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Kate Thomas Patterns

Courtney • May 15, 2012
This year Kate Thomas will be making her debut at Surtex (Booth 670, if you’re able to attend), an international fair for the sale and license ...
Illustration

Austin Petito Wedding Package

Courtney • May 14, 2012
Austin Petito, of Tight Slice Graphics Co. developed this insanely gorgeous wedding package for his own recent wedding. The suite of materials featur...
Design

Student Work: Caleb Heisey: Folksaga Packaging

Courtney • May 14, 2012
This awesome packaging series, Folksaga, was designed by by Caleb Heisey, who is currently pursuing an MFA at Tyler School of Art. Here’s a bit ...
Design

Etsy Finds: Nocciola Design

Courtney • May 14, 2012
I’m loving the whimsical paper goods that Jessica Yeo creates as Nocciola Design. Take a look at the rest of the stationery items she has to off...
Etsy Finds

Stebbings Partners: LeanWorks Branding

Courtney • May 13, 2012
Great work by Massachusetts-based Stebbings Partners for LeanWorks, a new area restaurant featuring healthy fast food: LeanWorks is serving up a whol...
Design

Student Work: Aldis Ozolins: Blue Note Legend

Courtney • May 13, 2012
Awesome work by Aldis Ozolins for Blue Note Legend: Design for a proposed specialty sub label for Blue note records called “Blue Note Legend.&#...
Design
Monday Quick Links: 05.14.12

Monday Quick Links: 05.14.12

Courtney • Jan 16, 2014
Check out The Hungry Workshop’s Trophy Lives letterpress prints—they’re awesome. Knoed put together some great advice for young designer...
Quick Links

Color Happy 176

Courtney • May 10, 2012
A playful illustration in a monochromatic palette by Liam Barrett....
Design

Alex Dalmau: Dan! Corporate Identity

Courtney • Dec 14, 2012
Check out the lively identity and collateral designed for Dan Arisa, a musician and percussionist, by Barcelona-based designer Alex Dalmau....
Design

Mother New York: Maison Gerard Print Collateral

Courtney • May 07, 2012
Mother New York designed this suite of luxe printed materials for the opening of Maison Gerard‘s new gallery showroom on East 10th Street. Gorg...
Design

Type Love 190: Vibro

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012
I’ve had my eye on Vibro ever since it was released on MyFonts back in March. It’s certainly not the most versatile font in the world, but...
Typography
Lundgren + Lindqvist: Cora Hillebrand Identity

Lundgren + Lindqvist: Cora Hillebrand Identity

Courtney • Jan 16, 2014
As a promotion for artist Cora Hillebrand, Lundgren + Lindqvist developed these printed pieces that combine the functionality of a business card a...
Design

Student Work: Chul Lee: Omnibus Film Festival Identity

Courtney • May 07, 2012
Really impressed with Chul Lee’s work, especially the identity and collateral developed for the fictional event, Omnibus Film Festival....
Design

Collection: For Mom

Courtney • May 07, 2012
FOUND: 1. Lollia Candle in Sunspots On A Photograph No. 2, 2. Hable Construction Picnic Tote, 3. Virginia Johnson Shawl, 4. Kate Spade Hand in ...
Collection

Valerie Jar: National Park Stamp Icons

Courtney • May 08, 2012
Valerie Jar recently developed this series awesome of stamp icons for the National Parks by National Geographic app, an interactive guide to the U.S...
Design

Student Work: Mike Perry: Packaging Projects

Courtney • May 08, 2012
Mike Perry is a soon-to-be-graduate of Tyler School of Art with a great portfolio. In particular, I’m most impressed with his packaging projects...
Design

Etsy Finds: Print and Grain

Courtney • May 07, 2012
I’m loving the work of Print & Grain, a letterpress studio based in Portland Oregon and operated by designers Violet Tchalakov and Mike Ja...
Etsy Finds
Tom Jaeger: Identity and Collateral

Tom Jaeger: Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Jan 16, 2014
Tom Jaeger recently completed a brand new identity for his design practice. Here’s a bit of info that describes his thinking: Design with the ab...
Design

La Sardina Beach Editions

Courtney • May 04, 2012
How fun are Lomography’s new La Sardinia stripey beach editions?? Check out all of the available options right here....
Products

Jon Contino: Louie Lettering and Illustration

Courtney • May 04, 2012
I’ve only seen a couple of episodes of Louie, but I’m hoping to catch up with it over the summer while all my usual shows are on hiatus. A...
Illustration

Monday Quick Links: 05.07.12

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012
During a three-week Creative Problem Solving Course in the Digital Media Management master program of Hyper Island Manchester, students developed Q...
DesignQuick Links

Ludlow Kingsley: LK Year End Report

Courtney • Dec 18, 2012
What a great year-end project by Ludlow Kingsley, the 2011 LK Year End Report: Every early December, it starts up again. “Should we send out a h...
Design

Thereza Rowe Illustration

Courtney • Apr 30, 2012
I’m loving the graphic and colorful illustration work of London-based illustrator Thereza Rowe....
Illustration

Color Happy 175

Courtney • May 04, 2012
A beautiful piece by Andrew Bannecker....
Colors

Macarena López: CD Packaging

Courtney • May 03, 2012
These beautiful CD packages were designed and illustrated by Macarena López. You can check out more of her work right here.       &nb...
DesignIllustration

Sami Viljanto Illustration

Courtney • Apr 30, 2012
I’m loving the illustration work of Sami Viljanto, who operates under the moniker of Grand Deluxe. I especially love the colorful, jiggly Jello-...
Illustration

RoAndCo Studio: Honor Branding

Courtney • Dec 14, 2012
Feast your eyes on the gorgeous identity and collateral that was developed for fashion label Honor by RoAndCo—featuring a perfectly balanced combina...
Design

Type Love 189: Sofia Pro

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012
Sofia Pro is a 16-font sans serif type family that was originally designed in 2008 by Oliver Gourvat. This year it’s been redesigned to suppor...
Typography
Michael Croxton: MODBOT

Michael Croxton: MODBOT

Courtney • Jan 16, 2014
I’ve mentioned this year’s SVA MFA program a couple of times recently, as the work the graduates are doing is really impressive across th...
Design

Illustrated Bites Exhibition

Courtney • Apr 26, 2012
Heather Hardison recently opened a show at San Francisco’s Curiosity Shoppe featuring food-related bits of hand-lettering and illustration. Th...
Illustration

Bureau of Betterment: Well Vegan Branding and Illustration

Courtney • Apr 30, 2012
Mette Rankin, of Bureau of Betterment, recently completed some identity and illustration work for Well Vegan, a website that caters to hungry vegans ...
DesignIllustration

Collection: For the Birds

Courtney • Apr 30, 2012
FOUND: 1. Early Birds Letter Set, 2. Illustrated Bird Garland Kit, 3. The Animal Print Shop Owl Print, 4. Western American Bird Calls, 5. Sanna ...
Collection

End of Work: Meet the Greek Identity and Interiors

Courtney • Apr 30, 2012
Sydney-based studio End of Work recently completed the identity and interiors for Meet the Greek, an Australian restaurant chain. A few details: The ...
Design

John Derian for Paperless Post

Courtney • May 01, 2012
I’ve used Paperless Post a couple of times when I’ve needed an evite and didn’t have the time to design and code it myself. It&#8217...
Paper Goods

Murmure Business Cards

Courtney • Apr 30, 2012
Concrete business cards by Murmure. Wow....
Design

Daniel Ting Chong: Soap Range

Courtney • May 01, 2012
For this recent project, Daniel Ting Chong collaborated with a soap maker in Johannesburg, South Africa to develop a range of soaps. Each one has a ...
Products

Etsy Finds: Pinecone Camp

Courtney • Apr 30, 2012
This week’s find: beautiful photographs by Janis Nicolay of Pinecone Camp....
Etsy Finds
88 Brand Partners Launch

88 Brand Partners Launch

Courtney • Jan 16, 2014
88 Brand Partners is a brand new full service agency based in Chicago. Be sure to check out their site to learn more about who they are and how they w...
Design

Bravo Company: The Chain Reaction Project Identity

Courtney • Dec 14, 2012
A great project for a great cause by Bravo Company: The Chain Reaction Project (TCRP) is a non-profit organization that was born in 2009 to help chang...
Design
Trigger: Calgary Zoo 2011 Annual Report

Trigger: Calgary Zoo 2011 Annual Report

Courtney • Jan 16, 2014
Trigger recently took a unique approach to designing and producing the Calgary Zoo’s 2011 Annual Report. Be sure to check out the video below fo...
Design
Monday Quick Links: 04.30.12

Monday Quick Links: 04.30.12

Courtney • Jan 16, 2014
The site for the SVA MFA Design program is up and running, with links to each designer and their thesis projects. Check it out here. Speaking of SVA, ...
Quick Links

Student Work: Woody Harrington: Novel Tea Cafe Identity

Courtney • Apr 23, 2012
Woody Harrington is currently a Senior at Tyler School of Art, with an excellent portfolio. In particular, his identity project for Novel Tea Cafe, a ...
Design

Mytton Williams: Ink Identity

Courtney • Apr 27, 2012
Identity and collateral for Ink, a team of copywriters, by Mytton Williams....
Design

Color Happy 174

Courtney • Apr 26, 2012
Yet another lovely pattern from the always awesome Helen Dardik. Follow her blog for more....
Colors

O&Co on Branding Served

Courtney • Apr 23, 2012
Personal identity and stationery for O&Co Branding....
Design

Hovard Design: Founders Card Packaging

Courtney • Apr 23, 2012
Great redesign by Hovard Design for the Founders Card packaging....
Design

Janice Wu Illustration

Courtney • Apr 23, 2012
Beautiful illustration work by Janice Wu: “My work explores how meaning, value, and associations are placed upon things in the material realm. I...
Illustration

Type Love 188: Armitage

Courtney • Sep 14, 2012
I’ve recently discovered Dunwich Type Founders, a New York-based foundry with a handful of solid typefaces available for licensing. Armitage, i...
Typography

Victoria Fernandez Illustration

Courtney • Apr 23, 2012
Take a look at the lovely illustration work of Victoria Fernandez. More here....
Illustration

Boy Burns Barn: Parish Food & Goods Identity

Courtney • Dec 14, 2012
We were lucky enough to attend a wedding held at Atlanta’s Parish Food & Goods last fall, so I was excited to discover that Boy Burns Barn ...
Design

Sean Sutherland: Inspirational Posters

Courtney • Apr 23, 2012
Sean Sutherland designed this series of inspirational posters for use in his fiance’s office as a guidance counselor at a middle school....
Design

Collection: Out and About

Courtney • Apr 23, 2012
FOUND: 1. Karen Walker Eyewear, 2. O Happy Day Print, 3. Thinksport Safe Suncreen, 4. Huffy Women’s Ocean Deluxe Bike, 5. Nixon Headphone...
Collection

Atipus: Rítmia Identity

Courtney • Apr 23, 2012
A beautiful identity by Atipus for Rítmia, a music therapist and social educator....
Design

ruiz+company: Chocolate Factory Packaging

Courtney • Apr 23, 2012
Great packaging for Chocolate Factory by ruiz+company....
Design

Michael Mavian: The HUB Concierge Identity

Courtney • Dec 14, 2012
Check out: The HUB Concierge an identity project by Toronto-based Michael Mavian....
Design

Etsy Finds: The Aldas Project

Courtney • Apr 24, 2012
The Aldas Project is a philanthropic daily art project by Kristy Modarelli. Here are the details: I am a mixed media artist, generally working in scul...
Etsy Finds

Archie McLeish: Long Story Short Typography

Courtney • Apr 23, 2012
I’m loving Long Story Short, a project by Archie McLeish which typographically renders common digital speak acronyms in a decidedly non-digita...
Design

Loren Klein: Wedding Invitations

Courtney • Apr 23, 2012
Today I’m pleased to share the invitations Loren Klein designed for his wedding last summer. Below is a bit of background from Loren about the d...
Paper Goods

TRÜF Creative: Indiegogo Re-Brand

Courtney • Apr 23, 2012
Los Angeles-based design firm TRÜF (pronounced trooph) recently completed a re-brand and website overhaul for Indiegogo, a funding platform that&#82...
Design
Monday Quick Links: 04.23.12

Monday Quick Links: 04.23.12

Courtney • Jan 16, 2014
Sadly, the design world lost Hillman Curtis last week, an incredibly influential creative thinker who touched the lives of many. (If you haven’t...
Quick Links
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