Wow.
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I’ve always been inspired by the work of Why Not Associates. But these two recent projects blew me away. I’ve definitely never seen a scho...
Courtney • Marie Bushbaum
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I stumbled upon the lovely work of Marie Bushbaum on Behance the other night. She is an extremely talented pattern designer. But what I love most abou...
Color Happy 3
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This palette is definitely unique, and the design—by Helmo, out of France—is so intricate and layered. I see something new every time I look at it...
Rami Niemi
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I’m in love with these bold black and white illustrations. And check out that hand drawn type! Rami Niemi hails from Finland where he is represe...
Type Love 11: Aerotype
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I’m really liking these chunky slab serifs—what they call Western/19th century—from Aerotype. Again, I don’t really get to use type li...
Harvard Business Review Classics
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There’s nothing I don’t love about the design of these books—their compact size, the colors, their common design elements and, this goes...
A Pleasant Surprise
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Somehow I managed to get on Mike Perry’s mailing list—snail mail, not email. I have no idea how it happened, but hey, I’m not complainin...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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I love the simplicity of these type tees from Print Liberation. If I was having a bad day and saw someone walking down the street in one these, it wou...
Maximalist
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Denis Olenik is one of the designers I follow on Behance. Based out of Belarus, he does some really great logo and identity work. I also really love h...
The Bubble Roome
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Delicious packaging for the Bubble Roome. I especially like that they emphasize each product’s pattern by shooting each one on the same backgrou...
If You Could
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Love the new If You Could prints for August, designed by Jason Munn and Rob Ryan. In case you haven’t heard of the series, it is a monthly print...
Happy Weekend and Miscellany
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Photo from FotografeRx’s photostream So sorry about the lack of posts the last couple of days. I took an unexpected sick day yesterday and today...
Playful Type
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“Playful Type presents an inspiring collection of illustrative fonts and hand-made typography created from a variety of cutting-edge approaches ...
Mike Perry for Studio Nommo
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This may be old news, but I love this wallpaper designed by Mike Perry for Studio Nommo. It looks amazing in that dining room....
Grady McFerrin
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Grady McFerrin’s portfolio is overflowing with beautiful work. But I am especially loving his wine labels, with their gorgeous hand-drawn type. ...
The Confession Issue
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If you haven’t heard of Blanket Magazine, it is a free, bi-monthly, themed PDF publication that features artists and designers and their work. E...
Grow House, Grow!
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I came across these really fun hand-printed wallpaper designs, by Grow House, Grow!, in a recent issue of Time Out New York. I love that each of the d...
Wexner Center Totes
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I found these eco-friendly totes in the latest issue of Readymade. Handmade from banners used to promote previous Wexner Center exhibitions, all of th...
J. Crew Studio
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Not sure how long this feature has been present on J. Crew’s site, but it is new to me. They have this small interactive section which lets you ...
Mary
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New ASG edition print from Art School Girl for August, by Molly Carter. In case you haven’t heard of ASG editions, they produce a new limited ed...
Who Doesn’t Love an &?
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I know it’s not Wednesday but I couldn’t resist. Ampersand Tee, $26 from House Industries...
Color Happy 2
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I’ve had fun pulling color palettes out of found imagery the couple of times I’ve done so—it allows me to get a tiny glimpse into the pr...
Over & Over
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I read about this new book from Mike Perry yesterday on Treasuring, and immediately placed an order. “Over & Over” follows the same fo...
More Pattern Love
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For some reason I don’t usually spend a lot of time browsing through Flickr. I know there’s a ton of great stuff to be seen, and for a lot...
Katie Kirk
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The other day Free Design pointed out “Eli No!”, a children’s book designed by the extremely talented illustrator, Katie Kirk. I abs...
Type Love 10: TypeTrust
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Here are a few typefaces from TypeTrust that I’d like to get my hands on: Prelo Prelo Slab Ventura Heroic Condensed...
Curious…
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I’m excited to see what these paint by numbers turn out to be. Something’s Hiding in Here only revealed that they were shipping to Fred Fl...
ChangeThis
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Yesterday CreativeTechs sent out a really great newsletter that compiled a list of free ebooks geared towards designers. I’ve only gotten to loo...
T-Shirt Wednesdays
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This week I came across new t-shirt site built on the Threadless model, itself. All of their shirts are printed in limited edition, with a maximum of ...
One Reason Why I Can’t Wait for Home Ownership
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This DIY project looks so fun. Originally created by Something’s Hiding in Here, this month Readymade asked them to develop a tutorial, and it l...