Design Work Life

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

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’s com...

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 from a littl...

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. The t...

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 give you so...

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. Brandon Text...

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 of...

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 rel...

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: Congrats to you...

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 colore...

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 incl...

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 Christina ...

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 Mic...

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 with the f...

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 awesom...

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. There’s mu...

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, many of which...

Bryan Patrick Todd: Everybody Matters Mural

In my experience, I’ve found that designers are generally a very compassionate group of people. Over the years working on DWL I’ve loved seeing and sh...

TRÜF Identity Redesign

Courtney • Feb 6, 2013Feb 5, 2013

California-based studio TRÜF recently took on the challenge of rebranding themselves, ending up with a bold Swiss-inspired look: After years of design...

Moglea Shop

Courtney • Feb 6, 2013Feb 5, 2013

One of my favorite letterpress stationers, Moglea, just launched their Etsy shop with a slew of beautiful letterpress goodies. Check out all they have...

I Shot Him: NYC Readiness Challenge Website

Courtney • Feb 6, 2013Feb 5, 2013

San Francisco-based studio I Shot Him recently got in touch to let us know they’d launched a brand new portfolio site. Their work consists mainly of c...

Tommy Perez Business Cards

Print enthusiasts, you’re going to love this self-promotional project by Tommy Perez. Tommy, who is a designer and frequent paper crafter, worked alon...

Commoner: Fuel Brand Identity and Packaging

Boston-based studio Commoner recently launched a brand new site! They have tons of great work to share, but I had to feature their complete work for F...

Type Love: Lolita

Lolita is one of Latinotype’s latest releases, which they call a “sans family with a touch of mojo.” The typeface features ten weights, and includes a...

Roberto Blefari Illustration

I’m loving the quirky characters that Italian illustrator Roberto Blefari has developed in his work....

Grilli Type + Giveaway

Courtney • Feb 4, 2013Feb 9, 2013

This giveaway is now closed. Readers, I have an awesome giveaway for you today! Independent Swiss type foundry Grilli Type has offered up a fantastic ...

Creature: Northwest Film Forum Children’s Film Festival

Courtney • Feb 4, 2013Feb 1, 2013

Seattle-based agency Creature recently developed some really fun work for the Northwest Film Forum Children’s Film Festival. You can check out more of...

Martino&Jaña: Guimarães Jazz 2012

Courtney • Feb 4, 2013Feb 4, 2013

I’ve always enjoyed the designs Martino&Jaña have created for the Guimarães Jazz festival. (If you’ve missed their past work on DWL you can check them...

Sarah Andreacchio Illustration

Courtney • Feb 4, 2013Feb 1, 2013

I can’t get enough of Sarah Andreacchio’s colorful patterns and illustrations. Be sure to check out her shop as well. via Ape on the Moon...

CourseHorse Featured Classes: Landing Your Next Gig

Courtney • Feb 4, 2013Apr 12, 2013

If it’s been awhile since you searched for a new job, or you’re getting ready to apply to new college programs, you may want to brush up on your inter...

Ben Sherman Shirt Bar Promotion

To promote their stores’ ‘Shirt Bars,” the creative team at Ben Sherman came up with a creative solution: a paper origami folded shirt collar. Underne...

New from Hello!Lucky

Hello!Lucky, one of my favorite stationers, has introduced several new products for 2013. Personally, I’m most excited by their new monthly card subsc...

Student Work: Liz Cook: Pandora Rebrand

While at Chicago Portfolio School (where she graduated from this past fall), designer Liz Cook took on a rebrand of Pandora Internet Radio: Refining t...

Tyler Gross Illustration

I’m loving the bold and energetic illustration work of Tyler Gross....

Olivia King: Hand-Drawn Infographics

Sydney, Australia-based designer Olivia King has a profound love for ink. So much so that she developed this multi-page, hand-drawn infographic as an ...

Michael Haddad: Mid-Century Canada

Courtney • Feb 1, 2013Nov 3, 2013

Mid-Century Canada is the personal project of designer Michael Haddad. He chose to design a logo for every province in Canada in a graphic vintage-ins...

Love Letters is now live!

Courtney • Jan 31, 2013Jan 31, 2013

The collaborative coaster set I posted about recently, Love Letters by Mama’s Sauce, is now printed and available for purchase. In case you missed it ...

Type Love: Bellissima Script Pro

Courtney • Jan 30, 2013Jan 30, 2013

Bellissima Pro is the latest fancy script release from Sudtipos....

A New Site for Delicious Design League

Courtney • Jan 30, 2013Jan 30, 2013

Earlier this week Delicious Design League launched a brand new site. Below are a few of my favorites from their new shop additions....

Karsh Hagan: Portico Invitation Package

Karsh Hagan recently designed this gorgeous invitation and event package for Portico, a collection of luxury resorts around the in various locations a...

Sugar Paper for Goop

I’m loving this foil stamped Valentines that Sugar Paper designed for goop. Available for purchase here. via Black Eiffel Pinterest ...

Sasha Barr: Amigos Skateboarding Design

A little over a year ago Sasha Barr started a small skateboard company with a few friends called Amigos. Below you can see a selection of all the awes...

lg2: Maison Orphée’s Sea Salt Packaging

lg2 recently developed this classic, and somewhat nautical, design program for Maison Orphée’s new line of sea salts: As an importer and producer of e...

BLOW: Astrobrights Papers Products

To promote the line of Astrobrights papers, Design studio BLOW developed these bright and colorful paper products. Using a flower theme, (which origi...

Type Love: Insolente

Realistic-looking hand lettering typefaces are hard to come by, so I was plesantly surprised to stumble upon Insolente, a family of two fonts—the prim...

Matter: 2013 New Year Promotional Package

For their 2013 promotional package, Matter created a custom box containing 13 foil stamped cards and coordinating envelopes. Get a closer look right h...

The Hungry Workshop Valentines

If you’re in the market for some fun Valentines to give to loved ones this year, look no further than The Hungry Workshop. They’ve expanded their coll...

Bravo Company: The Sicilian Identity and Collateral

Bravo Company recently completed an extensive identity program for The Sicilian, an Italian restaurant in New South Wales, Australia: The Sicilian is ...

CourseHorse Featured Classes: Public Speaking

Courtney • Jan 28, 2013Apr 12, 2013

Whether it comes from a place of fear or self-doubt, or simply not knowing how to craft an engaging presentation, public speaking is a definitely a co...

Wax: Victoria Symphony 2012/13 Brochure

Courtney • Jan 25, 2013Jan 28, 2013

Designer Hans Thiessen recently worked with Canadian studio Wax to design the Victoria Symphony’s 2012/2013 Brochure. I’m especially loving the graphi...

Lauren Hom: Daily Dishonesty

Courtney • Jan 25, 2013Jan 25, 2013

Daily Dishonesty is Lauren Hom’s daily design project where she hand-letters all of the little lies she tells herself throughout the day. The letterin...

The Pressure: Good Stuff Holiday Pack

Courtney • Jan 25, 2013Jan 25, 2013

I’m loving this new project from Adam Garcia, of The Pressure: the Good Stuff Holiday Pack: In collaboration with Portland-based printer Premier Press...

Vgrafiks: Wink Identity, Collateral and Interiors

Courtney • Jan 25, 2013Jan 25, 2013

This new project by Vgrafiks is so much fun. Designed for Wink, a laser and wax studio, Vgrafiks chose to go in the opposite direction of the typical,...

Gabby Lord: Self-Promotional Business Cards

I’m absolutely loving the fun wordplay designer Gabby Lord used on her self-promotional business cards....

Type Love: Prisma Pro

Prisma Pro is an energetic display face by RMU Typedesign. This version is actually a revival and expansion of Prisma, a typeface that was designed by...

J Fletcher: Family Circle Cup Imagery

Love this new project that Jay Fletcher recently posted to his site. He partnered with agency Obviouslee Marketing and writer Jenny Badman to create t...

Special Group: The Oyster Inn Identity and Collateral