In honor of Barack Obama claiming the Democratic nomination, but without getting into too much political commentary, I thought I’d share this poster recently designed for the campaign. There’s been a huge influx of posters designed in support of Obama,…
Not sure how recently this happened, but I’m definitely psyched about it—Gmund paper finally has a brand new website. I had unsuccessfully attempted to purchase samples from their old site several times in the past, so I’ve been frustratingly waiting…
By way of the Post Expose blog I heard about what sounds like a really cool exhibition by Chris Rubino, called “The Center of Something”. The show opened May 30th and will be on view in a Times Square storefront…
I love Threadless. (They’re on the cover of this month’s Inc. Magazine, by the way.) Even though their shirts aren’t always my style, I usually take advantage of their sales to pick up a few. And this week happens to…
I’ve been pretty excited about Post Expose since it opened, even though I’ve unfortunately not had a chance to get there yet. They’re a screen printing and design center located in Long Island City—right around the corner from me (which…
Like I’ve said before, Duffy & Partners consistently produces great work. So I was excited to learn yesterday that they recently completed an identity project for a new restaurant (an area of design I’m particularly interested in). Tall Tales-Real Food…
Fortunately I got a chance to see Bill Strickland speak as the closing keynote for the HOW Conference. As a speaker and a person, he is truly inspirational. He grew up in poverty in the inner city of Pittsburgh and…
I subscribe to quite a few email newsletters, some of which are dedicated entirely to type. Yesterday I received the Font Shop newsletter highlighting some new typefaces in their shop, and I always love at least a few of them.…
If you like well-designed t-shirts you should know about Rumplo. The description on their site reads as follows: Rumplo is a place to find brilliant artist-designed T-shirts from around the world. Rumplo is also a T-shirt community — a place…
Full poster can be seen below I love working with ampersands whenever I get the chance. So when I came across this blog dedicated entirely to the glyph, I immediately bookmarked it. One thing that caught my eye right away…
Last night I almost got into the Sex and the City premiere at Radio City Music Hall. Almost. By the time they told us they were out of seats I was probably only 50 people away from the theater door,…
One of the highlights of the conference was the Type Director’s Club exhibit (TDC54) at the conference. I love the books cataloging these competitions. I personally own Typography 26 and Typography 28 and will definitely be adding this new one…
Another HOW Conference session I attended was “What it Takes to be Your Own Boss”, given by Ilise Benun of Marketing Mentor. I had previously attended one of their workshops locally and it was extremely helpful, so I was excited…
Another presenter I was really excited about was Charles Anderson. I love the look and feel of all the work that comes out of their studio, and I really love French paper, who they partner with on many of their…
Another session I was excited about was the one given by David Schimmel of And Partners here in New York. I’ve always admired their work so I was excited to hear what he had to say, especially about this topic…
These fun typographic illustrations from INVDR made the blog rounds a couple of weeks ago but I thought they’re still worth mentioning. I love the playful simplicity. He screenprinted some t-shirts which may or may not still be available. And…
Just came across this blog via the Daily Monster. It covers a bunch of the sessions I didn’t get to see, so take a look.
Designer and Illustrator Stefan Bucher, of Daily Monster fame, gave a talk along with John Foster called “Arriving at Creativity”. The most entertaining part of the talk was the video played at the end of Bucher’s monster created specifically for…