Type Love: Gin
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Gin is a new release from Hold Fast Foundry, a vintage-inspired display face that includes stylistic alternates, discretionary ligatures, and multiple...
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There’s Always Money in the Banana Stand
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Who’s excited for Arrested Development‘s return this weekend?!? Well, in addition to me, the folks over at Fiction certainly are—so much...
David Arias: Leuie Identity and Collateral
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David Arias recently completed this dreamy, whimsical brand for Leuie, a company that “captures and celebrates the wonderful joy of childhood...
End of Work iPad Mini Covers
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For the first product in a forthcoming line of “designer type” products, Sydney, Australia-based studio End of Work has produced a seri...
Andrew Lyons: Strong Packaging Illustrations
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Andrew Lyons created these gorgeous illustrations for the packaging for Strong, a new line of nutrient supplements. The textures and subtle color grad...
The “Design Is” Newsprint
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Chicago-based designer Buddy Boor recently sent over this excellent project with a great look and a great message, the “Design Is” newspr...
Vault49: (Sub)Prime Cuts Hand-Painted Saws
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I’m loving these gorgeously hand-painted saws that were created by Vault49, a NYC-based “artistic collaboration, a playground, and a creat...
Make & Matter: Epic Packaging
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I’m in love with this series of package designs that Make & Matter developed for Epic, a line of 100% grass fed animal protein bars....
Anagrama: Cocolobo Identity and Packaging
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Anagrama recently completed this playful, feminine identity, collateral and packaging for Cocolobo, a high-end women’s fashion boutique. Cocolob...
Minimals Paper Goods
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I’m loving the adorable, colorful animal illustrations found at Minimals. The site offers the illustrations on various printed pieces, from gree...
Type Love: Esmeralda Pro
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Esmeralda is a new display serif from Sudtipos, which was heavily influenced by classic capitals carved in stone, and includes a huge amount of ligat...
SAM+CAM Identity and Stationery
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I’m loving the new identity for Sam + Cam, a two-person design studio based in Paris. via Branding Served...
Harry Diaz: Self-Promotional Materials
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Harry Diaz recently created this fun package as a self-promotional piece for current and prospective clients. The package includes four small Risogr...
Student Work: The Good Store
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Editor’s Note: As learned through the comments, this project was actually the result of a group effort. The other designers who worked on The Go...
Michael George Haddad: Funhouse Posters
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Michael George Haddad created this awesome series of posters for Funhouse, a DJ night at a venue called Mugshots, which is located in the historic O...
Lettering by Ryan Hamrick
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My friends at Mama’s Sauce recently pointed me in the direction of Ryan Hamrick, a Pittsburgh-based designer. And as expected, his portfolio did...
Special Event: Designing Better Experiences in the Digital Landscape
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This morning I’d love to point you in the direction of a great design event happening in NYC in just a few weeks. After the Jump: Designing Bet...
Type Love: HWT Unit Gothic
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HWT Unit Gothic is the latest release from the Hamilton Wood Type Foundry, a digitization of the Unit Gothic series, which was released by Hamilton M...
New Prints by Raymond Biesinger
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Raymond Biesinger recently launched several great new prints, including a series that depicts How Illustrations Are Made, his illustrated take on the ...
Sociedad Anónima: Hotel Boca Chica Identity and Collateral
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Hotel Boca Chica, a hotel in Acapulco, Mexico, was once the place to be in the 1950s and 60s, but in recent years had lost its glamorous appeal. To ...
Student Work: Russell Edling: Homespun Records
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For his senior thesis project at the Tyler School of Art, designer Russell Edling created Homespun Records, a “small time record label that put...
Ryan Frease: New Work
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Ryan Frease has been making some excellent work since the last time I checked in with him (way too long ago!) In addition to the two pieces that he cr...
Type Love: Live
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Live is a new release by Lián Types The lively brush script features three fonts, Pro, Standard and Live More which includes a set of pre-designed...
Richard Baird: Solis Brand Identity and Stationery
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Designer Richard Baird—who also runs the excellent blog BP&O—recently completed this beautiful identity for Solis, the fashion label of Tel A...
No-Studio: The Personal Work of Miles Chic
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No-Studio is a showcase of the personal work of Vancouver-based designer and illustrator Miles Chic, who loves “big colour, Japanese & Fren...
Booth: The Secret Garden Brand Identity and Collateral
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Montreal-based studio Booth recently developed this lovely identity for The Secret Garden, a traditional Cape Cod bed and breakfast. Take a look th...
Type Love: Historism Border 2D
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Historism Border 2D is an ornamental font family consisting of various friezes and patterns grouped into four fonts. All of the ornaments were based o...
Somewhere Else: Foodology Brand Identity and Collateral
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Somewhere Else just launched an extensive brand for Foodology, an 8000 square foot restaurant located in Singapore. The project encompassed developmen...
Eoin Duffy: Encounter Short Film
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Encounter is Eoin Duffy‘s short animated film which explores the territorial responses of varying North Atlantic species. The message, which h...
Help Ink T-Shirts!
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Last week Help Ink launched t-shirts, a welcome addition to their shop. This week’s design, “Never Give Up,” comes to you from desig...
The DM Collection: Animal Prints by Daniel Mackie
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The DM Collection is a line of prints and cards featuring the work of artist Daniel Mackie, who is inspired by the styles of traditional Japanese pr...
Kevin Cantrell: Aguas Poster
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Kevin Cantrell recently released the second of seven posters in his “7 Days” series, Águas. This new poster features the same style of g...
Jeremy Pruitt: Bordo Bello Skate Deck
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Jeremy Pruitt, aka Thinkmule, recently contributed a deck design to AIGA Colorado’s Bordo Bello, a skateboard art show that’s been on view...
Kern and Burn: Conversations With Design Entrepreneurs
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The creative minds behind Kern and Burn, 100 Days of Entrepeneurship have just launched the site for their first book, Kern and Burn: Conversations W...
Draw Your Own Alphabets
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Draw Your Own Alphabets: Thirty Fonts to Scribble, Sketch, and Make Your Own is a new book by Tony Seddon that teaches you how to create your own cu...
Cat Neligan: The Owl and the Pussycat Illustrations
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I’m loving Cat Neligan‘s illustrative interpretation of Edward Lear’s The Owl and the Pussycat....
Chloe Allen: Neck of the Woods Project Lettering Project
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Neck of the Woods is hand-lettering project by Chloe Allen, a current student at the University of Leeds. Each entry illustrates a local idiom, from...
Lashun Tines: Diaspora “The Art of Blackness” 2013
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Take a look at Chicago-based designer Lashun Tine‘s work for the 2013 Diaspora “The Art of Blackness” exhibition. (See the 2012 edi...
Amy Walters: Summer Fruits and Berries
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I’m loving this series of bright, summery patterns by illustrator Amy Walters....
Type Love: Tomato
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Tomato is a new discovery for me, but it was actually produced in 2005 by Canada Type. This curvy display face is actually an expanded digitization...
Kathryn Brylinsky: Poppin Free Stuff
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Poppin is definitely a favorite brand of mine, so I was excited to see the work Kathryn Brylinsky (who currently works in house fo them) has develop...
Michael De Pippo: Love at First Flight Wedding Materials
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For Michael de Pippo’s recent nuptials, he designed a super fun suite of materials around the theme of Love at First Flight. The theme, which...
KNOCK: We Heart Trees
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Check out We Heart Trees, KNOCK’s 2013 campaign in celebration of Arbor Day, a site that asks users to design their own virtual trees while als...
Mackey Saturday: New Instagram Logo
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In case you missed the launch of Instagram’s new logo last week, see below for Mackey Saturday‘s new and improved version. I also happened...
The Mood Series on Behance
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The Mood Series, by Riccardo Casinelli, combines cheerful colors with not-so-cheerful messages in this dimensional typography. Love the contrast....
Muxxi: We Are Magical Illustrations
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I can’t get enough of the graphic illustration work of Guatemalan artist Muxxi. The colors! These particular pieces are a new series of symmetri...
Weekly Crop
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Weekly Crop is a new year-long illustration project started by Jim Mezei. Each week four designers and illustrators will interpret the same topic, ...
Hofstede Design: 83/87 Chapel Street Signage
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Hofstede Design recently launched a new website featuring quite a few new projects. In particular, their modern and playful—love the cat chasing the...
Sabrina Smelko: VOA, an Illustrated Science-Fiction Novel
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For her graduate thesis, Sabrina Smelko wrote and illustrated VOA, a science fiction novel focused on the concepts of death, power and justice. If yo...
Student Work: Michelle Wang: Shakespeare Poster Series
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I’m incredibly impressed by this Shakespeare poster series designed by Michelle Wang, a current graphic design student at Pratt. In her words: A...
Andy Luce Updates
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Earlier this year Andy Luce overhauled his portfolio, featuring lots of new work. Below you can see a few projects I’m especially loving, but be...
Animography
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Animography is a side project by Netherlands-based designer Jeroen Krielaars. The site is essentially a type foundry that produces and distributes e...
Adam Wells: The Circle Line
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I don’t post a lot of animation work around here, but every so often one really catches my eye. And Adam Wells‘s beautiful black and whit...
Art Prints by Matthew Korbel Bowers
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Awhile back I briefly featured the work of Matthew Korbel Bowers in Color Happy 152. And after stumbling upon his work again this week, I realized his...
Christophe Remy: Delbôve
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Belgium-based designer Christophe Remy has done some beautiful work for Delbôve, a high-end cosmetics line. Be sure to check out Christophe’s...
Eric Comstock Illustration
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I’m loving the playful retro style of Eric Comstock‘s illustrations....
Type Love: Kana Sans
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Kana Sans was released earlier this year by GT & CANARY, a New York City studio founded by Takaaki Goto, a type designer from Japan. Kana Sans...
Radio: Sea World Orlando Maps
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Radio recently worked with London-based agency Cubo to create all new maps for Sea World in Orlando. Get a closer look right here....
One Heart Boston Letterpress Print
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One Heart Boston is an initiative by Boston-based Hairpin Communications to benefit victims of the Boston Marathon attack. In the aftermath of the at...
Type Love: Verb and Verb Condensed
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Verb and Verb Condensed are two sans serif families from Yellow Design Studio. Verb Condensed is just a slightly more condensed version of the origina...