Color Happy 40

“Hi”, a set of 30 Postcards designed by Ray Fenwick will be released on June 17th, from Chronicle books. If you, like me, can’t wait til then, it’s available for pre-order right here. But until my package arrives, I’m admiring…

Wooden Letters

Last week I stumbled upon this really great resource for reasonably-priced wooden letters, Discount Lettering Brands. I’m always on the lookout for a source where you can buy unfinished letters rather than paying exorbitant prices for finished versions in stores.…

Terrible Yellow Eyes

Terrible Yellow Eyes, a collection of works inspired by the beloved classic, Where the Wild Things Are, has introduced me to so many amazing artists. Here are a few of my favorites, but make sure to take a look for…

Lite-Brite Love

As I’ve mentioned before, Lite-Brite was one of my favorite childhood toys—I’m kicking myself for letting my parents get rid of it years ago. So I’m currently scouring ebay for a good deal on a vintage set so I can…

Type Love 51: Bodoni Script Pro

Bodoni Script Pro would be a perfect typeface for a wedding invitation.The character set is packed with lots of graceful, flourishy details, and the complete package comes with three weights, 144 ornaments and 120 unique frame parts.

Polimekanos

Polimekanos, a London-based studio, has been creating these invitation cards for Hales Gallery since 2004. Even though they were each created separately, I love how the whole set looks together. You can take a look at the rest right here.…

Jamie Conkleton + Space Opera

Recent grad, Jamie Conkleton has a really tight portfolio (you might have seen this sake packaging on the dieline)—each piece is really polished and well-done. I’m particularly liking this series of book covers for the Space Opera series, which was…

Saraiva Classics Redesigned

Brazilian design firm, Rex Design, recently gave the Saraiva Classics book collection a whole new look. The collection, which brings together 24 titles of classic literature that are adopted by most schools in Brazil, was redesigned with a specific goal…

Rubber Bandit

This student project by Andy Mangold, Rubber Bandit, was posted on The Dieline last week, but I couldn’t resist a recap. Any design using Archer (well, that is) is still pretty tough for me to resist.

Creative Inc.

Creative Inc., a multi-disciplinary creative agency based out of Dublin, has an amazing portfolio of work. Each project is meticulously crafted and photographed beautifully. I’m particularly excited by this marketing tool kit for IDA Ireland. It’s always fun to see…

Derek Hunt

Caught the portfolio of recent grad Derek Hunt the other day, and was thoroughly impressed with his work. He seems to have quite the knack for publication design, as I’m sure you can tell from just these few spreads. via…

Sean Clarke

I’m really enjoying the typographic book projects of student designer Sean Clarke. This particular project, cmnct, is an observation of modern language, communication and human interaction. See a few more spreads right here. via The Silver Lining

Recommended Reading

Between my newish Twitter usage and the hundreds of blogs in my Google reader, I come across interesting and helpful articles constantly. Whether they’re about design, business, writing, blogging etc., I’m sure some of you may find them helpful as…

Matt Sundstrom

I’m loving Matt Sundstrom’s playful and graphic illustration style—it’s nice to see an example of how creative you can get with just two colors.

Holiday Type

FLAT-IT, an independent type foundry based in Japan, produces a whole range of various display faces. I previously wrote about one of their fonts, HT Cartoleria, here; but I just learned that Cartoleria is actually part of their larger Holiday…

Modern Portraits

Emily St. John paints incredibly realistic modern portraits in oils, like the one of Nero below. Her full site isn’t up and running yet, but you can contact her for more details. Emily was also recently featured in a New…