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

Kyle Anthony Miller: Grouper Identity and Collateral

I’m loving the work that Kyle Anthony Miller has been doing for Grouper, a social club that sets up drinks between two groups of friends. &nbsp...

Bright Bright Great Neon Business Cards

For their new business cards, Chicago agency Bright Bright Great added a vibrant pop of color to a minimal design using an air brushing technique. ...

RE:DESIGN/UXD Conference Winner

Ashley, you’ll receive an email with the details shortly. Everyone else, thanks so much for participating!...

Typejockeys: Freude Album Packaging

Courtney • Feb 22, 2013Feb 21, 2013

The folks at Typejockeys recently had the pleasure of designing the album packaging for Freude, the second album from Tombeck. Their work included des...

Russell Cobb: Paintings on Books

Courtney • Feb 22, 2013Feb 21, 2013

I’ve recently discovered the gorgeous work of Russell Cobb, a UK-based illustrator. I’m especially fascinated with his massive series of p...

One Plus One Design: Recipe For Success Promo

Courtney • Feb 22, 2013Feb 21, 2013

Tyler and Jessie of One Plus One were kind enough to send over one of their Recipe For Success themed New Year’s promos a little while back. I p...

The Skillshare School of Design

Courtney • Feb 21, 2013Feb 3, 2014

I’ve been following Skillshare since the beginning, but for whatever reason I never actually signed up for a class until recently. Once I got on...

Type Love: Quan

Quan is a new release from new-to-me foundry, Typesketchbook, which is based in Thailand. The family features bold and rounded styles—plus obliques ...

lg2boutique: La Vittoria 2012 Identity and Collateral

lg2boutique recently completed this gorgeous work for La Vittoria, a charitable event held in Montreal: Montreal’s luxurious Ritz Carleton Hotel pla...

Monument Partners: Beurre & Sel

Monument Partners, the studio of Casey Martin and Kyle Poff, recently completed this extensive project for Beurre & Sel, a line of delicious-looki...

Aaron Eiland Business Cards

When I spotted Aaron Eiland’s new business cards on Dribbble, I knew I had to share. For this year’s Flatstock in Austin—one of these da...

Type Love: Brooklyn and Brooklyn Stencil

Brooklyn and Brooklyn Stencil are two new releases from Village. The pair was originally developed by Chester Jenkins as part of the massive Atlantic ...

Allan Peters: ESPN Music Issue Typography

Allan Peters recently had the pleasure of designing a typeface for ESPN’s Music Issue, which is currently on newsstands. The resulting typeface,...

Kickstarter: The Great Lakes States Project

Designer Meng Yang just launched a new Kickstarter project that I think you all will love. Inspired by a road trip with his girlfriend, Meng was decid...

Eight Hour Day: ADMCi Identity and Collateral

One of my favorites, Eight Hour Day, recently completed the Identity and various collateral you see below for The ADMCi, the American Design and Mast...

Meenal Patel

Courtney • Feb 19, 2013Feb 18, 2013

Designer Meenal Patel is doing some excellent work at KNOCK. In particular, I’m loving the play title illustrations she’s developed for ...

fFurious Namecards

Courtney • Feb 19, 2013Feb 18, 2013

Every two years or so, fFurious, a boutique creative agency in Singapore, completely redesigns their business cards. The result is a series of six e...

Georgia Hill: Michelberger Reserved Plates

Courtney • Feb 19, 2013Feb 18, 2013

Berlin-based designer Georgia Hill created these gorgeous hand-lettered plates as a unique “Reserved” sign for the tables at The Michelbe...

RE:DESIGN/UXD Conference Giveaway

Courtney • Feb 19, 2013Feb 25, 2013

This giveaway in now closed. Today I’m happy to once again offer one lucky reader a free pass to the next RE:DESIGN conference, RE:DESIGN UXD...

Elizabeth Graeber: U.S. Presidents Illustrations

Courtney • Feb 18, 2013Feb 15, 2013

After this post, we’ll be taking off for Presidents Day. We’ll be back tomorrow with regular posting, but in the meantime enjoy these illu...

Zara Picken: The Power of Introverts Illustrations

As a textbook introvert, I was very much drawn to Zara Picken‘s recent illustration series, which was inspired by Susan Cain’s TED Talk,...

Because Studio: 2013 Reminders

As a New Year’s promotion, Because Studio developed Reminders, a “desktop planner that helps you navigate your way through the year, one p...

Type Love: Kumla

Letters from Sweden recently introduced Kumla, a display face inspired by lettering on the facade of Kumla Skofabrik, a shoe factory in Sweden. Th...

Jon Lau Illustration

I’m loving LA-based illustrator Jon Lau‘s painterly style, especially when he applies it to animals and wildlife. There’s much more ...

Lab Partners: Love Rocks Campaign

It’s too bad I didn’t get this in yesterday’s love-themed posts, because it would have been perfect; but nevertheless I’m exci...

Aaron Bloom: Alli & Whitney Wedding Invitations

Courtney • Feb 14, 2013Feb 14, 2013

I’m loving this neutral, slightly rustic invitation suite that designer Aaron Bloom developed for Alli & Whitney’s wedding day. Much m...

Kate Spade Saturday

Courtney • Feb 14, 2013

This post doesn’t exactly fit into my Valentine’s Day theme, but bear with me… If you follow me on Instagram you may have noticed la...

Kelley McIntyre Galbreath Wedding Invitations

Courtney • Feb 14, 2013Feb 13, 2013

For designer Kelley Galbreath’s wedding, she went the non-traditional route and designed an oversized newsprint guide to their big day, includ...

Little & Company: 2013 Valentine

Courtney • Feb 14, 2013Feb 13, 2013

Each year Little & Company designs a Valentine’s gift for their clients and collaborators. This year they partnered with Lucky’s Hot Sauc...

Kate Spade Paperless Post Valentines

Courtney • Feb 14, 2013Feb 13, 2013

I don’t often do themed posting days on DWL, but today I’ve decided to feature a handful of love-inspired projects in honor of today&#8217...

Esme Winter Paper Products

Courtney • Feb 13, 2013Feb 14, 2013

I’m loving this graphic gift wrap collection from Esme Winter, a new-to-me, UK-based paper goods brand. I especially love that the unique geom...

Fanny Nordmark: Stella McCartney Interactive

Courtney • Feb 13, 2013Feb 13, 2013

Designer Fanny Nordmark has completed some really beautiful interactive work under the direction of Mario Hugo at Hugo & Marie. I’m especial...

Atipo: Minke Brand Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Feb 13, 2013Feb 13, 2013

Spanish design firm Atipo developed the materials you see below for Minke, a “a graphic services provider that brings together production and r...

Hélène Georget: 2014 Patterns Collection

I can’t get enough of these gorgeous pattern designs by Hélène Georget—check out a whole lot more right here. Get 300+ Fonts for FREEEnter ...

Jen Montgomery Weekly Drawings

Each week in 2013, Jen Montgomery will create a unique illustration (some of which are available as prints on Society6). Here’s some of what she...

Misc. Goods Co.

I’ve just discovered Misc. Goods Co., a new shop from Tyler Deeb of Pedale Design. You may remember his playing cards Kickstarter project fro...

Harvest Creative: Perenelle Identity, Packaging and Website

One of Harvest Creative‘s recent projects was developed for Jessica Puckett of Perenelle Beauty, a line of natural, pearl-based beauty products....

Harvest Creative Website

Courtney • Feb 12, 2013Dec 12, 2013

Harvest Creative recently launched a super fun new website. I’m going to hand over the reins to talented designer Michael J. Hildebrand to gi...

Chris Rushing: Floor Pass Digital Design and Illustration

Courtney • Feb 11, 2013Feb 11, 2013

Chris Rushing has one of those rare portfolios that includes excellent work across disciplines, from illustration to digital design. In particular, hi...

Type Love: Brandon Text

Courtney • Feb 11, 2013Feb 11, 2013

Brandon Grotesque is one of my favorite san serif typefaces, so I’m pretty excited about Brandon Text, the latest release from HVD Fonts. Brando...

Squat Design: Embark Animation

Courtney • Feb 11, 2013Nov 20, 2013

Embark, a recruiting and staffing company, recently commissioned NYC studio Squat Design to develop this fun little animated video, for the purpose...

CourseHorse Featured Classes: Online Marketing

Courtney • Feb 11, 2013Apr 12, 2013

Nowadays maintaining or growing a business requires a robust online presence. That landscape is changing constantly, so takin a focused class on a re...

Grilli Type Giveaway Winners!

Courtney • Feb 11, 2013Feb 10, 2013

Without further ado… The winner of the GT Pressura Monospaced package is: And the winner of the GT Pressura Proportional package is: C...

Etsy Finds: Jimmy Marble Banners

I’m loving the fun, uplifting messages on these banners created by Jimmy Marble. Each one features hand cut unbleached canvas layered on top of ...

Type Love: Ollie

Ollie is a new casual script by Schizotype, with a huge variety of special features. It was designed to make the most of OpenType technology, and inc...

Belinda Love Lee: Christina Yan Business Cards

I’m loving the fancy business cards, which feature gold foil, gold edge painting and embossing, that designer Belinda Love Lee designed for Chri...

Type Love: Landmark

Courtney • Feb 8, 2013

Yesterday Hoefler & Frere-Jones added another awesome family to their library: Landmark. The architectural typeface was originally commissioned by...

Mirth & Co. on Kickstarter

Mirth & Co. is a two-person, bookbinder and designer team out of Austin, Texas. Their “purpose is to provide products to help people engage ...

Ryan Feerer: Abi-Haus Identity and Collateral

Not only did Ryan Feerer develop the identity, collateral and interiors (which he collaborated on with Dana Tanamachi and Jeff Rogers) for this aweso...

Amy Borrell Illustration

I’m not sure how it took me so long to discover the work of Amy Borrell, but I fell in love with her gorgeous illustrations at first sight. Ther...

Princeton Architectural Press New Gift Line

Have you seen Princeton Architectural Press’s new gift line? They’ve released a series of paper goods, including notecards and journals, m...

Bryan Patrick Todd: Everybody Matters Mural