Jessica Hische

If you don’t recognize the name, Jessica Hische is an extremely talented designer, illustrator and typographer, who works with Louise Fili (whose work you should get to know if you don’t already) full time, and does her own design and…

Color Happy 4

I saw this project on Behance awhile ago. Designed by Vash, it looks as though he has changed his privacy settings or removed his account, so I can’t link to the original project site, unfortunately. The identity system it’s a…

Another Thing…

that makes me wish I were going back to school: these book cover kits from Paper Source. Definitely beats the brown paper bag trick I used to use. Love the patterns.

Alphabet Cities prints available!

I just got word through Behance that Craig Ward‘s Alphabet Cities prints will be available in September. The two limited edition typographic designs depict London and New York, and cost $140 each. Get in touch with Craig to let him…

Type Navigator

I may be late in the game, but I just discovered Fontshop’s Type Navigator tool. I’m not sure how long it’s been around, but I wish I had discovered it sooner. Rather than choosing by category—Serif, Sans Serif, etc.—as most…

T-shirt Wednesdays

Here are a few shirts found by using Rumplo’s new color sorting feature: 50 Ways to Help the Planet, $25 at Wire and Twine Painted Rio, $18 at Heavy Tees I Love Pixel, about $35.50 at Sehubabe

sixtypound

I just rediscovered this type specimen I had saved from awhile ago. A quote from “Pulp Fiction”—hopefully no one is offended by the curse words—I love the typeface itself (especially those descenders!) as well as the composition. Unfortunately sixtypound, designed…

The Girl Effect

I read about the Girl Effect in one of my monthly magazines (Marie Claire, I think.) It’s an organization dedicated to empowering girls over the world as our future leaders, in the belief that they have a vital role in…

Model Citizen

I’m one of those people who always loved school—if I ever win the lottery, I’m becoming a professional student. So I’m always really interested to see what the designers in SVA’s Designer as Author program are up to. Enrolling in…

Holly Wales

How can these not make you happy? Check out more of Holly’s work on her portfolio site, or blog.

2009 IKEA Picks

I just (excitedly) received my copy of the 2009 IKEA catalog the other day. So here are my picks from their new offerings. Hopefully I’ll be picking a couple of these up next time I make it out there. INGER…

Yuki

I am totally ready for Fall weather. It’s my favorite time of the year, and the summer in New York can be stifling. But these photos from Yuki made me reconsider. So summery and bright, they made me wish I…

Wow.

I’ve always been inspired by the work of Why Not Associates. But these two recent projects blew me away. I’ve definitely never seen a school or library that valued design so highly to implement concepts like this. I’m hoping for…

Marie Bushbaum

I stumbled upon the lovely work of Marie Bushbaum on Behance the other night. She is an extremely talented pattern designer. But what I love most about her work is her presentation—she includes tons of illustrations showing how the patterns…

Color Happy 3

This palette is definitely unique, and the design—by Helmo, out of France—is so intricate and layered. I see something new every time I look at it. Their website is in French so I don’t know a whole lot about this…

Rami Niemi

I’m in love with these bold black and white illustrations. And check out that hand drawn type! Rami Niemi hails from Finland where he is represented by Pekka. Lots more to see here and here.

Type Love 11: Aerotype

I’m really liking these chunky slab serifs—what they call Western/19th century—from Aerotype. Again, I don’t really get to use type like this too often, but I like keep some around to play with. This foundry has quite the library—you can…