Monday Quick Links: 01.31.11

Good Reads: The Typographic Monotony of American Retail, Should Designers’ Business Cards Be Designed?, Be Who You Are. I get asked how to find work relatively often, so I will now be referring all future inquiries to Jessica Hische’s How…

Face.

Face. has some great identity programs in their portfolio, including this one for Milla Suri, a beauty boutique in Mexico.

Eleanor Rudge

Eleanor Rudge was commissioned to create a set of eight table mats for Chiswick House in London. Each one illustrates the story of various owners, inhabitants and associates of the establishment. Check out the rest of the set right here.

Samuel Castaño

Samuel Castaño is an illustrator and designer from Colombia who has quite the talent for collage work. This illustrated book is a perfect example. Get a closer look right here.

USOPPOSTO

This beautiful cookbook, La Puglia in un piatto, was conceptualized and designed by Usopposto. Here is a description of the concept, direct from the source: This book is the result of a study that sought to explore, through the aesthetic…

Amelia Grohman

I’m a big fan of designer Amelia Grohman‘s letterpress work. I spotted the first piece, designed for Peter Kruty Editions, way back in HOW’s 2006 Promotion Design annual when it won Best of Show. At the time I was unable…