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Gabriella Barouch Illustration

Courtney • Oct 9, 2012Oct 8, 2012
I’m so glad illustrator Gabrielle Barouch sent over her work this week. I love the imaginative subject matter and soft, delicate textures, espec...
Illustration

2012 RE:Design/Creative Directors Conference Giveaway

Courtney • Oct 9, 2012Oct 11, 2012
Update: This giveaway is now closed. I’m so happy to be able to offer another free pass to one of the incredible RE:DESIGN conferences, RE:DESI...
Design

Wurtemberg: Sellar Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Oct 8, 2012
I was recently introduced to London-based design studio Wurtemberg, and discovered that their polished, sophisticated work is right up my alley. I&#82...
Design

Pedale Design: Custom Playing Cards

Courtney • Oct 8, 2012
Over the past few months, Tyler Deeb of Pedale Design has been working on the design for a custom deck of playing cards. He’s set up the project...
Products

Etsy Finds: Sass & Peril

Courtney • Oct 8, 2012
Etsy shop Sass & Peril offers a wide array of screen printed textiles and paper goods featuring all sorts of adorable, graphic animal illustratio...
Etsy Finds

Elizabeth Olwen: Pattern Design

Courtney • Oct 5, 2012Dec 18, 2012
I am in love with the pattern designs of Toronto-based surface designer Elizabeth Olwen. Much more to see right here....
Illustration

Owen Gatley: New City Maps

Courtney • Oct 5, 2012Oct 4, 2012
I love these gorgeous new city maps by illustrator Owen Gatley. NYC is my favorite, naturally, but all three are available for purchase as A3 prints a...
Illustration

Type Love: Lexia

Courtney • Oct 5, 2012Oct 4, 2012
Lexia is another Dalton Maag typeface originally created in 2007. The friendly slab serif features six weights plus italics. Pick it up right here....
Typography

Radio: Wired Environment Illustrations

Courtney • Oct 5, 2012Oct 31, 2012
Radio just updated their portfolio with several new projects, including these editorial illustrations for Wired UK....
Illustration

Moglea: Wolf Finley Birth Announcement

Courtney • Oct 4, 2012
Check out this gorgeous birth announcement that Meg Gleason, of Moglea, recently designed for little one Wolf Finley. I especially love the color pa...
DesignPaper Goods

Letitia Buchan: Wedding Materials

Courtney • Oct 4, 2012
I’m loving the colorful, illustrative look and feel of the wedding materials designed by Letitia Buchan for her own wedding.   via Brookl...
Paper Goods

Anagrama: Montero Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Oct 4, 2012
Anagrama recently completed the identity, collateral and interiors for Montero, a restaurant in Saltillo Coahuila, which is a city very close to the ...
Design

Studio Hi Ho: Backyard Apartments Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Oct 3, 2012Oct 3, 2012
Melbourne-based Studio Hi Ho was asked with developing a campaign to promote Backyard Apartments, an off-the-beaten-track housing development in the...
Design

Toko: Art & About Festival Installation

Courtney • Oct 3, 2012Oct 3, 2012
Toko was commissioned by the Sydney-based Arts & About Festival to create a vibrant urban installation. Here’s a bit of insight into the thi...
Design

Public Works Posters

Courtney • Oct 3, 2012Oct 3, 2012
Public Bikes has launched a new traveling exhibition featuring posters interpreting the concept of “public.” The exhibition, which will so...
Design

Cake for Charlie

Courtney • Oct 3, 2012Oct 3, 2012
Cake for Charlie is a new line of modern paper goods by designer Sarah Hodges. Her initial offering includes ten fun wrapping paper designs, but plans...
Paper Goods

Introducing Colabs

Courtney • Oct 2, 2012Oct 1, 2012
Colabs is a new creative community currently being developed by Brooklyn-based designers Noah Akinson and Jennica Johnstone. Once launched, the site ...
Ideas

Ben Noe: Next Level Expeditions Patches

Courtney • Oct 2, 2012Oct 1, 2012
Designer Ben Noe recently completed the design of a series of seven embroidered patches for Next Level Expeditions, which illustrate the tallest summi...
CraftDesign

God Hates Goods: About Us

Courtney • Oct 1, 2012
Check out this new project from the folks at Design Ranch: God Hates Goods is a line of clothing and ephemera intended solely to raise eyebrows and st...
DesignProducts

justAjar Design + Press: New Posters

Courtney • Oct 1, 2012Oct 1, 2012
Check out these new posters from justAjar, all printed on a Vandercook letterpress from carved wood blocks and hand-set type. I’m especially lo...
Design

Anne Lee: Floral Typography

Courtney • Oct 1, 2012
This gorgeous floral alphabet was hand-crafted and photographed by Anne Lee, a junior Graphic Design major a MICA....
Design

Apartment One: Rock the Vote

Courtney • Sep 28, 2012Sep 28, 2012
Apartment One has teamed up with Rock the Vote to develop and launch this year’s epic youth voter campaign, “We Will.” Here’s ...
Design

Type Love: Foco

Courtney • Sep 28, 2012
I’m loving the playful softness of Foco, a typeface published by Dalton Maag from 2007....
Typography

Mattson Creative: CBS Posters

Courtney • Sep 28, 2012
You may remember the posters Mattson Creative developed for CBS to commemorate some of their classic television shows.  Well, get a load of how amazi...
Design

Playtype: I Love Typography Poster Collection

Courtney • Sep 28, 2012
Playtype just launced their new series of I Love Typography posters. They will soon be available in the online shop....
Design

Uppercase Magazine: Beautiful Bitmaps

Courtney • Sep 27, 2012Sep 27, 2012
Beautiful Bitmaps is a recent project from Uppercase Magazine: For issue 15, we invited 26 typographers, designers and illustrators to make beautiful...
Design

New Telegramme Posters

Courtney • Sep 27, 2012
More awesome in the Telegramme shop…...
Design

Etsy Finds: Nocciola Design Tooth Fairy Receipts

Courtney • Sep 27, 2012Sep 27, 2012
These Tooth Fairy Receipts by Nocciola Design are simply adorable. If you’re the DIY type, there’s a printable version too....
Paper Goods

James Griffioen: Feral Houses

Courtney • Sep 27, 2012Sep 24, 2012
I am fascinated by James Griffioen’s Feral Houses, both the phenomenon itself and the way James has captured them on film. A few prints from the...
Photography

Sarah Drake Design: Brad Goreski Calling Cards

Courtney • Sep 27, 2012
If you’re any sort of Brad Goreski fan (as am I) you must agree how incredibly perfect these sophisticated yet playful calling cards are for hi...
Design

Stitch Design Co. and Sideshow Press: “The South Illustrated” 2013 Calendar

Courtney • Sep 27, 2012
“The South Illustrated” 2013 calendar was designed by Stitch Design Co. and letterpress printed by Sideshow Press, exclusively for Garden ...
Paper Goods

J Fletcher Design: Fenwick Pythons Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Sep 26, 2012Sep 26, 2012
While I don’t have a specific fear of snakes, I can’t say I particularly like them either. Still I couldn’t resist posting this exce...
Design

Emily Isles: Italian Inventions Posters

Courtney • Sep 25, 2012Sep 24, 2012
Designer/illustrator Emily Isles created this series of posters, Italian Inventions as a self-initiated project. The idea for the series came about as...
Illustration

Lumadessa: Canine Editions

Courtney • Sep 25, 2012Sep 25, 2012
Just noticed an older draft of this went up incorrectly—sorry about that! DWL favorite Lumadessa has recently launched a series of Canine Editions, ...
Illustration

Imaginaria Creative: We, You & Us Promotional Campaign

Courtney • Sep 25, 2012Sep 24, 2012
I’m a big fan of the work Imaginaria Creative is doing. This particular piece is a self-promotional one, centered around the theme of “We,...
Design

Type Love: Gigalypse

Courtney • Sep 24, 2012Sep 24, 2012
I’m currently loving Gigalypse, a new chunky square sans serif from Dunwich Type Founders....
Typography

& SMITH: Porto Montenegro Marketing Materials

Courtney • Sep 24, 2012Sep 24, 2012
These sophisticated print pieces by & SMITH for Porto Montenegro are giving me major vacation cravings....
Design

Tom Froese: Everlovin’ Press Site Design

Courtney • Sep 24, 2012
Tom Froese, along with Chad Holden and Rigel St. Pierre on development, recently launched a brand new site for Everlovin’ Press, the letterpress ...
Design

Type Love: Steinweiss Script

Courtney • Sep 21, 2012Sep 19, 2012
I’ve had my eye on Steinweiss Script for awhile, a typeface that was originally developed as cover lettering for a Taschen edition on the work o...
Typography

Zara Picken Illustration

Courtney • Sep 21, 2012Sep 20, 2012
Zara Picken recently launched a brand new site design featuring a clean, simple layout and lots of new work. A few favorites are below, but be sure to...
Illustration

Gordon’s + Conran: Limited Edition Gin Packaging

Courtney • Sep 21, 2012Sep 20, 2012
This week Gordon’s gin just launched a fun collaboration with Conran, a series of ten limited edition bottle designs: Seeming an obvious marri...
Design

Frost* Design: Stanmore School Interior Graphics

Courtney • Sep 21, 2012Sep 20, 2012
Frost* Design recently put their stamp on the new library at Stanmore Public School, located in Sydney, Australia, through the use of bright, colorfu...
Design

Tom Kondrat: Iceland Photography

Courtney • Sep 20, 2012Sep 19, 2012
It clear from past posts that I have a bit of a fascination with Iceland. So it should be no surprise that I’m loving the cool, quiet beauty of ...
Photography

Type Love: Luella

Courtney • Sep 20, 2012Sep 19, 2012
Luella is a whimsical, vintage-inspired, hand-drawn font by Cultivated Mind. Pick it up at You Work for Them....
Typography

Malika Favre: Hide and Seek Miniprints

Courtney • Sep 20, 2012Sep 19, 2012
Malika Favre just released a new series of mini screenprints featuring seven black, white and red illustrations centered around the theme of Hide and...
Illustration

BKLYN Larder Posters

Courtney • Sep 19, 2012Sep 20, 2012
I’m loving these graphic food-themed posters from Bklyn Larder. I don’t have any information about the designer/illustrator, so if you hav...
Design

Hang tags on the Behance Network

Courtney • Sep 19, 2012Sep 18, 2012
These gorgeous hang tags were designed and printed by Rocio Cogno during a letterpress class at Cooper Union....
Design

Hovard Design: Creel and Gow Identity

Courtney • Sep 19, 2012Sep 18, 2012
A beautifully sophisticated identity by Hovard Design for Creel and Gow, an Upper East Side boutique. I can’t get enough of their signature pers...
Design

Jessica Hische and Paul Buckley: Penguin Drop Cap Series

Courtney • Sep 19, 2012Dec 14, 2012
Jessica Hische and Paul Buckley have collaborated on an exciting new project, a series of cover designs for classic literature featuring Jessica&#8217...
BooksDesign

SB Studio: The Brink Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Sep 18, 2012Sep 18, 2012
Check out this identity developed by SB Studio for The Brink, which is a dry bar in the UK. I absolutely love the punchy graphics and the degree of in...
Design

Alan Coulson Portraits

Courtney • Sep 18, 2012
Gorgeous work by Alan Coulson. via Ignant...
Art

Ascender: Megan Sheerin Identity

Courtney • Sep 18, 2012
I love this clever identity by Ascender for Megan Sheerin, a corporate communications consultant.  ...
Design

HOOK & IRONS CO. on the Behance Network

Courtney • Sep 18, 2012Sep 18, 2012
This gorgeous typography was created by Ginger Monkey for Hook & Irons Co., a clothing label created by two firefighters. Pick up merch for yourse...
Design

Bureau of Betterment: 54-40 Packaging

Courtney • Sep 17, 2012
I’m loving this new packaging project by Bureau of Betterment… The 54-40 packaging project was a collaboration between two sole proprietor...
Design

Christine Wisnieski: Tavern Vinegar Co. Packaging

Courtney • Sep 17, 2012Sep 18, 2012
I’m loving the packaging solutions Christine Wisnieski came up with for Tavern Vinegar Co., a line of housemade artisanal vinegars by Chef J...
Design

Blok Design: Furlined Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Sep 17, 2012Sep 17, 2012
I love the bold, minimal design for Furlined, an L.A.-based film production company, by Blok Design: Working with the company’s founder and senior e...
Design

Type Together Workhorses

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012Sep 14, 2012
Type Together makes so many great workhorse typefaces, both serif and sans serif, that can work for an incredibly wide range of applications. I would ...
Typography

Glenn Wolk: Ruffian Spring 2013

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012Sep 12, 2012
Glenn Wolk developed these t-shirt designs for Ruffian’s (a label created by his brother Brian Wolk) Spring 2013 collection. Check out more righ...
Design

StudioThomson: Richard James Mayfair Tags

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012Sep 14, 2012
I love the contrast between the natural textures and fluorescent strings in the hangtags that Studio Thomson created for Savile Row tailor Richard Ja...
Design
Kelli Anderson CreativeMornings

Kelli Anderson CreativeMornings

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012Jan 16, 2014
I was disappointed that I couldn’t attend Kelli Anderson’s Creative Mornings talk back in July, so I’m thrilled that the video of he...
Design
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