Alberto Seveso
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The work of Italian designer and illustrator, Alberto Seveso, completely blew me away. His style is very different from my own, so the layering in his...
Courtney • Helvetica Hoodies!
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I love this hoodie! (Especially the black one with pink letters, super girly I know.) And it’s even cooler that all the letters are individually...
Some Packaging Eye Candy
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Here’s some smart, clean and functional packaging from BVD out of Stockholm. They also have some great identity work, see that here. I also real...
Harmonie interieure Prints
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I became obsessed with these typographic designs when I saw them on the Graphic Exchange last fall. And I hadn’t visited the main site in awhile...
My Secret Playlist
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Next Tuesday Lost at E Minor will be launching what promises to be a really cool email newsletter. Every week a different guest musician will compile ...
Handwritten Typographers
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Cameron Adams over at The Man in Blue put together a really fun post that showcases the handwriting of several prominent typographers. See Sebastian L...
Type Love 7: Tisa and Atma
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FontShop does it again, with another great newsletter this week. I’m always on the lookout for a friendly text weight serif family, so here are ...
New from Thomas Paul
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I caught these new Thomas Paul stationery products via the See Jane Work newsletter last night. Fun. Check out everything that’s available right...
San Francisco Shops: What I found, Part 2/2
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While I was checking out some of the shops I had on my list I ended up stumbling upon a few others that are definitely worth visiting when in the area...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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Spotlight on Campfire Goods From the 50 States series, $20 right here From the City series, $20 right here...
San Francisco: Vaillancourt Fountain
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After checking out the Ferry Building we stumbled upon this really amazing public artwork at the Embarcadero Center. After doing a little bit of resea...
I Wish I Had More Wall Space
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Yesterday I discovered another blog (via Uppercase) dedicated solely to posters and prints. Not that I need another blog to add to my list, but from w...
San Francisco Shops: What I Found, Part 1/2
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While I was checking out some of the shops I had on my list I ended up stumbling upon a few others that are definitely worth visiting when in the area...
The Heads of State Site Redesign
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One of the many growing collections in my apartment is screen-printed show posters. We have quite a few of them, designed by various artists for sever...
Apologies for the Down Time
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Unfortunately you may have noticed this site has been in and out today. As a result (of this and several other problems we’ve been having with a...
The Daily Heller
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For awhile now, design aficionado Steven Heller has been writing a column for the online version of Print Magazine where he posts short design-related...
San Francisco Shops: What I Saw
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For quite awhile I had been compiling a list of the San Francisco shops that I wanted to visit. I didn’t get to all of them, unfortunately, but ...
HOW Conference mp3s Available
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The HOW Conference site has posted mp3s of most of the 2008 sessions. You can download single sessions for $15 and workshops for $19, or you can get t...
A Little Housekeeping
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Just wanted to give a quick update on a few small changes that were made around here over the weekend—nothing drastic, mainly small organizational c...
Dee and Lala
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Here’s some really fun letterpressed stationery from Dee and Lala. Love the illustrations, especially the whales....
Happy Weekend and Updates
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Hope everyone has a great fourth of July. I’ll be at Yankee Stadium tomorrow cheering on the Red Sox. (Yeah yeah, I know, I live in New York. Bu...
Fabric Goodness
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I’ve mentioned before how much I love pattern art, so naturally I’m drawn to patterned fabrics. I’m definitely not an expert, but on...
Type Love 6: Freight and Omnes
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Freight Display by Joshua Darden (Love the italic forms in particular, shown below.) Omnes also by Joshua Darden (I’m especially a fan of these ...
AIGA/Aquent Salary Survey
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AIGA has released the results of their 2008 Salary Survey. Download your copy here. Or you can also find more details and a salary calculator right he...
In the Heights
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This is not entirely design-related but this past weekend I got to see the Broadway show, “In the Heights”, which just won four Tony Award...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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I couldn’t decide on just two this week… Field Study, $20 at Threadless Le Romantique, $20 at Threadless colorstorm, $20 at Design By Huma...
New-to-me Design Conferences
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I had such a good experience at the HOW Conference this year, that I’d like to try to attend conferences more often. And I recently read about a...
San Francisco: Cornerstone Place
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While driving up to Napa and looking for something to eat we stumbled upon Cornerstone Place in Sonoma. It turned out that their cafe was undergoing r...
5 Questions with Wayne Geyer
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One of the HOW Conference presentations I really enjoyed was “Write More Good: Copywriting for Visual Thinkers” with Wayne Geyer. A design...
Leesa Leva shop open!
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Check it out here....