Type Love: Icing
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I’ve been loving everything Great Lakes Lettering has produced since they launched at the end of last year; and Icing, their newest font, is no except...
Courtney • Kelli Anderson: Paper Type Experiments
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For her Typo San Francisco talk, Kelli Anderson created these incredible paper type experiments. Each one features intricate letters—mostly white on w...
CourseHorse NYC: Classes to Take This Week
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We’ve teamed up with CourseHorse to bring you a selection of current NYC classes that will be of particular interest to you. Here’s what we recommend ...
Design Ranch: Meet Our Leaders! Part 2
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As promised, I present to you the amazing remaining Design Ranch session leaders. Much more to come next week from Texas! Jay B. Sauceda Jay B. Sauced...
Creative Market Photoshop Extension
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Earlier this week, the folks at Creative Market launched a pretty impressive new digital product, the Creative Market Photoshop extension. The extensi...
Type Love: Quant
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Quant is a beautiful new serif from Hoftype. The family includes eight styles, support for over 40 languages and more, proving it to be “well-equipped...
mgmt. design: Elbow Room Identity and Collateral
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Design studio mgmt., recently had the opportunity to develop a fun new identity for Elbow Room, a mini-chain of restaurants that serve many variations...
Design Ranch: Meet Our Leaders! Part 1
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So many amazing artists, designers and creative people will be leading the workshops at Design Ranch next week. In anticipation of my arrival in Texas...
Gummy Industries Identity and Collateral
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I’m loving the fun, playful approach that Gummy Industries, a new branding, marketing, and social media agency based in Italy, took in creating their ...
New iPad App: Urban World
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The McKinsey Global Institute just released a fascinating new iPad app, Urban World. Urban World provides users with a visually engaging way to explor...
Dittmar: The Project Factory Identity and Collateral
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Berlin-based studio Dittmar developed this colorful identity for The Project Factory, a digital production company: The new brand is inspired by a rub...
The Beauty of Letterpress + Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum
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Last week Neenah Paper launched The Beauty of Letterpress, an incredible online resource featuring educational tools, a printer directory, and the bes...
Patrick Seymour: Shiny Diamond Type
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I’m loving this geometric typographic exploration by Patrick Seymour....
Face. : Highpark Identity and Collateral
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Face updated their portfolio with a few new projects this week. Their work for Highpark, a new residential building in Monterrey, Mexico, particularly...
Aad: DCU Students’ Union
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I’m loving this colorful project designed by Dublin-based studio Aad for the DCU Student Union: DCU Students’ Union approached us with a couple of tri...
Nudge: Browns Court Bakery Identity and Collateral
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Charleston-based studio Nudge recently completed this lovely branding for Brown’s Court Bakery, a new area bakery with historical roots. Get a closer ...
Type Love: Grey Sans
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Grey Sans is “a contemporary sans with an angular design” by Canada-based foundry Greyscale Type. Want more type? Check out my Type Wishlist and curre...
Studio on Fire: Summertime Poster
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Yesterday I got to open the windows in the office for the first time this year, and it was glorious. So in the spirit of welcoming warmer temperatures...
Ico: The Mellier Identity and Collateral
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Ico created this beautiful body for work for The Mellier, an upscale London residence. The Mellier is a penthouse in the heart of London’s Mayfair, de...
55 Hi’s: Pick Your Poison Coasters
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55His latest creation is Pick Your Poison, a set of six screen printed coasters. Each coaster is double-sided, featuring a popular drink mix on one si...
Tag Collective: Salad Pangea Identity and Collateral
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Tag Collective recently completed an extensive identity project for Salad Pangea, a “fast-casual restaurant that offers a modern, multi-cultural exper...
Maud: Spa Q Identity and Collateral
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Awesome geometric identity work for Spa Q by Australian studio Maud: QT Hotels approached us to design a brand for their first of several spas around...
Merijn Hos: Wood Sculptures at Beginnings NYC
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Dutch artist and illustrator Merijn Hos recently had an exhibition at Beginnings NYC, featuring a selection of his colorful wood sculptures. A bit of ...
Glenn Wolk: Tommy Hilfiger Patches
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Glenn Wolk designed this incredible series of patches for fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger. Much more to see right here....
CourseHorse NYC: Classes to Take This Week
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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 recommend checking...
Student Work: Chloe Scheffe
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As evidenced below, Chloe Scheffe, a current student at RISD, is doing some seriously awesome work. You can explore more of her portfolio right here....
Type Love: HWT Catchwords
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HWT Catchwords was released earlier this month by Hamilton Wood Type Foundry. HWT Catchwords features over 80 words based directly on designs offered ...
Anthem Worldwide: Design Life Coasters
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Anthem Worldwide recently designed this set of vibrant letterpress coasters as a promotional piece for 2013: Design Life is a set of 8 letterpress coa...
Cue: Earthjustice Identity and Collateral
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Cue recently partnered with Hen’s Teeth to create a bold new identity for Earthjustice, the nation’s leading environmental law organization. Check out...
Headed to the Ranch!
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In just a few short weeks I’ll be heading down to Texas for the first time ever! I’m taking the trip to attend and live-blog AIGA Austin’s Design Ranc...
Jason Grube & Corianton Hale: Intrigue Chocolate Co.
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Jason Grube and Corianton Hale recently collaborated on the identity and packaging for Intrigue Chocolate Co., an artisanal chocolate maker who specia...
Leta Sobierajski: Personal Brand Identity
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I’m loving Leta Sobierajski‘s bold, graphic personal identity system—especially the black and white pattern found on the back of the letterhead....
Carina Skrobecki and Lizzy Showman: Blakely & Matthew Wedding Materials
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Beautiful invitations by Carina Skrobecki and Lizzy Showman for Blakely and Matthew, a couple getting married at the Arctic Club in Seattle....
Type Love: Arek
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Arek is a serif typeface from Rosetta, designed for both Latin and Armenian languages. Originally designed for textbooks, the family features beautifu...
RoAndCo Studio: Loeffler Randall Brand Identity
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Love this work for show brand Loeffler Randall by RoAndCo....
A Friend Of Mine: The Town Mouse
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Love this new project from A Friend of Mine. The Town Mouse is a new bar/restaurant in Melbourne, and the AFOM team was responsible for everything fro...
Shop With Me on Luvocracy
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Yesterday we talked visual inspiration apps. Today we’re going in a totally different direction: shopping. Luvocracy is a relatively new social shoppi...
Heroes Design: Chabur Identity and Collateral
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I’m loving this project by Heroes Design, the Poland-based design studio of Piotr Buczkowski for Chabur, a lingerie shop....
Designer Resource: FontShop’s Using Type
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FontShop’s Using Type series is a great resource for beginners and seasoned designers alike. In case you’re not familiar, Using Type is an ongoing ser...
Luke Skinner: Luxury Rap
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As a personal project, UK-based designer Luke Skinner created Luxury Rap, “a hand-lettered A-Z of fashion references in Hip-Hop.” More to see right h...
Steven Bonner: Computer Arts Collection Illustrations
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Steven Bonner created this series of graphic illustrations for Computer Arts Collection Volume 2, the Typography edition. The illustrations accompanie...
Buying a Gun in America: Kelli Anderson
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Kelli Anderson recently completed a complex series of infographics that explore the topic of “Buying a Gun in America,” for the Mayors Against Illegal...
CourseHorse NYC: Classes to Take This Week
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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 recommend checking...
A Look at Icebergs: Visual Organization for Creative Minds
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Have you heard of Iceber.gs? It’s a new(ish) visual organization app, in the same vein as Pinterest or Dropmark, but targeted specifically towards cre...
Brave the Woods: Camp NaNoWriMo Brand Identity
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Brad Woodard, of Brave the Woods, had the opportunity to design the Brand Identity and collateral for this year’s Camp NaNoWriMo, which offers online ...
José Mendes at MAGA: M2 20 Years Print
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Check out this incredible poster by José Mendes at MAGA, designed to celebrate 20 years of M2. via Chronique...
Etsy Finds: Upper Tiny
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I’m loving all the neon artwork and gift items in Upper Tiny, a new-to-me Etsy shop featuring the work of Jenn Smith. Gotta love their tagline too: “I...
Color Happy 193
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I haven’t done a Color Happy post in quite awhile, but when I spotted this Springy, colorful Fossil Brand Poster I was compelled to. You can check out...
Bureau of Betterment: Xplane Poster Trio
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Bureau of Betterment recently completed this series of posters and icons for XPlane, aiming to illustrate the company’s vision. XPlane, an organizatio...
Parker Fitzgerald: Kinfolk Ice Cream and Flowers
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Aside from the fact that this photo shoot features two of my most favorite things, ice cream and flowers, it has me seriously craving Spring in a bad ...
The Clocksmiths Identity and Collateral
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Love this identity and stationery for The Clocksmiths, a small Italian design studio....
David Drummond: Book Covers
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Somehow I only just discovered David Drummond‘s incredible collection of book cover designs this week. More here. via MyFonts Facebook...
Type Love: Guanabara Sans
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Guanabara Sans is a new release from Plau, a foundry based in Rio de Janeiro. The inspiration for the typeface came from their home city, “with its ne...
Erik Barthels on Buy Some Damn Art
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I’m loving these abstract watercolor and acrylic paintings by Erik Barthels on Buy Some Damn Art. They also have a great short Q&A with the artist rig...
Jack Hudson
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Adam Hill: Simon + Simone Wedding Invitations
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It’s been quite a while since I posted about the work of South Africa-based designer Adam Hill. So I was happy to recently come across his newly desig...
Penguin Great Ideas Series IV
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I just came across some of the covers from the latest in Penguin’s Great Ideas Series, Volume IV (check out Volume III here). They’re not yet up on Da...
Christine Wisnieski: Oliver Printing 32nd Annual Clambake Materials
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Designer Christine Wisnieski recently completed the materials for Oliver Printing’s 32nd Annual Clambake. I never thought I would catch myself saying ...
Type Love: Quadon
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I’m really loving Quadon, a modern slab serif by René Bieder. The typeface features line weights, from Think to Black, with matching italics, plus a w...
Kickstarter: Ugmonk’s OpenFrame
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Ugmonk recently launched a new product, called OpenFrame, via Kickstarter. OpenFrame is “a simple, flexible solution to display art, posters, photos, ...