Design Ranch: Zen’d Party Arty Invitation
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I couldn’t resist featuring another project from the creative minds at Design Ranch this week—they have such an incredible portfolio. HereR...
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Ben Geier: Culture 22 Identity and Graphics
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Ben Geier is a Chicago-based designer and photographer with a decidedly impressive portfolio. What caught my eye in particular was the work he did f...
Remilla and Emil Wedding Paper Goods
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Bay area designer Remilla Ty designed this suite of paper goods for her own wedding this past November. The pieces feature all sorts of handmade deta...
Collection: Presidential
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FOUND: 1. Vintage White House Postcard, 2. Vintage George Washington Postcard, 3. Vintage Mount Rushmore Commemorative Plate, 4. Vintage Political...
Design Ranch: Unforked Branding
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By way of Laura Berglund’s portfolio I found this super fun restaurant branding project by Design Ranch, where she is currently employed. Here&#...
Studio Lin: 2012 Core77 Design Awards Poster
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Studio Lin recently designed this beautiful poster to commemorate the 2012 Core77 Design Awards, which is currently accepting entries through March 1...
Erin Drewitz Photography
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Feast your eyes on the incredible photography of Erin Drewitz. What you see below is a selection from her Places series, but she also shoots portraits...
Etsy Finds: Constellation & Co.
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I’ve mentioned Constellation & Co.’s work in the past, but I only recently discovered their etsy shop. It’s filled with all sort...
Student Spotlight: Paul Marcinkowski: Tattoo Infographics
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How cool are these tattoo infographics?!? A very impressive student project by Paul Marcinkowski. via Quipsologies ...
Almanac: Discover Monet Website
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Recently, Almanac was commissioned by the St. Louis Art Museum to assist them in creating an online resource centered around Claude Monet’s Water ...
Red Design: Aspex Gallery Identity
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I’m incredibly intrigued by this branding project from new-to-me studio Red Design… Red Design were invited by Aspex Gallery in Portsmout...
Monday Quick Links: 02.13.12
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Kate Spade has brought back their e-valentines for 2012. I can’t tell you how much I love Love Ever After, a Kickstarter project by Lauren Fle...
Michael Braley: Colin Corcoran Business Cards
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Check out these excellent, alphabet flashcard business cards by Michael Braley for Colin Corcoran, a copywriter....
Tind: What You See Is What You Get Posters
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Tind’s latest experimental poster (remember these?) is a typographic beauty screen printed in phosphorescent and fluorescent inks. Take a look...
Daniel Zender: Hitchcock Poster Series
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Daniel Zender has put together quite the extensive portfolio of design and illustration work. In particular, I’m really loving his Hitchcock fil...
Color Happy 163
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I’m loving this cool, crisp color palette found in a book design from Mucho’s portfolio featured on September Industry....
Ehrenstråhle & Wågnert: Modesty Branding
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In my opinion, this stark, minimalist design—by Ehrenstråhle & Wågnert—is perfectly apropos for a high-end clothing line named Modesty. I&#...
Vintage Animal Illustrations by Staffan Wirén
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I can’t get enough of these vintage animal illustrations by Swedish illustrator Staffan Wirén. Each alphabet illustration was found in the chil...
Type Love 177: Narziss Text
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Narziss Text is the serif companion to the very popular Narziss display face by Hubert Jocham Type....
NB Studio: This Year…
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This Year… is an annual piece by NB Studio sent to clients and friends as an alternative to the typical holiday card. Each year they focus on a par...
Marwan Kaabour: On Passports: A Study
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On Passports: A Study is a visual summary that accompanied Marwan Kaabour’s thesis project PASS/PORT, which critically investigates the differ...
Radio: 22 Seven Icons
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An icon is such a small piece of artwork that it presents quite the communication challenge. So I’m impressed with this extensive set that Radio...
Collection: Love Actually
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FOUND: 1. Sugar Paper Gold Hearts Card, 2. Love You Daily, 3. I Like You and Naps card, 4. Loved ring, 5. Tattly Love Tattoo, 6. Custom Love Wa...
Proof Wine Collective Packaging
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Proof Wine Collective is producing some really interesting wines with some impressive label artwork. You can see a whole lot more right here....
Mark Gowing Design Movie Posters
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Mark Gowing Design has created some excellent poster designs for Hopscotch films....
STUDIO BRAVE: Egg Unlimited Branding
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Melbourne, Australia-based Studio Brave recently developed the identity and collateral for Egg Unlimited, an old-fashioned bakery that bakes all o...
Etsy Finds: Julia Kostreva
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I’ve seen these geometric, color blocked notebooks and planners all over the place recently, so I’m glad I finally stumbled upon the shop....
Braden Wise: Good Day CA Revisited
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In celebration of the project’s publishing in the CA Typography Annual, Braden Wise has posted a whole new series of his Good Day CA postcard d...
Alfalfa Studio for Kate Spade
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This perfectly charming stop motion animation was created by Alfalfa Studios for Kate Spade in celebration of the color chocolate brown, as part of ...
Lulu Dee Valentines
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Check out Lulu Dee’s new Valentines—four, two-color designs in her signature playful style. They’re available for purchase as a complete...
The Hungry Workshop: The Rabbit Hole Promo
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Here is yet another amazing project from The Hungry Workshop, a promotional piece for The Rabbit Hole Ideation Cafe, “a place to meet, work, sh...
Monday Quick Links: 02.06.12
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Designers & looks like it could be a great resource for designers to connect with both printers and developers. I love these great illustrations a...
Luli Sánchez Hand-painted Patterns
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I’m in love with these hand-painted watercolor patterns by Luli Sánchez. So much more to see right here. via Oh Joy!...
Laudon Type Design
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Laudon is the Swedish type design studio of Carolina Laudon, focused on typography, type design and type education. Here’s a small sampling ...
Borja Bonaque: Square, Circle, Triangle Prints
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Borja Bonaque just released this print series of urban landscapes housed within basic geometric shapes. Get a closer look here and pick up a set for ...
Color Happy 162
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I’m usually one for bright, vibrant color palettes, but the muted tones of these letterpress tags by Joseph Parra caught my eye this week....
New Facebook Page!
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We’ve got a brand new Facebook page! To go along with our current rebranding efforts, we’ve consolidated our updates to one page where we&...
Big News: We’ve opened up shop!
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The Seamless shop has been in the works for quite awhile, and we’re now finally ready to release our first product! We recently designed these ...
Iglika Kodjakova: Illustrative Numbers
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These illustrative numbers by Iglika Kodjakova are super fun. via Typography Served...
CODO Design: Bird on a Wire Branding
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CODO Design recently developed the branding for Bird on a Wire, a small boutique in Franklin, Indiana that sells repurposed, recycled and refurbished...
Foundry Collective: Emporium Pies Branding
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I’m a big fan of Foundry Collective’s work, so it’s no surprise that I love their branding for Emporium Pies. The color palette mig...
Type Love 176: Kurry
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Kurry is a fun, curvy new display face from Cadson Demak. ...
BOND: Aschan Deli Branding
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BOND recently completed the branding and interior design for Aschan Deli. I’m loving the pops of red against the neutral color palette and mater...
Matter: 2012 New Year Package
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Check out this gorgeous promotion that Matter sent to their clients this year: two custom designed notebooks housed in a zipper-perforated mailer. Bea...
Matt Delbridge: Noble Discord
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Great work by Matt Delbridge: pieces designed for Noble Discord, a proposed fashion show highlighting the collections of young Bay Area fashion desig...
Collection: Moody Blues
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FOUND: 1. Need Supply Navy Watch (sold out), 2. Farm Ruck Sack, 3. Richer Poorer Socks, 4. Cracked Chroma iPad Case, 5. Ugmonk Percent Shirt, 6. ...
Commercial Type for Fast Company
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This past Fall, Fast Company—a magazine I subscribe to and highly recommend—launched a redesign featuring three custom typeface families by Comme...
Doe Eyed: New Site, New Work
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Lincoln, Nebraska based design and print studio Doe Eyed just launched a brand new site with loads of new work. Below you can see a small selection of...
P.A.R
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I am really drawn to the offbeat brand designed by P.A.R. for Barcelona-based Strata Bakery. I know this look is something we’ve seen a lot of b...
Colin Pinegar: F. Troupe Branding
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According to recent grad Colin Pinegar, F. Troupe is “a drunkship of cobblers from London who make shoes that are ‘quintessentially Britis...
Etsy Finds: Aaron Eiland
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I was happy to discover that Texas-based designer has an Etsy shop, where several screen printed posters are available for sale. Check out the rest ri...
Music: Leeds Print Festival posters
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I’m really inspired by the beautiful marbling in these posters found via Creative Review: Music worked with screen printers ASForPrint and m...
Zeus Jones: Thymes Mandarin Coriander Packaging
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I’ve long been a fan of Thymes products—especially their packaging—so I was excited to learn about the products designed for a new line, Th...
Naughtyfish: Keaykolour Paper Promotion
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Australian agency Naughtyfish created this printed promotional piece for Keaykolour, a paper range manufactured by ArjoWiggins. Their unique spin on ...
Stockholm Design Lab: Vårdapoteket Identity
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The vibrant identity was designed by Stockholm Design Lab for Vårdapoteket, a Swedish pharmacy chain. What a breath of fresh air it would be to shop...
Monday Quick Links: 01.30.12
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Never thought these words would come out of my mouth, but I’m really liking JC Penney’s new brand. Seems like most of the Brand New comm...
Computer Arts Collection
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Computer Arts Collection is a new annual series of six in-depth guides from the makers of Computer Arts. I’ve seen one of these babies in perso...
Paul Rogers Posters
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Check out this small sampling of vintage style posters by Paul Rogers. Much more to be seen right here. ...
Color Happy 161
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I always love House Industries type catalogs. This one is even more of a beauty in person. ...
Chicago Women’s Health Center Invite
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This incredible invitation package was designed by Will Miller, and Ohn Ho for Firebelly Design’s annual Grant for Good project....