—bookmarks for Arjowiggins. Check out more details ri...
Johnny Kotze: Wimpy Kids Illustrations
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South Africa-based illustrator Johhny Kotze created this series of playful characters for the Wimpy restaurant’s (a UK hamburger chain) kids men...
J.D. Humphreys: An Invitation Across the Nation Poster Series
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An Invitation Across the Nation is a collection of twenty posters featuring and celebrating musical artists from the 1960s, especially those who help...
Carlos Lerma and Azucena Morales: Geeks Illustration
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Illustrators Carlos Lerma and Azucena Morales recently collaborated on this colorful and fun illustration as part of a submission for Picnic Magazine...
Type Love: Urge Text
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Urge Text is a recent release from Schizotype that includes six weights in regular and condensed widths, plus matching italics. Check it out a pick ...
Typefight Relaunch
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Typefight, “an arena for alphabetic altercations,” recently relaunched and it is looking awesome. Each day the Typefight folks pit two des...
Bosque: Oaxaca Moleskine
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I’m loving the vibrant design and illustrations that Bosque created for the Oaxaca moleskine for Monoblock....
Karsh Hagan: Colorado Tourism Wine Bottles
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The folks at Karsh Hagan designed this unique wine bottle for the annual Governor’s Tourism Conference in Colorado. Each bottle was laser etched an...
Taylor Goad Portfolio Update
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Talented designer Taylor Goad recently launched a brand new site, featuring all sorts of new projects. A few favorite images are below, but you can c...
Ghost: Ladies & Gentlemen Identity and Stationery
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Beautiful, sophisticated work by Ghost for Ladies & Gentlemen, a full service millinery boutique offering high-end, handmade and custom hats fro...
Kickstarter: Oakland Illustrated by The Weekend Press
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Every so often a Kickstarter project comes through my inbox that I get really excited about, and Oakland Illustrated is definitely one of them. Curate...
Type Love: Post Grotesk
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Post Grotesk is a new release via Village’s Incubator program, and the first typeface designed by Josh Finklea. The typeface features four feat...
DIA: Speak Up Africa Identity and Collateral
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New York-based studio DIA developed this bold identity and series of collateral pieces for Speak Up Africa, a non-profit organization dedicated to ...
Telegramme: Hawt Sauce
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Telegramme recently updated their portfolio with a ton of new projects that span various design disciplines. One that particularly caught my eye is th...
Michael George Haddad: Zodiac
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If you’ve been a reader for a little while, you may remember Michael George Haddad‘s self-initiated project, Mid-Century Canada. Well he&#...
Korn Design: Area Four Restaurant Identity and Collateral
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Restaurant identity design is one of my favorite things to feature, so when Jeshurun Webb sent over her work for Area Four I jumped at the chance to p...
Berto Martinez Illustration
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These beautiful water color fashion illustrations were created by Berto Martinez for Tantalum Magazine....
Anna Dunn Illustration
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I’m loving Anna Dunn‘s graphic patterns and illustrations....
Andrew Colin Beck: Aurora Florence Identity and Album Design
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I’m loving this sophisticated, feminine identity and collateral that Andrew Colin Beck developed for Aurora Florence, a singer, songwriter, vio...
Type Love: Geli
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Geli is a friendly, hand-lettered typeface by Volcano, including over 130 OpenType features. Check it out at MyFonts....
MartÃn Azambuja Illustration
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Awesome design and illustration work by Uraguay-based designer MartÃn Azambuja....
Think Work Observe: Mask / Snake / Surprise Prints
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Think Work Observe recently designed this series of illustrated prints—Snake, Mask and Surprise—for Editions of 100, an online shop that sells li...
Marco Goran Romano: GQ Germany Illustrations
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Loving the style and color palette of this illustration series by Marco Goran Romano for GQ Germany....
Student Work: Apollo Identity and Collateral
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As a student project, designers Tiffany R. Hsu, Eric Cancino and Nathan Shigeta developed this identity and extensive collateral system for the clo...
Type Love: Grumpy
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Grumpy (which was used in the charity:ball invitations I posted last week) is a display face with six optical variants. Pick it up at MyFonts....
Always With Honor: Boke Bowl Identity and Collateral
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Earlier this month Always With Honor launched a brand new site. I’m particularly loving their work for Boke Bowl, a Portland-style ramen shop. C...
Chelsea Brink: Cheerios Illustrations
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Chelsea Brink recently collaborated with Zeus Jones to create these fun e-card illustrations for Cheerios for the purpose of encouraging familie...
Ed Spence Collages
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I’m loving these pixelated collages by Ed Spence: Using a knife and a ruler I dissect the information within the image. The hand-generated pix...
Type Love: Odesta
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Odesta is another recent release from Village that flew to to the top of my wishlist. Designed by Ondrej Jób of Urtd, the typeface features seven w...
Patrick Fry: Good Design Identity and Site Design
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Patrick Fry developed the identity and website design for Good Design, a blog by Joseph Maduma that focuses on “design and creativity that is cr...
Last Call for Gift Guide Submissions
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Quick reminder: If you’ve been meaning to submit a gift idea for this year’s Gift Guide, you have until this Friday, November 1st to do so...
John-Patrick Thomas Illustration
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Loving the illustration work of John-Patrick Thomas, who is currently a Jr. Designer at Penguin Books....
Clare Cousins Architects: Moor Street Studio
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This space designed by Clare Cousins Architects looks like such an inspiring, energizing place to live and work....
Noise 13: Reorient Identity and Packaging
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Beautiful work by Noise 13 for Reorient, a brand that creates herbal tonics and broths: Based in San Francisco, Reorient creates artisanal herbal to...
Type Love: Mrs Summer
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Mrs Summer is a “a hand drawn narrow typeface with a Western touch.” This display face comes with two weights—regular and bold—all ca...
Joseph Veazey: Azede Jean-Pierre S/S 2011 Lookbook
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Lovely work by Joseph Veazey for the Azede Jean-Pierre S/S 2011 Lookbook....
Andrew Suggit: Sanctuary 28
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While at TUSK Agency, Andrew Suggit was tasked with the rebranding of Sanctuary 28, a builder of homes strongly influenced by coastal living. Creativ...
Caetano Calomino Lettering
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An impressive collection of lettering samples by Caetano Calomino. Much more to see in his portfolio and on his Facebook page....
ElloThere: National Parks Explorers Guide
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Mama’s Sauce recently produced this fun limited edition print by Seth Lucas of ElloThere. The 5-color screen print features all of the U.S. nati...
Introducing Skillshare Challenges
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If you’re taking any Skillshare classes, you may have noticed that they recently introduced a new feature: Challenges. This feature allows teach...
Type Love: LCT Palissade
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LCT Palissade is a formal, all caps display font by LCT. Check it out at MyFonts....
Kyle Miller: Dyer & Jenkins Identity and Collateral
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Kyle Miller recently developed the identity and collateral for Dyer & Jenkins, an American-made men’s clothing line. Lifestyle images shot b...
Dan Blackman New Site
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Last week Dan Blackman launched a brand new site featuring lots of great new work. In particular, these two restaurant/bar projects caught my eye: Du...
The Midnight Moment Project
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I’m late to the game in discovering the Midnight Moment project, an initiative by the Times Square Advertising Coalition (TSAC) and Times Square...
Mike Smith: Charity Water Ball Invitation Package
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Mike Smith recently did a beautiful job of designing the invitation package and collateral for charity:water‘s annual charity:ball. Be sure to c...
DWL Gift Guide Ad Spots
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I’m extending the ad submission deadline for this year’s Gift Guide until the end of the day tomorrow, October 22nd, so I thought I would ...
Varado & Co.
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A nice selection of work by Milwaukee-based Varado & Co....
Type Love: Superior Title
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Superior Title is a new release by one of my favorite type designers, Jeremy Mickel. The family is available in “five feature-rich weights̶...
Ethan Park: Unconventional Lettering
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I’m loving these pieces of unconventional lettering and typography by UK-based designer Ethan Park....
Kerry F. Williams Design
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Awesome work by Kerry F. Williams, a Los Angeles-based designer that has worked at some really great agencies....
Type Love: Quiroga
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Quiroga is a space-saving serif typeface that was designed for continuous text and optimized for smaller sizes. Pick up a copy for yourself—current...
Etsy Finds: Oh Gosh, Cindy!
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I’m loving these watercolor portraits of various characters from movies and TV (some of my favorites!) by Oh Gosh, Cindy!. Check out the rest o...
Craig & Karl: Eyes on the Horizon
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Craig & Karl recently collaborated with MCM on Eyes on the Horizon, a playful collection of luxury handbags and accessories. via LL Reps News...
Moodley Brand Identity: J. Hornig Identity and Collateral
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Moodley Brand Identity developed this work for J. Hornig, a new coffee brand. More to see right here....
Supermundane
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Artist and designer Rob Lowe, also known as Supermundane, recently launched a brand new site. via Form Fifty Five...
States of Matter: Rivet & Sway Pop-up Shop
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States of Matter recently helped designer sunglasses brand Rivet & Sway conceptualize and create a really fun pop-up shop concept: Rivet and Swa...