Pentagram: Jazz at Lincoln Center Brand Refresh
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Paula Scher’s team at Pentagram recently completed a brand refresh of their iconic identity for Jazz at Lincoln Center. The update encompassed c...
Courtney • Type Love: Helia
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Helia, a semi-squared sans serif typeface by Nootype, includes eight weights—from hairline to black—plus italics, and a whole host of OpenType fe...
Office for Evernote Market
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I’m loving this series of t-shirts and posters that Office created for Evernote Market as part of their recent launch. Evernote Market is a new...
Kelli Anderson: The Existential Calculator
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Kelli Anderson‘s latest creation is an incredible paper piece commissioned by Adobe for distribution at the annual AIGA national conference. The...
Kickstarter: Beer Press Coasters
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Beer Press is a new Kickstarter project by Jordan Mummert. The project includes a set of six beer-themed letterpress coasters as well as a handcraf...
The Wire Poster Project
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The Wire Poster Project is a new side project by Oliver Munday. He’s designed one typographic poster for every episode of cult favorite HBO seri...
Spencer Heyfron and Angela Southern: This Is New York
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I am still a faithful print magazine reader, and New York Magazine has been one of my favorites ever since I moved to NYC almost 10 years ago. One fe...
Half His Half Hers: Brynn Birth Announcement
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Brooke and Matt Lunneberg of Half His Half Hers recently designed this lovely little birth announcement package to celebrate the birth of their daugh...
Cat Coquillette: Lucky Lindy Wine Packaging
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Loving this collection of wine labels that Cat Coquillette designed for a good friend’s Golden Birthday....
BLOW: Fashion Walk Fashion Destination Campaign
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I’m loving the pattern-heavy collateral and environmental graphics that Blow developed for the Fashion Walk Fashion Destination campaign, whic...
Lotta Nieminen: Walk this World
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Earlier this week Lotta Nieminen released her first children’s book, Walk this World, a hardcover book that enables children to the explore cult...
Type Love: Becker Gothics
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The Becker Gothics is a new display font family from Dunwich Type Founders: The Becker Gothics pay homage to the nineteenth century American lettering...
Paul X. Johnson Illustration
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I’m loving the dark, mysterious and dramatic work of Paul X. Johnson....
Etsy Finds: Hokoda
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Lovely block printed textiles from Etsy shop Hokoda....
BAND: Forest For The Trees NW
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Portland, Oregon studio Band recently launched a new project for Forest for the Trees, a Pacific Northwest-based public mural project which aims to e...
Anagrama: Checklist Identity and Collateral
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Another great identity project by Anagrama, this time for Checklist, a company that specializes in custom event planning....
Lobulo Design: Atype
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Lobulo Design created a series of sculptural experiments that turn a flat letterform into a three-dimensional object using paper. Get a closer look ri...
Wise Words: Maya Angelou
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A short but sweet message about creativity from Conversations with Maya Angelou. ...
Type Love: Felice
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Felice is a new serif typeface from Nootype, featuring 10 styles, from light to black, plus italics and a slew of OpenType features. Check it out and ...
Marisa Seguin: The Essentials
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The Essentials is a new side project by Marisa Seguin, which was inspired by a friend’s trip to the grocery store where she came home with an am...
Cocolia: Picasso Museum Big Draw Posters
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Each year the Picasso Museum promotes and organizes Big Draw in Barcelona, a celebration of the act of drawing and an event that aims to bring the com...
The Hungry Workshop: Sonia & Glenns Aerogram Invitation
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I’m loving the fun aerogram wedding invitation package designed and printed by The Hungry Workshop for Sonia and Glenn’s nuptials last yea...
Alice Wellinger: The Limits of Love
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Beautiful illustration series by new-to-me Alice Wellinger, called The Limits of Love. via Illustration Age...
Danielle Evans: Food Type
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Designer and illustrator Danielle Evans is running a fun little side type called Food Type, where she creates lovely hand-lettering specimens out of...
Llew Mejia Patterns
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Awesome patterns by Llew Mejia....
Brett King
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I’m really loving the rich, textural design and illustration work of New Zealand-based Brett King. via Designspiration...
Perky Bros: No. Six Depot Identity and Collateral
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One of my favorite studios, Perky Bros, just published a new project to their portfolio, the identity and collateral for No. Six Depot, a small-batch ...
Herencia Mexicana Illustrations
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Herencia Mexicana is a collaborative project intended to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Mexico’s independence. The illustrations below are...
Type Love: Brix Slab
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I’ve been meaning to feature Brix Slab, an extended family of 24 fonts, for quite awhile. Designed by Hannes von Döhren & Livius Dietzel ...
Knoed Creative: Outpost General Store Identity and Collateral
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Great new work for Outpost General Store, a “modern take on an old fashioned general store,” by Knoed, who also happened to have just laun...
New Skillshare Class: How to Create a Style Guide
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I’m exited to announce that I’ll be teaching another Skillshare class next month! I really enjoyed the experience and hope to continue to ...
Eat Real Essentials Interactive eBook
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Eat Real Essentials is an interactive eBook designed for use the iPad. Beautifully designed, the book features all kinds of great information about h...
Gabe Gonzales
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I’m loving the colorful abstract illustrations of Gabe Gonzales. via Ape on the Moon...
Link Magazine Issue 14
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Nice work for Link Magazine Issue 14 by David Di Gennaro, Pietro Buffa, Niccolò Mazzoni and Luca Zamoc....
2013 Gift Guide Call for Submissions and Sponsorships
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It’s that time of year again! The DWL Gift Guide development is underway on our end, and we need your help to make this year’s guide even ...
Judy Kaufmann: Party Collection Prints
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The new Party Collection series of prints by Judy Kaufman is certainly aptly named. The series of four prints features a collection of weird, colorful...
Type Love: Center
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Center is a new typeface by Signal, with geometry based on a rounded rectangle. The typefaces includes 6 weights plus italics and a variety of OpenTy...
Etsy Finds: The Object Enthusiast
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The Object Enthusiast is the one-woman shop of Emily Reinhardt, which aims to “create heirlooms for the modern traditionalist.” The shop f...
Andrew Kolb: Mused on Tattoos Series
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I’m loving this new series by Andrew Kolb, Mused on Tattoos, which he created for Hero Complex Gallery’s Young Guns of Print show that opened...
Alexey Persh: VAQUM
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Nice typographic layouts by Alexey Persh. Get a closer look at VAQUM right here....
Laffy Taffy Photo Shoot
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I realize the focus of this project is fashion. But more than the clothing and accessories, I’m particularly drawn to the colorful, pattern-heav...
Elizabeth Baddeley Wedding Invitations
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I’m loving the colorful, illustrated wedding suite that Elizabeth Baddeley designed for her own wedding this past Spring. via Paper Crush Pinter...
Cue: New Thymes Packaging
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Cue recently developed some beautiful packaging for two Thymes product lines, Clary Sage Tea and Thymes Classics....
Ellen Surrey Illustration
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I’m loving the lively and colorful illustration work of Los Angeles-based illustrator Ellen Surrey. via Gems...
Tanamachi Studio: Touch of Nature Prints
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I’m loving this new pair of prints by Tanamachi Studio. The two 20″ square designs were beautifully printed on 2ply wood veneer, in oak a...
Type Love: Respublika FY
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Respublika FY is a new sans serif family by Fontyou that includes five weights plus italics. Check it out at MyFonts....
Rice Creative: La Diplomate Identity and Collateral
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Lovely new work by Vietnam-based studio Rice Creative for La Diplomate, a tea shop in Bordeaux, France....
Danielle Kroll: Life’s A Party
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I’m loving Life’s A Party, a project by Danielle Kroll in which she designed and illustrated a pocket planner and book of labels ̶...
Sara Pellegrino: OVER Editorial
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OVER is an editorial project that features the photography and illustration of Sara Pellegrino. I’m loving the interactivity between the painter...
Mohawk Paper’s Maker Quarterly
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I’m really excited about Mohawk Paper’s recent initiative that asks the question, “What will you make today?” This new promoti...
On My Reading List
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I keep a running list of books I want to read. It’s a gigantic list that grows faster than I can possibly keep up with, unfortunately, and incl...
Somewhere Else: Pidgin Identity and Collateral
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Some great new work by Singapore-based studio Somewhere Else for Pidgin, a restuarant that offers “delightful, curious dishes imagined and inspi...
Dodge & Burn T-Shirts
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Photography enthusiasts will love these products by Dodge & Burn, a company “created out of a passion for analogue photography and classic c...
Type Love: Equip
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Equip is a new geometric sans serif from the folks at Hoftype. The typeface features 8 weights, 16 styles and a plethora of OpenType features....
Ty Mattson: Breaking Bad Posters
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Who hasn’t been glued to their TV watching the final episodes of Breaking Bad?? I don’t know about you, but I’ve found the last coup...
F is for Fonts
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F is for Fonts is a collection of hand-painted typefaces that have been digitized into downloadable, vector alphabets. I’ve included a few style...
Etsy Finds: Kari Herer
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I recently rediscovered the beautiful work of Kari Herer—previously featured here—and fell in love with this series of prints. Each one combines t...
Pattern Box
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I can’t wait to get my hands on Pattern Box, a collection of 100 postcard designs by ten contemporary pattern designers. Below you can see a few...
Wise Words: Seth Godin, What If Surfing Was Your Job?
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I was struck by these words by Seth Godin last week, as this is something I need to remind myself of when I get caught up in the sometimes frustrati...
Nina Hunter: C’est la vie Typography
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Beautiful floral typography by Nina Hunter....