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Color Happy 149

Courtney • Oct 14, 2011Oct 11, 2011

I’m loving the rich, warm color palette in this series of pieces by Owen Davey....

Vesa Sammalisto: Visit Finland

Courtney • Oct 13, 2011Oct 11, 2011

I’m a big fan of the work of Vesa Sammalisto, who was recently named an ADC Young Gun. His compositions are always brimming with fun details tha...

Student Spotliht: Ryan Keightley

Courtney • Oct 13, 2011Dec 14, 2012

Ryan Keightley is now a full-fledged graduate, but this piece is the result of work done in his senior year at the University of Florida. I was partic...

Stockholm Design Lab: Bella Sky Identity

Courtney • Oct 13, 2011Dec 14, 2012

Stockholm Design Lab designed this sleek, modern identity system for Bella Sky, which is Scandinavia’s largest hotel. SDL was responsible for cr...

Type Love 162: Centrale Sans

Courtney • Oct 13, 2011Sep 14, 2012

Centrale Sans is a modern sans serif typeface by Typedepot that is currently deeply discounted. Check it out....

Ingela P Arrhenius 2D puzzle

Courtney • Oct 12, 2011Oct 11, 2011

I’m a big fan of Ingela P Arrhenius’s illustration work, so I was excited to see that she’s recently developed a 2D puzzle featuring...

Blake C. Tannery: Ruby Starr

Courtney • Oct 12, 2011Oct 11, 2011

This colorful, illustrative publication was designed as a promotional piece by Blake C. Tannery for surface designer Melody Miller. Get 300+ Fonts for...

Justin LaFontaine Posters

Courtney • Oct 12, 2011Oct 11, 2011

Philadelphia-based Justin LaFontaine has made some really great screen printed posters. I love the simple, graphic style....

Collection: Spicy

Courtney • Oct 12, 2011Oct 12, 2011

FOUND: 1. Espresso Coconut Jalapeno Lollipop, 2. Spice Up Thanksgiving, 3. Spiced Pecan Pumpkin Spice Quick Bread Mix, 4. Anthropologie L’Epice ...

Method: Maui Bus Branding

Courtney • Oct 11, 2011Dec 14, 2012

I spotted the fresh, clean design for Maui Bus, Maui’s public transportation system, while on vacation in Hawaii. And after some quick Googling,...

Kyle Marks: B+A Wedding Materials

Courtney • Oct 11, 2011Oct 11, 2011

Take a look at this gorgeous, screen printed and hand-stamped wedding invitation suite for Brian and Allie by Kyle Marks. The design was inspired by M...

The Best Part Day and Night Print

Courtney • Oct 11, 2011Oct 10, 2011

The latest piece from Jason Dean of The Best Part is Day and Night, an illustrative city scene that completely changes its tune when the lights go out...

Andrew Lyons Illustration

Courtney • Oct 11, 2011Oct 11, 2011

Andrew Lyons is a freelance illustrator based in Normandy, France (lucky!) who lists his inspirations as Tintin books, American poetry, the paintings ...

Etsy Finds: Burd Haus

Courtney • Oct 11, 2011Oct 10, 2011

I have literally zero outdoor space here in NYC, but I am still completely smitten with these modern bird shelters by Bird Haus— I’m definitel...

Friends With Benefits

Courtney • Oct 10, 2011Oct 10, 2011

Friends with Benefits is a collaborative project in printmaking run by Baltimore-based printer Erin Wallace. The inaugural collection, Piles, features...

Student Spotlight: Ryan Hubbard

Courtney • Oct 10, 2011Oct 10, 2011

Iowa State senior Ryan Hubbard had the fortunate experience of interning at 160over90 this past summer. Under the art direction of Dan Blackman—who ...

ESPO: Love Letter to Brooklyn

Courtney • Oct 10, 2011Oct 10, 2011

One of Steve Power’s (ESPO) most recent projects is one that’s much closer to home: Love Letter to Brooklyn. Commissioned by Macy’s,...

Monday Quick Links: 10.10.11

Courtney • Oct 10, 2011Sep 14, 2012

There was an outpouring of love and sadness expressed over the passing of Steve Jobs, a true creative visionary, from within the creative world and be...

Luci Everett New Works

Courtney • Oct 7, 2011Oct 4, 2011

Luci Everett has been making some absolutely gorgeous new mixed media pieces. Browse through a few more on her blog here and here. Get 300+ Fonts for ...

Doubleday & Cartwright: BluePrintJuice

Courtney • Oct 7, 2011Oct 4, 2011

Love this super sleek, simple packaging for BluePrintJuice by Doubleday & Cartwright. Get 300+ Fonts for FREEEnter your email to download our 100%...

Riley Cran Design & Illustration

Courtney • Oct 7, 2011Oct 4, 2011

I’m a big fan of Riley Cran’s vintage-inspired design and illustration work. He’s just recently launched a new portfolio site with l...

Color Happy 148

Courtney • Oct 7, 2011Oct 4, 2011

This fun, colorful image is the result of a collaboration between Alyssa Nassner and Justin Volz for the always excellent illustration blog, Ten Paces...

Miles Donovan Illustration

Courtney • Oct 6, 2011Oct 4, 2011

I’m loving these collage-like illustrations by UK-based illustrator Miles Donovan, who is a member of Peepshow Collective. Get 300+ Fonts for FR...

C/C: AMERICANANA

Courtney • Oct 6, 2011Oct 4, 2011

Check out the identity and materials that New York’s C/C designed for Americanana, a group art exhibition at The Hunter College Art Galleries—...

George McCalman: Candy Bandits Packaging

Courtney • Oct 6, 2011Oct 5, 2011

George McCalman recently completed this super fun packaging for Droga Confections‘ line of Candy Bandits candies (more images here). If they loo...

Type Love 161: Sanchez

Courtney • Oct 6, 2011Sep 14, 2012

Sanchez is Latinotype‘s first display face family. The sturdy slab serif bears a strong resemblance to Rockwell but features softer, rounded edg...

A Huge Loss

Courtney • Oct 5, 2011

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the o...

A Friend Of Mine: VCE Season Of Excellence

Courtney • Oct 5, 2011Oct 4, 2011

Check out this beautiful identity program, which features stunning paper cut work, for VCE Season of Excellence by A Friend of Mine. The VCE Season of...

Knoed Creative: Oven Branding

Courtney • Oct 5, 2011Dec 14, 2012

Here’s a great identity system developed by Knoed for Oven, a company that makes early-stage investments in technology startups. A bit about the...

Interabang: JUST Water Packaging

Courtney • Oct 5, 2011Oct 5, 2011

Interabang just sent over this playful, typographic packaging for JUST, a new caffeinated water beverage—the first of its kind—available in the UK...

Mama’s Sauce Changes the Way You Letterpress

Courtney • Oct 5, 2011Oct 5, 2011

Just when I thought they couldn’t get any better, Nick Sambrato of Mama’s Sauce came up with a way to revolutionize our letterpress printi...

Collection: Hello Autumn

Courtney • Oct 5, 2011Oct 4, 2011

FOUND: 1. Three Leaves Necklace, 2. Leaves Tea Towel, 3. Pecan Pumpkin Butter, 4. Plaid New Zealand Wool Blanket, 5.Cascading Autumns Acorns Crystal C...

Patrick Enstrom: Old Parkland Collateral

Courtney • Oct 4, 2011Oct 5, 2011

Next up from Patrick Enstrom is this lovely collateral designed for Old Parkland, which was also produced while he was employed at Tractorbeam. Patric...

Patrick Enstrom: Dude, Sweet Chocolate Packaging

Courtney • Oct 4, 2011Oct 17, 2011

Patrick Enstrom has so many great pieces in his portfolio that it was pretty darn difficult to choose what to post. So I’ve narrowed it down to ...

OCD | The Original Champions of Design: ArtPlace Branding

Courtney • Oct 4, 2011Dec 14, 2012

Here is some amazing work by OCD | The Original Champions of Design for ArtPlace, which is a “collaboration of top national foundations, the Nat...

Andrew B. Myers Photography

Courtney • Oct 4, 2011Oct 4, 2011

I can’t get enough of these images by Toronto-based photographer Andrew B. Myers—the restrained color palettes and focused, well-edited compos...

Etsy Finds: The Office of Nature

Courtney • Oct 4, 2011Oct 4, 2011

Katherine Patton, of The Office of Nature, has recently opened up an etsy shop featuring fun “prints and paper goods for hip kids (young and old...