“The “Old School” theme will celebrate the aesthetics of twentieth century education through an art exhibition and companion book, as well as curated objects. It is inspired by vintage flash cards, old desks, biology class, science fairs, crayons, card catalogs,…
The work of Italian designer and illustrator, Alberto Seveso, completely blew me away. His style is very different from my own, so the layering in his images is mind-boggling to me. See for yourself at his own site or on…
I love this hoodie! (Especially the black one with pink letters, super girly I know.) And it’s even cooler that all the letters are individually hand cut. $38 right here. via Seesaw Designs
Here’s some smart, clean and functional packaging from BVD out of Stockholm. They also have some great identity work, see that here. I also really love the simplicity of their site design, and the fact that they include their brief…
I became obsessed with these typographic designs when I saw them on the Graphic Exchange last fall. And I hadn’t visited the main site in awhile—an amazing resource for design inspiration. So when I decided to see what’s new yesterday,…
Next Tuesday Lost at E Minor will be launching what promises to be a really cool email newsletter. Every week a different guest musician will compile a list of the 8 songs they’re loving at the moment. I’m always on…
Cameron Adams over at The Man in Blue put together a really fun post that showcases the handwriting of several prominent typographers. See Sebastian Lester below, and many more here. Thanks for the link, John!
FontShop does it again, with another great newsletter this week. I’m always on the lookout for a friendly text weight serif family, so here are a couple I’m really liking. FF Tisa FF Atma Check out the rest of the…
I caught these new Thomas Paul stationery products via the See Jane Work newsletter last night. Fun. Check out everything that’s available right here.
While I was checking out some of the shops I had on my list I ended up stumbling upon a few others that are definitely worth visiting when in the area… 826 Valencia I had seen a lot about 826…
Spotlight on Campfire Goods From the 50 States series, $20 right here From the City series, $20 right here
After checking out the Ferry Building we stumbled upon this really amazing public artwork at the Embarcadero Center. After doing a little bit of research I found out that the fountain was created by Canadian sculptor, Armand Vaillancourt, in 1971.…
Yesterday I discovered another blog (via Uppercase) dedicated solely to posters and prints. Not that I need another blog to add to my list, but from what I’ve seen so far Robot Walrus is worth it. Love the extra large…
While I was checking out some of the shops I had on my list I ended up stumbling upon a few others that are definitely worth visiting when in the area… lola lola is a really fun stationery and gift…
One of the many growing collections in my apartment is screen-printed show posters. We have quite a few of them, designed by various artists for several different bands. Some time in the near future I plan on doing a post…
Unfortunately you may have noticed this site has been in and out today. As a result (of this and several other problems we’ve been having with all our sites) I am currently working on switching the blog over to a…
For awhile now, design aficionado Steven Heller has been writing a column for the online version of Print Magazine where he posts short design-related entries daily. Today marks the redesign of the column as well as the launch of a…
For quite awhile I had been compiling a list of the San Francisco shops that I wanted to visit. I didn’t get to all of them, unfortunately, but here are a few that I got to check out: Aria Aria…
