Last Week’s Mail
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I’ve been meaning to share these two packages I’ve received in the last week or so. Recently I was lucky enough to win a free print from t...
Courtney • Type Love 15: Device Type
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This week I’m liking lots of distressed type—something I almost never use in my work, but always admire. The collections below are designed by...
Local Learning
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Image of 3B Letterpress – EDGY Collection by The Type Junkie. $12 for a 5″x7″ print on etsy. As I’ve mentioned before, I love ...
Fashion-inspired
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I’m don’t really consider myself someone who is into “fashion”. Don’t get me wrong, I am definitely into shopping for cl...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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This week I came across Ugmonk, a new site whose mission is “to provide high-quality products with simple, yet fresh graphics”. They curre...
Karen Kurycki
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I discovered this designer’s work through her AIGA Get Out the Vote submissions (see below), which immediately drew me in. I’ll definitely...
Get the Vote Out
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“AIGA invites designers from across the United States to create nonpartisan posters—and YouTube submissions—that inspire the American public...
Opposites Attract
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I’m definitely putting these geometric notecard sets from Sycamore Street Press on my wishlist. Aside from the fun line drawings adorning each c...
Neither Fish Nor Fowl
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Love the design and illustration work of Jim Datz—especially the handdrawn type (surprise, surprise)....
A New Blogging Favorite and Alison Carmichael
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I can’t believe it’s taken me four months to come across the amazing Oatmeal & Cinnamon blog. There Sarah Miller blogs about hand lett...
Time
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Design firm, Johnson Banks, maintains a section on their website where they invite those interested to submit ideas based on the theme of time. If the...
Color Happy 6
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I’m loving the muted palette of this vintage wallpaper. Browse the full collection for more inspiration right here....
Penelope Dullaghan
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There are too many beautiful images to choose from in the portfolio of illustrator Penelope Dullaghan. From pattern art and handdrawn type to fine art...
Inspired By: Soap Packaging
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Clockwise from top left: Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day in Lavender, Earthworks Hazelnut, Est Limão (lime), Mistral South Seas Petit Shea Butter Bar So...
Type Love 14: Fig, Stratum, Maple
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Here are some favorites from Process Type Foundry, who has a small but high quality catalog. I already own a couple of them—Bryant and Locator—but...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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A couple of miscellaneous shirts I’ve seen in the last week or so (coming a little late today). Not much of a theme this time around, but fun sh...
L2 Test Prints
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Here are some really cool test prints by L/2 Design Collective. As with all test prints, the design is random, but you can choose the final layer imag...
Cecilia Ivy
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Love these photos created by 20-year-old student, Cecilia. As you can tell, I’m especially drawn to the ones involving these moody lighting effe...
Meg Hunt
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I really love the illustration style of Meg Hunt, especially her sense of color and all of the textural details in each piece. You can check out more ...
Perspectv
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This site is great for anyone wanting to keep up with all of the election news. Perspctv takes traditional news feeds as well as blog posts and tweets...
Beautifool
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Gorgeous handdrawn type. See more here. via Design Notes...
Goodbye Summer
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I hope everyone had a great long weekend. This seemed like the perfect image to share with you as summer comes to a close. Summa Time pattern and icon...
More of Frank Chimero
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Designer and illustrator Frank Chimero came up the other day in my Old School post. And I didn’t want to forget to mention another recent projec...
Yet another thing to add to my Etsy wishlist…
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The typography geek in me is in love with these paper products from Peep Paper. They have such a perfect tagline: “Handmade stuff for letter lov...
Color Happy 5
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Flock by Andrew Douglas Underwood, who has a beautiful understanding of color. You can see more of his work right here....
Little Ones
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Love these quirky photographs of children by Delphine Chanet. via black*eiffel...
2009 Calendar Wishlist
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Lately I’ve seen quite a few posts about 2009 calendar options. And although I mostly feel it’s a little bit early, I can’t help but...
Type Love 13: Odille, Restraint, Tourette
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This may not appeal to everyone, but here are a couple delicate, flourishy (I’m sure I’m making that word up) fonts with tons of feminine ...
Life of Mystery
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I absolutely love this idea: “Tiny Showcase Presents the first in a new series of mildly factual, mostly fictitious, educational posters — Our...
Old School Favorites
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Check out more gallery images on Flickr Uppercase Gallery’s Old School exhibition finally opened last week in Calgary. If you’re like me a...