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Gold Lunchbox Updates

Courtney • Jun 27, 2013Jun 26, 2013
Karl Hebert, of Gold Lunchbox, just recently updated his portfolio with a ton of excellent new work. A few favorites are below…...
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Cotton Bureau

Courtney • Jun 27, 2013Jun 26, 2013
Cotton Bureau is a new venture from the creative minds behind United Pixelworkers that gives designers like you the opportunity to have shirts printe...
Design

Christopher Eckel

Courtney • Jun 26, 2013Jun 25, 2013
Christopher Eckel recently left a postition at VSA Partners to take advantage of freelance opportunities, and as a result just launched a new site to...
Design
Tolleson Design: Adobe Lightroom 5

Tolleson Design: Adobe Lightroom 5

Courtney • Jun 26, 2013Dec 1, 2013
Feast your eyes on the innovative, magical work that Tolleson developed for Adobe to promote the release of Lightroom 5. On location deep within a coa...
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Type Love: Rolling Pen

Courtney • Jun 26, 2013Jun 25, 2013
Rolling Pen is a new script from Suditupos. Similar to their 2009 release Business Penmanship, Rolling Pen was inspired by vintage hand-writing and ca...
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Recent Grad: Sarah Surrette

Courtney • Jun 25, 2013Jun 24, 2013
Sarah Surette is a recent Tyler School of Art grad with quite the portfolio. Here are a few examples of the pieces that caught my eye:...
Design

Type Love: Preto Sans and Preto Serif

Courtney • Jun 25, 2013Jun 24, 2013
Designed by Ján Filípek, Preto is an extensive type family that includes a collection of over 16 fonts that include sans, serif, italics and a wid...
Typography

Shauna Lynn Panczyszyn: Hand Lettering

Courtney • Jun 25, 2013Jun 25, 2013
Beautiful hand-lettering and illustration by Orlando, Florida-based Shauna Lynn Panczyszyn:...
Illustration
Matter: The Farm Business Cards

Matter: The Farm Business Cards

Courtney • Jun 25, 2013Dec 1, 2013
Matter created this awesome identity and 12 page, side-stitched business card for The Farm, a design consultancy. Get a closer look right here....
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Student Work: Amber Asay: Design Variety

Courtney • Jun 24, 2013Jun 24, 2013
To promote herself to prospective employers and clients, recent grad Amber Asay  (previously featured here) created Design Variety, a beautifully de...
Design

Cocolia Identity and Stationery

Courtney • Jun 24, 2013Jun 24, 2013
I’m loving these graffitied business cards that Barcelona-based studio Cocolia designed for themselves. Get a closer look right here. via Type...
Design

Factory North: Angela & Evan Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Jun 24, 2013Jun 24, 2013
Portland-based studio Factory North created this warm and friendly identity for Angela & Evan Photography, a Seattle wedding photography duo. I...
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Type Love: Paperback

Type Love: Paperback

Courtney • Jun 24, 2013Dec 3, 2013
Last week House Industries introduced Paperback, a set of 15 serif fonts including both text and display cuts, plus a series of ornaments. This new re...
Typography

Jonny Wan: Audi | The A-Z of Q

Courtney • Jun 21, 2013Jun 20, 2013
Illustrator Jonny Wan worked with agency Northstar to develop The A-Z of Q, a series of spot illustrations and front cover feature for Audi Magazi...
Illustration

T. Koppel Design Posters

Courtney • Jun 21, 2013Jun 20, 2013
Brooklyn-based T. Koppel Design recently launched a brand new website and shop. The shop features a pretty large selection of posters that span topics...
Design

The Making of Design Fu Mural on Vimeo

Courtney • Jun 21, 2013Jun 20, 2013
Check out this incredible mural—don’t miss the video documentation!—that Yiu Studio created for their new office. The design fuses their lov...
Design

Burgess Studio: Planting Poetry

Courtney • Jun 20, 2013Jun 19, 2013
Planting Poetry is a series of colorful, typographic sculptures that were created by Burgess Studio for the Ministry of Stories, a charity that a...
ArtDesign
Gra Monteleone: BHF Calories Calculator Illustrations

Gra Monteleone: BHF Calories Calculator Illustrations

Courtney • Jun 20, 2013Dec 1, 2013
I’m loving the playful approach that Gra Monteleone took in creating this series of illustrations to accompany a calories calculator for the Br...
Illustration

Type Love: Bicyclette

Courtney • Jun 20, 2013Jun 19, 2013
Bicyclette is a new sans serif typeface by Nikola Kostic, whose name was chosen because it is “all about balance and elegance.” The famil...
Typography
Eoin Duffy: On Departure

Eoin Duffy: On Departure

Courtney • Jun 20, 2013Dec 1, 2013
Do yourself a favor this morning and take a few minutes to watch Eoin Duffy’s new animated short film, On Departure. Visually minimal yet emoti...
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Tyler Adam Smith: 100 Books that SHOULD be written

Courtney • Jun 18, 2013Jun 17, 2013
As part of SVA’s Masters of Branding program, the students are each currently participating in a self-initiated project that spans the course o...
Design

Type Love: Tenso

Courtney • Jun 18, 2013Jun 17, 2013
Tenso is the latest from Jos Buivenga’s foundry exljbris. This friendly sans serif includes five weights, from light to black, plus italics. Pi...
Typography

The Beauty of Letterpress: Rebuild Moore Edition

Courtney • Jun 18, 2013Jun 17, 2013
Today’s newest Beauty of Letterpress launch is “Rebuild Moore,” a print commissioned by Neenah Paper to raise funds for Architecture...
Design
Food Chocolate Design

Food Chocolate Design

Courtney • Jun 18, 2013Dec 1, 2013
In addition to being three of my favorite things, Food Chocolate Design is an exhibition and accompanying publication featuring the work of various fo...
DesignIllustration

Student Work: Michelle Wang: The Art of Scent

Courtney • Jun 17, 2013Jun 17, 2013
I’ve featured the work of Pratt student Michelle Wang a couple of times before, so it’s no surprise that I’m equally impressed with ...
Design

BLOW: Astrobrights Thank You Cards

Courtney • Jun 17, 2013Jun 17, 2013
I couldn’t resist posting another of Blow’s recent projects this morning—this time a series of thank-you cards also printed on Astrobrig...
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BLOW: Polytrade Paper Packaging

Courtney • Jun 17, 2013
Feast your eyes on this gorgeous packaging that Blow created for Polytrade paper to explore the possibilities of the Astrobrights paper series. The f...
Design

Jonathan Adler for Paperless Post

Courtney • Jun 17, 2013Jun 17, 2013
I just discovered Jonathan Adler’s Paperless Post collaboration, which features the bright colors, playful illustrations and graphic patterns I&...
Paper Goods

Type Love: Nyte

Courtney • Jun 14, 2013Jun 17, 2013
Nyte is a 2012 release from DSType. This serif family was originally designed for New York Times Magazine, and features all sorts of swashes and alter...
Typography

Lumadessa Hummingbirds

Courtney • Jun 14, 2013Jun 13, 2013
Yesterday Lumadessa introduced two new vibrant hummingbird prints, as well as a re-issue of the original Ruby-throated Hummingbird  The three prints...
Illustration

Band: Lowbrau Beirhalle Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Jun 14, 2013Jun 13, 2013
I’m loving this project by new-to-me Portland, Oregon-based studio Band. Their design for Lowbrau Beirhalle, a beer hall and sausage joint in S...
Design

BVK + Timothy Goodman: CITGO Fueling Good Road Trip

Courtney • Jun 13, 2013Jun 12, 2013
BVK Milwaukee recently collaborated with Timothy Goodman on the CITGO Fueling Good Road Trip, which aims to promote CITGO through the good things t...
Illustration
Rogier Wieland: Starbucks Coffee Perfection

Rogier Wieland: Starbucks Coffee Perfection

Courtney • Jun 12, 2013Dec 1, 2013
Check out this fun promotion that animator Rogier Wieland developed for Starbucks to illustrate the reversed story of how their coffee goes from bea...
Design

Perky Bros: Dogshells Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Jun 12, 2013Jun 12, 2013
DWL favorite Perky Bros recently launched a site update featuring lots of new work. I’m especially loving the brand and collateral that they dev...
Design

Hannah Rampley Textile Design

Courtney • Jun 10, 2013Jun 10, 2013
I can’t get enough of the gorgeous, fruit-inspired textile designs of recent grad Hannah Rampley. There’s lots more to see in her portfoli...
DesignIllustration

End of Work: Bib & Tucker Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Jun 10, 2013
New, beautiful work from End of Work for Bib & Tucker,  new restaurant in Western Australia: Bib & Tucker is a restaurant and bar on Leighto...
Design

Type Love: Richler

Courtney • Jun 7, 2013Jun 17, 2013
Richler is a beautiful new serif family from Shinntype. Described as “an open, evenly spaced book face designed for quality headlines and enhan...
Typography

Timothy Goodman: The New Yorker Fiction Issue

Courtney • Jun 7, 2013Mar 26, 2014
Timothy Goodman recently completed a really fun project for The New Yorker‘s Fiction Issue, entitled “Crimes and Misdemeanours.” H...
DesignIllustration

Michael Mullan Illustration

Courtney • Jun 6, 2013Jun 5, 2013
Check out the beautiful illustration, lettering and pattern design work of Michael Mullan....
DesignIllustration
Nina Azzarello: Icon Ink

Nina Azzarello: Icon Ink

Courtney • Jun 6, 2013Dec 1, 2013
http://www.behance.net/gallery/Icon-Ink/8488019 For those of you who prefer to something more interesting to your default computer icons, designer Ni...
Design

Shantanu Suman: Horn Please Musical Boxes

Courtney • Jun 5, 2013Jun 3, 2013
As part of his Horn Please exhibition, Shantanu Suman created a series of beautiful music boxes to demonstrate the various horns found in Indian truck...
ArtDesign
Ludlow Kingsley: Santa Monica Festival Post Card

Ludlow Kingsley: Santa Monica Festival Post Card

Courtney • Jun 5, 2013Dec 1, 2013
Check out Ludlow Kingsley‘s 2013 design for the Santa Monica Festival, an annual cultural event. I’m loving the color palette, in particul...
DesignIllustration
Student Work: Mia A. Johnson: Adventure Supply Kit

Student Work: Mia A. Johnson: Adventure Supply Kit

Courtney • Jun 4, 2013Dec 1, 2013
For her thesis project at the University of San Francisco, Mia Johnson created Adventure Supply Kit, which was “designed to aid, inspire, and en...
Design

Type Love: Klinic Slab

Courtney • Jun 4, 2013Jun 17, 2013
I have a bit of a weakness for slab serifs, so Lost Type Co-op’s latest release, Klinic Slab, is right up my alley. Designed by Joe Prince, the...
Typography
Merit Animation

Merit Animation

Courtney • Jun 4, 2013Dec 1, 2013
Jim Leszczynski sent over this great little animation that I’m happy to share with you this morning. The animation was developed for Merit, an...
DesignIllustration

Adam Quest: Editorial Illustration

Courtney • May 31, 2013May 27, 2013
A great series of illustrations by Poland-based designer and illustrator Adam Quest. Check out the rest of his Behance portfolio for more. via Illust...
Illustration

My Name is Wendy: Freaks Alphabet

Courtney • May 31, 2013May 27, 2013
The Freaks Alphabet, by My Name is Wendy, is a series of letterforms created from a catalog of vector shapes and design sketches. Get a closer look ri...
Design

The Blksmith Design Co. Shop

Courtney • May 31, 2013May 27, 2013
The Blksmith Design Co. is the Southern California-based design studio of David M. Smith. He has some excellent work in his portfolio (which you shoul...
Design
Tatalab: Yorokobu Numbers

Tatalab: Yorokobu Numbers

Courtney • May 30, 2013Dec 1, 2013
I’m loving this playful series of numbers that Tatalab created for Yorokobu Magazine. via Present & Correct...
Design

Type Love: Adriane Swash

Courtney • May 30, 2013Jun 17, 2013
Adriane Swash, a companion to Adriane Text, includes uppercase, lowercase and small caps, as well as a wide range of OpenType features, including al...
Typography
Passport: Word. Brand Identity

Passport: Word. Brand Identity

Courtney • May 30, 2013Dec 1, 2013
UK-based studio Passport recently developed the identity and collateral for Word., a copywriting company. Word approached us wanting a complete brand...
Design
Paperlux: MS Europa 2 Christening Invitation

Paperlux: MS Europa 2 Christening Invitation

Courtney • May 29, 2013Dec 1, 2013
Paperlux created this incredible Save the Date for the christening of MS Europa 2, a new luxury liner for Hapag-Lloyd Cruises. Check out the video ...
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Laura Berglund: Anne Vieux Identity and Collateral

Courtney • May 29, 2013May 27, 2013
Laura Berglund recently launched a brand new portfolio site, with lots of new work. One of the projects that caught my eye in particular, is this grap...
Design

Sideshow Press Shop

Courtney • May 29, 2013May 27, 2013
I’m not sure when they launched, but I just discovered that Sideshow Press has an entirely new (to me, anyway) website, blog and shop. The shop ...
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Sarah Thorne: Paper Stock Stationery and Ephemera

Sarah Thorne: Paper Stock Stationery and Ephemera

Courtney • May 29, 2013Dec 1, 2013
I’m loving this series of black and white stationery items by Sarah Thorne, which includes seasonal notebooks, cards, envelopes and wrap for UK...
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Heartwork 2013

Courtney • May 28, 2013May 27, 2013
Heartwork is an annual project designed to raise money for art supplies within the art room at Target House, which is a “home-away-from-home for...
Design

Type Love: Diversa

Courtney • May 28, 2013Jun 17, 2013
Diversa is an interesting new display face from DSType: Diversa is a single typeface with 9 fonts within, containing 2760 glyphs, divide in 9 stylisti...
Typography

Justin Pervorse: Draplin Poster

Courtney • May 28, 2013May 27, 2013
I’m loving this poster that Justin Pervorse designed for a recent talk by Aaron Draplin. The concept, graphic and content are perfectly appropr...
Design

Studio Muti: Highlife SA

Courtney • May 24, 2013May 23, 2013
Studio Muti recently designed and illustrated a cover for British Airways’ inflight magazine, Highlife SA. The design was inspired by things to...
DesignIllustration

Rick Murphy: Seattle Print

Courtney • May 24, 2013Jun 3, 2013
Rick Murphy, of Hardly Code, just released his first print inspired by the city of Seattle. The four-color screen print, signed and numbered by the ar...
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