Anagrama: Smartas Identity and Collateral
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Anagrama gives a fun and refreshing new look to a toilet tissue brand: Smartas....
Courtney • Type Love: Marat Sans
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According to MyFonts: Marat Sans is a clean and lively sans serif typeface designed by Ludwig Übele. It is characterized by excellent legibility and ...
States of Matter Holiday Promotions
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States of Matter has a tradition of sending out creative holiday promotions to their clients. Below you can get some insight into their thinking strai...
Matchstic: Richard Photo Lab Identity and Collateral
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Matchstic’s new identity for Richard Photo Lab just plain makes me happy. From the color palette to the vintagey graphic details to the friendly...
Introducing Brave the Woods
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This morning, designer and illustrator Brad Woodard has officially launched his new studio, Brave the Woods. He’s got lots of new work to share,...
New in the Shop: Positive Predictions Coasters
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I’m excited to announce that our 2013 coasters are now up in the shop! This year, the set of four coasters will not only give you a place to res...
Some Studio: Norton Identity and Stationery
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I’m loving the crisp, clean modern details (and the color palette, of course—can’t resist mint!) of the identity and collateral designed...
Savvy Studio: Iannilli Identity and Collateral
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Beautiful identity work by Savvy Studio for Iannilli, a traditional Italian restaurant....
Mikey Burton: Food Pyramid Illustrations
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Love these playful food pyramid illustrations that Mikey Burton created for a recent issue of Real Simple....
CourseHorse Featured Classes: Craft
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One of my resolutions this year is to get my hands dirty with craft projects more often. On that note, here’s a few courses that sound pretty in...
Solo: Viña Verino Packaging and Collateral
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Barcelona-based Solo is making some seriously sophisticated work. Love the packaging and collateral they developed for Viña Verino, a wine made by Ga...
Kamal Notecards
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I’m loving the combination of gold foil and (what looks like) vibrant colored pencil sketches on this series of notecards by Kamal. Check them o...
Memo NY: San Marco Identity and Collateral
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Memo NY developed this identity and collateral for San Marco, Mario Battali’s Italian trattoria and wine bar at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas...
Bryan Keplesky: Birds Barbershop
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Designer Bryan Kepleskey has had the fun privilege of working with the Austin, Texas barbershop chain, Birds, to create interior artwork for each of t...
Type Love: Vulpa
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Vulpa is a quirky little serif typeface by Schizotype Fonts....
Mariana Rodrigues Illustration
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I’m loving the layered, collage-like illustration of Zurich, Switzerland-based Mariana Rodrigues....
Allan Peters: Target 50th Anniversary Party Branding
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Some awesome work by Allan Peters and his team at the Target inHouse design studio for their 50th Anniversary Party. Get a closer look right here. ...
STUDIO ARHOJ: Helt Identity, Packaging and Collateral
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Sure, some aspects of this work by STUDIO ARHOJ tends toward the visually chaotic, but I love it. Check out more details from their work for Helt, a ...
Student Work: Michelle Wang: We the People, White House Brew on Behance
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Take a look at this student packaging project by Pratt student Michelle Wang: packaging design for We the People, White House Brew. The design is real...
LAND: Easy Tiger Identity and Collateral
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I recently came across the portfolio of LAND, a studio formed by Caleb Owen Everitt and Ryan Rhodes, and became an instant fan. Each piece has a weat...
Studio Lin: Fab Perpetual Calendar
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I’ve already acquired way too many calendars for 2013, but this perpetual calendar designed for Fab by Studio Lin is really tempting. If you...
Type Love: Australis Pro
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I’ve got my eye on Australis Pro from Latinotype....
Joanna Waterfall: Block Shop Identity and Collateral
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Designer Joanna Waterfall developed this identity for Block Shop Textiles, a line of beautiful silk and cotton scarves that are hand-block-printed in ...
Bella Figura: 2013 Invitation Collection
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Bella Figura recently launched their 2013 invitation collection, which features a huge amount of beautiful designs by various designers. A few of my f...
Lab Partners: Peacock Prints
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DWL fave Lab Partners just added a really fun new series of prints to their shop, featuring a colorful, graphic peacock illustration. Each print is s...
Student Work: Fred Carriedo: Transform Conference Collateral
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This impressive student project was developed by Fred Carriedo for the Transform conference, an event that tackles evolution and the future of commu...
CourseHorse Featured Classes: Photography
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I’ve had a DSLR camera for a couple of years now, but I’ve never devoted quite enough time to learning the ins and outs of photography tha...
Student Work: Amber Asay: The Voyager Shop
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Designer Amber Asay developed the identity and collateral for The Voyager Shop, a San Francisco lifestyle boutique, while a student at Brigham Young U...
Eight Hour Day: Engler Studio Identity
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I spotted this project over on Allan’s blog yesterday and immediately knew I had to share here as well. I’m a huge fan of Eight Hour Day&...
Type Love: Roman Extended Lightface
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Roman Extended Lightface is a new release from the Hamilton Wood Type Foundry. This new digitization features a full Western and Eastern European char...
Xavi Garcia: Story Signage and Pattern Design
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While working at Sagmeister & Walsh, Spanish designer Xavi Garcia had the privilege of doing some work for Story, a unique, immersive store experi...
Hazuki Miyahara Illustration
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Feast your eyes on the vibrant illustration work of Hazuki Miyahara—I especially love the layered blocks of color found in each piece. ...
David J Weissberg: Jane Mayle Identities and Collateral
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I’m loving this pair of sophisticated identities that David J Weissberg developed for Jane Mayle....
SkyFonts Service Launches
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Yesterday Monotype’s new font rental service, SkyFonts, officially came out of beta and released publicly. The service gives users access to ov...
3 Advertising: Michael Barley Identity and Business Cards
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The folks at 3 Advertising created this impressive identity and business card for photographer Michael Barley. Beyond all of the intricate production ...
Daniel Howells: siteInspire Redesign
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This week Daniel Howells relaunched siteInspire, which if you’re not familiar, is a showcase of great design for the web. Overall the new design...
Type Love: Minot
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Earlier this week Jessica Hische launched her latest font, Minot, a beautiful ornamental display face. Minot includes three styles—Outline, Fill and...
Lo Siento: Tenerife Design Festival
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Barcelona-based studio Lo Siento developed this fun and playful identity and collateral for the Tenerife Design Festival, a design festival held in th...
Type Love: Trend
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The layered type trend has certainly taken off in the last year or so. (See Detroit, Valuco, Frontage.) Now Latinotype has contributed their version ...
Bleed: Aker Brygge Identity and Collateral
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Bleed—who recently launched a beautifully redesigned website—developed this sophisticated identity and collateral for Aker Brygge, a popular area ...
TOKY 2012
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This year the creative team at TOKY took a different approach to their year-end assessment. Faced with the dilemma of a year flying by with no time t...
Invisible Creature: Toth Construction Architectural Blocks
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Invisible Creature designed this beautiful set of architectural nesting blocks for Toth Construction as a holiday gift for their clients. The blocks a...
Type Love: 2012 Favorites
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Before I took a look back, I thought I might have a hard time finding ten really great typefaces from 2012 to feature. But once I actually explored th...
CourseHorse Featured Classes: Gearing Up for Business
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I don’t know about you, but for me the new year means taking a fresh look at my business, assessing what’s working and what needs to chang...
Darrin Higgins: Sprout Up Identity and Website
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Designer Darrin Higgins developed the brand and web experience for new site Sprout Up, which aims to provide children with environmental education: En...
Carnevale: 2013 Desk Calendar
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I’ve got one more 2013 calendar to share with you this week (and likely for the year). Designed by Megan Sullivan of Carnevale, this desk calen...
Cory Say: Cattle Baron’s Ball Catalog and Ticket Package
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You may remember the stationery designed for the Cattle Baron’s Ball by Cory Say that was posted back in August. Well today he’s been k...
Type Love: Quarzo
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This morning I’m loving Quarzo, an elegant, traditional script by Corradine Fonts....
Mottis: Mottisimals Interactive Story
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This year, North Carolina-based ad agency Mottis developed a really fun interactive story for their holiday promotion. The story revolves around Jelly...
CA Collection Redesigns
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For their second volume, CA Collection has undergone a complete design overhaul. The first edition was stellar, in both design and content, but the n...
Edwin Carter: 2013 Calendars
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If you’re in the market for a large wall calendar, designer Edwin Carter has two awesome options for you. First up is Radial, a calendar based o...
Mink Letterpress: A Dozen Eggs 2013 Calendar
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On the opposite end of the design spectrum is this charming letterpress calendar by Mink Letterpress. Each month features a pastel illustration of a d...
Upstruct: 2013 Poster Calendar
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I promise I won’t overload you with too many more 2013 calendars this year, but I do have a few lined up that I think are worth sharing. It̵...
FUNNEL: Tailored Twig Event Design Identity and Collateral
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While I was away last week, FUNNEL updated their portfolio with a couple of new projects, including this gorgeous identity and collateral for Tailored...
Happy New Year!
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Illustration by Ma + Chr via L’affiche Moderne Happy New Year readers! We’ve got lots of things in store for the coming year that we’...
Happy Holidays
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We’re taking off this week to spend time with friends and family for Christmas. We’ll be back and raring to go first thing in January. Bes...
Type Love: Carat
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Carat is a “contemporary interpretation of a classic serif” by German foundry Hoftype....
Hanna Konola: Christmas Calendar
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Finnish illustrator/designer/artist Hanna Konola is currently in the process of adding to her Christmas calendar, a daily illustration project. Despit...
Monnet Design: Holiday Promotions
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Each year Monnet Design redirects the money typically spent on holiday gifts to charities: Here’s what they did in 2011: As we’ve done since o...
Jorge Fuentes: Cosmos MMXIII Calendar
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Cosmos MMXII is a 2013 calendar that consists of 12 original illustrations inspired by the universe and beyond. Beautiful! It’s available as a h...