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Carat is a “contemporary interpretation of a classic serif” by German foundry Hoftype....

Hanna Konola: Christmas Calendar

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

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

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...

Mama’s Sauce: Love Letters Collection

In support of the Hamilton Wood Type & Print Museum—if you don’t know about their current struggles, read more here—Mama’s Sauce h...

Type Love: Unio

Unio is a friendly slab serif with rounded edges by Wilton Foundry....

Peskimo: Special Brews Prints

The illustration team Peskimo created this fun series of prints inspired by the seemingly endless varieties of tea. Special Brews has launched with an...

Baji: Elements of Education

Seattle-based studio Baji recently completed the re-brand and site development for Elements of Education, a Washington-based non-profit that aims to...

Paper Pusher Printworks: 2013 Risograph Calendar

Courtney • Dec 19, 2012Dec 19, 2012

I’ve already bought far too many 2013 calendars—not sure where I’m hanging them all!— but I have to say I’m loving this vibrant ...

Bureau of Betterment: Holiday Chutes & Ladders Game Board

Courtney • Dec 19, 2012Dec 19, 2012

Bureau of Betterment created this playful Holiday Chutes and Ladders Game Board for Xplane, a company that specializes in Business Design Thinking....

Bond: Merry Xmas Interactive Card

Courtney • Dec 19, 2012Dec 19, 2012

Bond developed this fun interactive Christmas card game for the University of The Arts Helsinki. Take a minute to play with the greeting for yoursel...

Ty Mattson: Homeland-Inspired Vintage Record Covers

Courtney • Dec 19, 2012

If you’re not already watching Homeland, you should be. Plain and simple, it’s just great TV. What’s also great—better than great,...

Anagrama: Bonnard Brand Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Dec 18, 2012Dec 18, 2012

Anagrama just completed this gorgeous Brand Identity and collateral for Bonnard, a Mexican french-inspired tea and confectionery shop. I am loving th...

Nate Williams: Mar del Sur Collection

Courtney • Dec 18, 2012Dec 18, 2012

It hasn’t been that cold on the East Coast yet this winter, but I’m still craving a tropical vacation right about now. So Nate Williams&#8...

WBYK: Band Posters

Courtney • Dec 18, 2012Dec 18, 2012

I just discovered the work of Sydney, Australia-based two-person team WBYK. I’m loving their illustration style, especially when it comes to the...

To Resolve Project 2013

Courtney • Dec 18, 2012

Chris Streger has just launched the 2013 edition of the To Resolve Project, where designers submit their resolutions for the new year in the form of p...

Jenny Bowers: Bloomingdales Holiday

Courtney • Dec 17, 2012Dec 18, 2012

I’m loving the colorful holiday decorations that Jenny Bowers developed for Bloomingdales this season. via Peepshow Collective...

Two Times Elliott: Daniel Hopwood Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Dec 17, 2012Dec 17, 2012

Two Times Elliott developed this clean, modern identity for Daniel Hopwood, a London-based interior design practice....

The Little Friends of Printmaking: Unlucky 2013 Calendar

Courtney • Dec 17, 2012Dec 17, 2012

The Little Friends of Printmaking are greeting 2013 with “all the hostility it deserves” by way of their Unlucky silk screened calendar. ...

CourseHorse Featured Classes: Illustration

Courtney • Dec 17, 2012Jan 16, 2014

If you’re interested in getting into illustration or brushing up on your basic drawing and painting skills these classes are for you: Drawing Wo...

The Just Love Project Giveaway Winner

Courtney • Dec 17, 2012Dec 17, 2012

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Pearly Yon: Ashbourne Wine Label

This gorgeous wine label was designed and illustrated by Pearly Yon for the Ashbourne Sauvignon Blanc. Here’s a bit about her process: I was bri...

Molly Jacques: Great Lakes Lettering

Earlier this week illustrator Molly Jacques announced Great Lakes Lettering, a new collaboration between herself and font designer Dathan Boardman. T...

The Winter Cabin Collection

The Winter Cabin Collection is a new collaboration between Mary Kate McDevitt, Man vs Ink and Wanderlust Vintage & Handmade. The line began as ...

Bond: Santa Claus Rebrand

Courtney • Dec 14, 2012

For Icon Magazine’s re-design section, Bond bravely took on Santa Claus. Faced with the challenge of a dwindling number of believers, they g...

Dan Blackman: Pointer Brand Refresh

I’m a little late to the game on this one, but Dan Blackman launched a beautiful new (and responsive!) portfolio site yesterday. All of the work...

Type Love: Shelton Slab

Courtney • Dec 14, 2012

Shelton Slab is a distressed letterpress style font featuring letterforms that appear to be from many different alphabets. Pick up this new release b...

Just Love Project Giveaway Reminder

Courtney • Dec 13, 2012Jan 16, 2014

Just a quick reminder that if you haven’t entered The Just Love Project giveaway yet, you have until tomorrow to do so. Just leave a comment on ...

Jack Muldowney: The Katie Boyce Company Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Dec 13, 2012Dec 13, 2012

I’ve always loved emerald green, but being that it’s been declared Pantone’s 2013 color of the year, lately it’s been more pro...

Hum Creative Launch Party

Courtney • Dec 13, 2012Dec 14, 2012

Seattle-based Hum Creative recently threw this super fun launch party to celebrate their brand new website. Love those hum dog posters and tattoos. Al...

Dominic Flask and Rory Harms: 12 Days of Christmas

Courtney • Dec 12, 2012Dec 18, 2012

I’ve been enjoying following Dominic Flask and Rory Harms’s illustration project, 12 Days of Christmas. They have been publishing their o...

Anagrama: Doce Cielos Brand Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Dec 12, 2012Dec 12, 2012

Anagrama recently completed this elegant Brand Identity and Collateral for Doce Cielos, makers of traditional honey-based products....

Stitch Design Co.: Hob Nob Stationery

Courtney • Dec 12, 2012Dec 12, 2012

I’m loving the whimsical stationery items that Stitch Design Co. created for Hob Nob, an event curator based in Charleston, South Carolina....

Foundry Co: Fireside Brand Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Dec 12, 2012Dec 12, 2012

Here is another awesome Foundry Collective project. This clean, modern and elegant identity and collateral was developed for Fireside, design + build...

Foundry Co: The Mule Brand Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Dec 12, 2012

The Mule is another Foundry Collective project that I’ve seen snippets of in the past, but never the complete brand fleshed out to print pieces ...

Foundry Co: Emporium Pies Update

Courtney • Dec 12, 2012Jan 16, 2014

Earlier I happened to stumble upon Foundry Collective’s site after not visiting for awhile, and I noticed several project updates that are very ...

Type Love: Olio

Courtney • Dec 11, 2012Dec 10, 2012

Olio is a bold, geometric display face by Max Little. Available in Bold and Inline, you can currently pick up the set for 50% off at MyFonts....

Hans Thiessen and Michael Mateyko: KOMBOH Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Dec 11, 2012Dec 10, 2012

This identity and collateral designed for KOMBOH, a “fun loving bureaucracy run by two people,” is SO much fun. Check out KOMBOH&#821...

The Just Love Project Update + Giveaway

Courtney • Dec 11, 2012Dec 14, 2012

This giveaway is now closed. Thanks to all who participated! Back in March I first posted about The Just Love Project, a philanthropic, collaborative ...

Noise 13: Holiday Cards

Courtney • Dec 11, 2012Dec 18, 2012

Check out Noise 13′s new line of holiday cards. You can choose to buy one of three series of three, each with its own theme, or the entire set o...

CourseHorse Featured Classes: Focus on Photoshop

Courtney • Dec 10, 2012Jan 16, 2014

This week’s classes are for those of you that may want to dive in further to Photoshop and all of its capabilities. I personally use Photoshop e...

Petra Börner: Cosmos Stationery

Courtney • Dec 10, 2012Dec 18, 2012

If you’re looking for a non-traditional card option this holiday, you may want to check out Petra Börner’s graphic, black and white Cosmo...

Gap Cares Update

Courtney • Dec 10, 2012Dec 10, 2012

Thanks to commenter Tracy (on this post), I’ve learned the other artists who participated in the Gap Cares gift card designs. In addition to And...

The All Day Everyday Project Giveaway Winner

Courtney • Dec 10, 2012Dec 9, 2012

Congrats Brian! Expect an email from me later today. Thanks to all who participated!...

Santtu Mustonen: Patterns and Illustrations

These interesting, painterly illustrations and patterns by Santtu Mustonen caught my eye today. More here. via Hugo & Marie Behance...

Manual: Loose Leaf Edition 02: Landscape

Manual recently released Edition 2 of Loose Leaf, their hybrid publication and print series that is published twice a year. Edition 2 focuses on the t...

FUNNEL: Waxing Kara Identity and Packaging

FUNNEL updated their portfolio with a few new projects this week, including the gorgeous identity and packaging that they developed for Waxing Kara h...

2013 Studio On Fire Desk Calendar

The 2013 Studio on Fire desk calendar is now available! This year’s design is based on the theme “Lucky Number 13” and includes col...

Aaron Bouvier: Ron and Puloma Wedding Materials

Courtney • Dec 6, 2012Dec 5, 2012

It’s been awhile since I posted a small sampling of Aaron Bouvier’s work back in 2010. Since then he’s updated his portfolio with a ...

Trigger Communications: Holiday/Apocalypse Advent Calendar

Courtney • Dec 6, 2012Dec 18, 2012

Trigger Communications has sent out a unique and engaging holiday promotion this year: We know December can get overwhelming, so this year we’ve se...

Naughtyfish: Spine Totem

Courtney • Dec 6, 2012Dec 5, 2012

Check out this super fun new project by Australian studio Naughtyfish. They designed this spine ‘Totem’ to identify issues of desktop maga...

Eames: Beautiful Details

Courtney • Dec 6, 2012Dec 5, 2012

Eames: Beautiful Details, a new book from Ammo Books, is definitely on my wishlist....

Hannes Beer: The All Day Everyday Project Book + Giveaway

Courtney • Dec 6, 2012Dec 8, 2012

This giveaway is now closed. Back in March I posted about Hannes Beer’s All Day Everyday Project, a self-initiated daily illustration and design...

Daniel Renda: Riff Raff Illustrations

There’s a good change you’re not familiar with the rapper Riff Raff. I’m wouldn’t call myself a fan of his music, but I will...

Ryan Schneider Art

I recently discovered the work of artist Ryan Schneider through 20×200, and immediately fell in love with his colorful and pattern/texture-filled...

Type Love: Ramsey

Ramsey is a new display sans from the folks at Associated Typographics, aptly described as having a “strong structure and a warm personality.&#...

Colle + McVoy: 2012 All-Set Card Set