Disney Nature
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These flats were created for Disney Nature by Andy Gugel, of 32 round. It’s really refreshing to see something so modern and sophisticated desig...
Courtney • The Bungaloo
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designworklife reader Sara sent in a tip about the amazing work of John Vogl, aka The Bungaloo (he designed her screenprinted save the dates, which I ...
Type Love 37: Antenna
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We talked about Cyrus Highsmith earlier in the week, so I figured I would feature one of his fonts. Antenna is an extremely versatile sans serif type ...
Frug
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I’m not sure I totally understand the story behind this project by Fabian Jochen Kanzler and Steve Michaelis, but the artwork is really beautifu...
Matthew Tischler
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The colors and textures in Matthew Tischler‘s screen series is amazing. Take a look at the rest of his portfolio right here....
Best of New York
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New York magazine released it’s Best of New York double issue this week. And they always ask several design firms for cover art submissions, so ...
Rod Hunt Illustration
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Rod Hunt creates these intricate landscapes and cityscapes that remind me a little bit of the worlds of Futurama....
T-shirt Wednesdays
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I came across the t-shirts by ONLY NY in Time Out New York recently and thought they were really fun. They have a great catalog of typographic tees in...
Holly Farrell
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Wow, these paintings are amazing, especially all the typographic details....
Nice Type
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The Nice Type channel on Vimeo was created by Matthew Buchanan and features “sturdy typography, motion and kinetic type explorations, and other ...
Brains on Fire
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I came across Brains on Fire—a South Carolina-based branding agency—through a random Google search, and I was really interested in and impressed b...
Amanda Kindregan
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I’m loving the retro kitschy illustration style of Seattle-based Amanda Kindregan. If you’re in need of some affordable art, she has lots ...
Brainstorm
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Brainstorm is a two-person print shop based in New Jersey. And in addition to their awesome “Happy Under the Sun” and “Sleepy Under ...
Matt Held Portraits
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If you join Matt Held’s Facebook group (“I’ll have my Facebook portrait painted by Matt Held”), he’ll paint a portrait o...
The Fifty Dollar Logo Experiment (or a Perfect Example of Why Logo Factories are Bad)
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Art by 160/90 For quite some time now, there has been an ongoing discussion (or outrage depending on how you look at it) going on about why logo facto...
The Sketchbooks of Cyrus Highsmith
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MyFonts sent out it’s monthly Creative Characters newsletter the other day, and this time the focus was on Font Bureau’s Cyrus Highsmith. ...
Meg Gleason
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Lovely collage work right here....
Valero Duval
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I’m loving these Aerofauna pieces by Valero Duval. Prints are available at inPRNT....
Jordan Michael Gray
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Check out the portfolio of Jordan Michael Gray on Flickr. via Inspiration Lab...
Color Happy 27
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I am dying for the cold and gray weather to subside right about now, so this week I’m focusing on this fun summer palette from a 2008 issue of M...
inPRNT
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inPRNT promises to be a great new resource for affordable artwork. In order to sell their work, artists simply sign up and submit pieces to the online...
Fun with ASCII
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Typeset something of your own right here....
Type Love 36: Geogrotesque
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Geogrotesque is a new type family from emtype....
Pedro Mari
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“????? ??? is an eternal flow, constantly evolving, never equal to himself.” The beautiful work of Pedro Mari was featured in the Processi...
Emily Glaubinger
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The work of illustrator Emily Glaubinger seems to be marked by intricate, organic linework, and lots of patterns. I especially love this enchanted for...
Jesse Lefkowitz
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I found Jesse Lefkowitz through Tiny Showcase where his print “The Guide” is up for sale (there are still some left as of right now.) Love...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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Interesting gradients: Prisma Gradient, about $51 at Marthuba Utopia, about $41 at Sixpack France...
Emperor of Antartica
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Designer/art director Christian Zander has one of those portfolios that make it practically impossible to choose what to showcase, because every piece...
Great Flickr Find
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The other day I luckily stumbled upon the typographic goodness of wasianed’s Flickr stream. I’m especially loving this Berthold Type Found...
Michael Renaud
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Cool album artwork for The Laureates There are no More Gentlemen album, by designer Michael Renaud. Also check out this amazing calendar design (found...