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42 Pressed: Ayat and Azaan Birth Announcements

Courtney • Mar 20, 2013Mar 20, 2013
42Pressed recently designed and printed this beautiful custom birth announcement for twins Ayat and Azaan. Love the color palette—especially the tif...
DesignPaper Goods

Type Love: Azo Sans Uber

Courtney • Mar 20, 2013Mar 20, 2013
Today I’m loving the chunky, playful letterforms of Azo Sans Uber, the heavy headline version of Azo Sans. Want more type? Check out my Type Wi...
Typography

New Device Creative Collaborative Stationery

Courtney • Mar 20, 2013Mar 20, 2013
Shane Cranford and Ross Clodfelter, of Device Creative Collaborative, recently revealed a new suite of gorgeous, letterpress stationery. I’m e...
Design

The 2012 Feltron Annual Report

Courtney • Mar 19, 2013
Nicholas Felton has once again created a stunning annual report for 2012. This year’s version features 16 pages with sewn stitched binding, prin...
Design

Davy Rudolph: Interactive and Print for Squarespace

Courtney • Mar 19, 2013Mar 18, 2013
New York-based designer Davy Rudolph has produced some beautiful print and interactive work as the Creative Lead at Squarespace.   via Site Insp...
Design

Pupilpeople: 2013 Order is Subjective Prints

Courtney • Mar 19, 2013Mar 18, 2013
Singapore-based studio Pupilpeople has released a colorful series of typographic 2013 prints, using hand-mixed block printing ink pressed with teak w...
Design

Senongo Akpem: Lost Nigeria Photo Essays

Courtney • Mar 19, 2013Mar 18, 2013
Designer Senongo Akpem put together a series of incredible photo essays that depict life in Africa and the U.S. in the 1960s and 70s, entitled Lost Ni...
Photography

Ariel Wilson: Oak Grove Center Gym Artwork

Courtney • Mar 18, 2013Mar 15, 2013
Ariel Wilson recently completed an ongoing project at Oak Grove Center, a therapeutic treatment facility for at-risk kids. Over the past few months A...
Illustration

Bravo Company: Mexout Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Mar 18, 2013Mar 15, 2013
Bravo Company recently completed the identity and collateral for Mexout, a “fresh-mex eatery in Singapore.” Get a closer look right here....
Design

Elisa Werbler: The Birthstones

Courtney • Mar 18, 2013Mar 15, 2013
I’m loving this colorful print series, The Birthstones, by Elisa Werbler. http://elisawerbler.bigcartel.com/category/the-birthstones  ...
Art

CourseHorse NYC: Classes to Take This Week

Courtney • Mar 18, 2013Apr 12, 2013
We’ve teamed up with CourseHorse to bring you a selection of NYC classes that will be of particular interest to you. Here’s what we reco...
Learning

RAW COLOR: TextielMuseum Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Mar 15, 2013Mar 15, 2013
I’m loving the pattern-heavy identity and collateral that Raw Color developed for the TextielMuseum in the Netherlands via Present & Correc...
Design

Type Love: Alegreya ht Pro

Courtney • Mar 15, 2013Mar 15, 2013
Alegreya ht Pro, designed by Juan Pablo del Peral, is a beuatiful serif typeface originally intended for literature. Want more type? Check out my ...
Typography

Alex Pierce: Black In History

Courtney • Mar 15, 2013Mar 15, 2013
Designer Alex Pierce has taken on the ambitious challenge of developing Black In History, a site that curates the names of influential Black Americans...
Design

Type Love: Saint Agnes

Courtney • Mar 14, 2013Mar 15, 2013
Saint Agnes, a “handwritten font with a Roman feel,” is a new release from Great Lakes Lettering. Want more type? Check out my Type Wishl...
Typography

Adam&Co.: PF Flyers FW13 Catalog

Courtney • Mar 14, 2013Mar 14, 2013
Adam&Co. recently had the awesome opportunity to develop the PF Flyers FW13 Catalog. According to Adam, the concept for the catalog was “bas...
Design

lg2boutique: Vintage by Gregory Charles Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Mar 14, 2013Mar 14, 2013
lg2boutique recently created this new campaign for Vintage, a brand new show from the mind of musician Gregory Charles. The show will include a musi...
Design

Student Work: Alex Register

Courtney • Mar 13, 2013Mar 12, 2013
Lots of great stuff to see in the portfolio of Alex Register, a senior graphic design major at Iowa State University....
Design

Owen Davey: Laika

Courtney • Mar 13, 2013Mar 12, 2013
This year, Owen Davey will release his third picture book, entitled Laika. According to Owen, “Laika is based on a true story of a stray, living...
Illustration

Reagan Ray: Signs of Austin

Courtney • Mar 13, 2013Mar 12, 2013
Since many fron the design community are currently living it up in Austin at South by Southwest (jealous!), I thought it apropos to post this personal...
Illustration

Etsy Finds: The Link Collective

Courtney • Mar 12, 2013Mar 12, 2013
One a recent browse through Etsy, I recently came across these awesome graphic Furoshiki cloths by The Link Collective, two friends who live on oppos...
Design

Happy Menocal Paper Goods

Courtney • Mar 12, 2013Mar 12, 2013
I could have sworn I posted about Happy Menocal over here before, but a little research led me to realize I had only shared her beautiful work on Head...
Paper Goods

Marx Design: StrangeLove Promotional Gift

Courtney • Mar 12, 2013Mar 12, 2013
Marx Design created this “strange by lovely” promotional gift to introduce StrangeLove, a new energy drink, to the Australian market. Som...
Design

Type Love: Prism & International

Courtney • Mar 11, 2013Mar 8, 2013
This style of open, linear display type is nothing new, but I’m always drawn to the modern, graphic presence it adds to a design. This week I ha...
Typography

Status Serigraph Posters

Courtney • Mar 11, 2013Mar 8, 2013
I’ve been admiring the poster work of Status Serigraph for quite awhile, so I thought it was high time they got their own post. Full disclosure:...
DesignIllustration

Sagmeister & Walsh: Halftone Satisfaction for Moo

Courtney • Mar 11, 2013Mar 11, 2013
Sagmeister & Walsh are the latest in the line of excellent designers to collaborate with Moo on a line of cards for their Luxe collection. In typi...
Design

CourseHorse NYC: Classes to Take This Week

Courtney • Mar 11, 2013Apr 12, 2013
We’ve teamed up with CourseHorse to bring you a selection of NYC classes that will be of particular interest to you. Here’s what we recomm...
Learning

Eight Hour Day: Olive Juice Studios Identity & Website

Courtney • Mar 8, 2013
Here is yet another incredible identity and web design project by Eight Hour Day. This time they’ve lent their skills to a project for Olive Jui...
Design

Colle + McVoy: Caribou Coffee Life Is Campaign

Courtney • Mar 8, 2013Mar 8, 2013
This week Colle + McVoy is rolling out a new campaign for Caribou Coffee, based around the theme: “Life is more than coffee. That’s why there’...
Design

New Poppin Prints

Courtney • Mar 8, 2013Mar 7, 2013
Poppin, one of my favorite brands, recently added a series of art prints to their inventory. My personal favorites are the three abstract pieces you s...
Products

A Mid-Century Canada Update

Courtney • Mar 8, 2013Mar 7, 2013
You may remember Michael George Haddad’s excellent personal project, Mid-Century Canada, which I featured earlier last month. Well, due to the ...
Products

Erin Jang: A Dumpling Baby Shower

Courtney • Mar 8, 2013Mar 7, 2013
Erin Jang, of The Indigo Bunting, always creates the best party themes. Her latest creation is a little dumpling themed baby shower for a good friend ...
Paper Goods

Substance: Sal Curioso Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Mar 7, 2013Mar 19, 2013
Sal Curioso is an interesting restaurant concept, which was visually brought to life by Substance, a studio with locations in both Paris and Hong Kong...
Design

A New Site for Dan Cassaro

Courtney • Mar 7, 2013Mar 6, 2013
Dan Cassaro launched a brand new site this week, with lots of new work to see. Love the black and white stripes!...
Design

Erik Marinovich: Cincinnati Magazine Lettering

Courtney • Mar 7, 2013Mar 6, 2013
Erik Marinovich recently created this gorgeous lettering and set of numerals for Cincinnati Magazine‘s annual ‘Where to Eat’ issue....
Design

Kickstarter: Commodity: Premium Fragrances with Home Try-Ons

Courtney • Mar 7, 2013Mar 7, 2013
I’m not a big fragrance person, but that’s due, at least in part, to the problem Commodity is now trying to solve. Once their Kickstarter ...
Design

Type Love: Refrigerator Deluxe

Courtney • Mar 6, 2013Mar 8, 2013
Since I just mentioned Mark Simonson’s new site launch, I thought it only fitting to feature one of his new-to-me fonts. Refrigerator Deluxe i...
Typography

A Brand New Site for Mark Simonson

Courtney • Mar 6, 2013Mar 5, 2013
Yesterday Paravel launched a brand new site for type designer Mark Simonson, that puts his many typefaces front and center. It features a fully respon...
Design

Nicole Zeigler & Mike McQuade: Wedding Materials

Courtney • Mar 6, 2013Mar 5, 2013
This morning I’m excited to share the wedding materials of designer couple Nicole Zeigler and Mike McQuade. Nicole and Mike collaborated on the ...
Paper Goods

KentLyons: Tricolette Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Mar 5, 2013Mar 5, 2013
I’ve admired this project by KentLyons for quite awhile, so I’m not sure why it’s taken me so long to get it up on the site! Tricole...
Design

Etsy Finds: Osborn Woods Posters & Prints

Courtney • Mar 5, 2013Mar 5, 2013
I’m so glad I stumbled upon the Etsy shop of Osborn Woods. I hadn’t heard of them before, but I’ve learned that David Osborn and Cha...
Etsy Finds

Mr. Cup Wood Letters Sale!

Courtney • Mar 5, 2013
Fabien Barral, of Mr. Cup, is gearing up to move from Bali back to France, and as a result, he’s cut prices on all of his beautiful wood product...
Products

Lab Partners: JetBlue Pitch Posters

Courtney • Mar 4, 2013Mar 3, 2013
I’m loving these posters that Lab Partners created for Goodby, Silverstein and Partners as part of their pitch for Jet Blue....
Design

Ben Geier: Record Label Rebrands

Courtney • Mar 4, 2013Mar 3, 2013
Ben Geier recently began a personal project that entails redesigning the logos of his favorite record labels in a retro style, which is also heavily i...
DesignIllustration
Kid President: I think we all need a pep talk

Kid President: I think we all need a pep talk

Courtney • Mar 4, 2013Jan 16, 2014
This video is just all kinds of awesome. The perfect pick-me-up for a Monday morning. Check out the rest of the series by SoulPancake right here. via ...
Ideas

A New Site for Hyperkit

Courtney • Mar 4, 2013Mar 3, 2013
Hyperkit, the studio of  husband-and-wife team Tim Balaam and Kate Sclater, just launched a beautiful new site. via Form Fifty Five  ...
Design

Daniel Green: Better Half Wine Packaging

Courtney • Mar 1, 2013Feb 28, 2013
Better Half Wine is a fictional wine brand targeted towards young males with a casual approach to wine drinking, conceptualized by Daniel Green. Th...
Design

Leslie David: La mode. La mode. La mode.

Courtney • Mar 1, 2013Feb 28, 2013
Paris-based designer Leslie David created this series of graphic, mesmerizing broadcast animations for the French TV show, “La Mode, La Mode, L...
Design

Aprile Elcich: Brittany & Jeff Save the Dates

Courtney • Mar 1, 2013Feb 28, 2013
Aprile Elcich created these gorgeous collage save the date postcards for Brittany and Jeff, using their engagement photos layered underneath bits of v...
Paper Goods

Alexander Purdy Promo Cards

Courtney • Mar 1, 2013Feb 28, 2013
I recently discovered the work of Alexander Purdy on Steady Print Shop‘s blog. I’m especially loving this series of promotional cards tha...
IllustrationPaper Goods

Type Love: Ronnia

Courtney • Feb 28, 2013Feb 28, 2013
Ronnia is one of Type Together‘s sans serifs that I’ve had my eye on for awhile. Its original intention was for use in newspaper and maga...
Typography

Michele Rosenthal: Criterion Affection

Courtney • Feb 28, 2013Feb 28, 2013
I just came across this really fun personal illustration project by Michele Rosenthal, Criterion Affection. Through the project, Michele is visually d...
Illustration

Salih Kucukaga: Static Coffee Packaging

Courtney • Feb 28, 2013
The identity and packaging you see below was designed by Salih Kucukaga for Static, Espresso Republic’s new coffee line. Awhile back, we shared ...
Design

Etsy Finds: Little Things Studio Silk Scarves

Courtney • Feb 27, 2013Feb 26, 2013
Kate Thomas of Little Things Studio has recently started making these gorgeous, hand-painted, one-of-a-kind silk scarves. They’ve been selling o...
Etsy Finds

Gabriele Wilson Design: White Mule Identity

Courtney • Feb 27, 2013Feb 26, 2013
I’m a big fan of the work that comes out of Gabriele Wilson Design, especially because she’s developed brands for quite a few recognizab...
Design

SouthSouthWest: Secret Agent Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Feb 27, 2013Feb 26, 2013
I recently came across this project that SouthSouthWest developed for Secret Agent, a Melbourne-based property buyer advocates service. I’m p...
Design

Stoëmp: Album Packaging

Courtney • Feb 26, 2013Feb 25, 2013
There’s lots of great things going on in the portfolio of Brussels-based studio Stoëmp, but I’m especially loving their album packaging ...
Design

Leo Burnett Department of Design: Recipeace

Courtney • Feb 26, 2013Feb 25, 2013
While browsing the portfolios of Casey Martin and Kyle Poff last week for the post on Beurre & Sel, I came upon this lovely project. Designed wi...
Design

Bryan Keplesky: ColdTowne Theater Identity

Courtney • Feb 26, 2013Feb 25, 2013
Bryan Keplesky recently added the rebrand for ColdTowne Theater, a premier comedy, sketch and improv theater in Austin, Texas, to his portfolio. I&#82...
Design

Type Love: National Currency

Courtney • Feb 25, 2013Feb 25, 2013
National Currency is a new font from Decade Typefoundry, which was inspired by lettering found on 19th century stock certificates. In addition to th...
Typography
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