Best of the Web: May Edition
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It may seem like we’re crazy about apps, but we like the web too. The question is, what’s the future of the web? Is it dying? Are apps taking over...
Jackson • Type Love: Adorn
Courtney •
Adorn is Laura Worthington‘s latest font family. Aimed at the handmade wedding invitation crowd, the family includes seven display fonts, four ...
Ciara Phelan: Collages
Garth •
Ciara Phelan, a freelance illustrator and textile designer in east London, recently launched her new website full of intricate collage work and other...
New Paper Goods from Hammerpress
Courtney •
I’m loving some of Hammerpress’s most recently launched paper goods, from their series of astrological notecards, to their small chipboard...
Studio Fludd: Gelatology – Micro / Macro
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Studio Fludd‘s Gelatology project, which we featured back in November, has grown into a new booklet titled “Micro / Macro” and exp...
Inspiring Instagramers: donalddrawbertson
Ashley •
Username: donalddrawbertson Info: Google: Vanity Fair, NYPost, Life and Times Donald Robertson’s Instagram feed has been getting a lot of pres...
Open Door Design Studio: Reinventing the Toilet Challenge
Garth •
Who knew a toilet could be so beautiful? The team at Open Door Design Studio, in collaboration with Kohler, designed the remarkable exterior of Caltec...
Casey Ligon: Hand Lettering
Garth •
The hand lettering work of Casey Ligon is a gorgeous force to be reckoned with as her talents span chalk, ink, vector and beyond. Her ability to work...
Morgan Davidson: Colored Pencil Season Girls Illustration Series
Courtney •
This series of beautiful colored pencil illustrations was created by Morgan Davidson, a soon-to-be graduate of Ringling College of Art and Design. Ea...
Quick Links: 05.09.14
Courtney •
Before there was Pantone, there was A. Boogert, who wrote a book in Dutch about mixing watercolors in 1692. The resulting book, which ended up span...
Etsy Finds: Belinda Marshall Art
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I’m loving these colorful, abstract paintings created by Belinda Marshall, a Melbourne, Australia-based artist and surface designer. Her Etsy s...
Juan Coca: CHS 2014 Commencement Invitation
Garth •
Juan Coca, a design student at Fort Hays State University, gave his younger brother quite the rad grad gift in designing these beautiful letterpress...
Alliteration Inspiration: Universe & Umbrellas
Garth •
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This week...
Wise Words: Barry Schwartz
Courtney •
This week’s Wise Words come from psychologist Barry Schwartz’s 2009 TED Talk, Our Loss of Wisdom. via The Quotery...
Student Work: Josh Schott
Garth •
Graphic designer Josh Schott is pursuing his MFA at Tyler School of Art at Temple University and already has an impressive collection of work to his...
Type Love: Modum
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Modum is a new contemporary serif typeface from The Northern Block. Featuring eight weights with matching italics, over 800 characters, seven vari...
Vicki Turner: Drop in the Ocean
Garth •
With tons of plastic waste filling the globe’s oceans, Vicki Turner set out to do something about it. The result: Drop in the Ocean, a limited e...
The Graveyard of User Interface Design
Jackson •
Even though Apple just sold another 43.7 million iPhones last quarter, countless products, screens and interfaces have apparently missed the memo on ...
Grey, Singapore: Multinational Typeface
Garth •
The team at Grey Advertising‘s Singapore office designed a fascinating modular Multinational Typeface, using colors and composition representati...
Young & Laramore: “Time is Measured in Tomorrows”
Garth •
Building Tomorrow, a nonprofit dedicated to building schools in East Africa, worked with Young & Laramore to produce “Time is Measured in To...
Inspiring Instagramers: julieskitchen
Ashley •
Username: julieskitchen Name: Julie Lee Info: iPhone 5 only | Los Angeles There is a lot of food photography on Instagram. A LOT. Unfortunately, mo...
Kevin Cantrell: Commonwealth Coffee Identity and Collateral
Courtney •
Kevin Cantrell has recently lent his beautiful, highly detailed, maximalist style to the identity, collateral and packaging for Commonwealth Coffee. T...
Bielke+Yang: Vitenparken Identity and Collateral
Courtney •
Oslo-based studio Bielke+Yang developed this dynamic, experimental identity for the new incarnation of the traditional Norwegian Agriculture Museum...
Color Happy 200
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Dimas Forchetti: Personal Project GIFs
Garth •
I’m loving the delightfully clever GIFs that designer Dimas Forchetti has put together as part of an ongoing personal project of random creati...
Alliteration Inspiration: Outdoors & Outlaws
Garth •
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This week...
Wise Words: Sharon Ann Lee
Courtney •
This week’s wise words come from Sharon Ann Lee’s Creative Mornings talk about what she calls “DYO (Design Your Own) Success.”  ...
Leeay Aikawa: Mixed Media Collages
Garth •
Toronto-based designer/illustrator Leeay Aikawa has a special talent for crafting mixed media collages that are simply fascinating. Leeay on her in...
Badass Lady Creatives in History: Sarah Wyman Whitman
Melanie •
Vital to the history of graphic design is the Arts and Crafts Movement, a notion that art and life are intrinsically bound to each other. The initia...
Will Miller: AURA Natural Pet Identity and Collateral
Courtney •
Chicago-based designer Will Miller worked with AURA Natural pet to develop their identity, packaging and stationery. One detail that especially stand...
Type Love: Geometria
Courtney •
Geometria is a new geometric sans serif typeface from Moscow-based type foundry Brownfox. The typeface offers 16 fonts, encompassing eight weights ...
Mike Lowery: New Work
Garth •
It’s no secret that we’re big fans of Mike Lowery here at DWL, and since he recently launched his new website with tons of saucy recent w...
April Apps for Super Users
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Last week we read a study claiming that 176 million users open their apps more than 60 times per day. These app “super users” are beyond addic...
Tyler School of Art: Brains, Muscle, Wildcard
Garth •
In teaming up for their exhibition date last week as part of the 2014 Tyler School of Art MFA Graphic and Interactive Design Thesis Exhibition, desi...
The Hungry Workshop: Inkster Maken
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I’m in love with this minimal identity and gorgeous business cards and tags designed by The Hungry Workshop for Inkster Maken, designer of equa...
Inspiring Instagramers: dailydishonesty
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Username: dailydishonesty Name: Daily Dishonesty Info: Lovely little lies from hungry graphic designer You know those little lies we tell ourselves...
Introducing MOO Letterhead
Courtney •
The newest addition to MOO’s incredible line of paper products is letterhead. The letterhead is available in both their classic (80lb) and Lux...
Student Work: Seth Gale
Garth •
Something great is brewing up in the Pacific Northwest, and it’s not coffee. Okay, there’s tasty coffee brewing up there too, but the real...
Allison Chambers Lettering & Design
Garth •
I’m really admiring the beautiful lettering and smart design work of Allison Chambers, a designer out of Vancouver, BC. Her hand-cut lettering ...
Quick Links: 04.25.14
Courtney •
I’m loving Maud Vantours‘s colorful 3D paper sculptures which I discovered via Collosal. It was really interesting to see how Anna Bond o...
Paperless Post: Personal Stationery + A Special Promotion
Courtney •
With all of the holidays and graduations coming up, you, like me, probably have quite a few gifts on your list. One great option which would work for ...
Etsy Finds: New from Moglea
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Moglea recently got their new collection uploaded to their Etsy shop and it is all kinds of awesome. Featuring playful hand lettering, candy colored w...
Carla Cobas
Garth •
The work of Carla Cobas caught my eye recently, and I haven’t been able to look away since. A designer in Valencia, Spain, her work has a co...
Alliteration Inspiration: Quotes & Quickness
Garth •
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This week...
Mother’s Day Gift Ideas from Uncommon Goods
Courtney •
Every May I am faced with a gift-giving challenge, as Mother’s Day and my Mom’s birthday happen to fall less than a week apart. Do I comb...
Wise Words: Og Mandino
Courtney •
This week’s wise words come from author Og Mandino who I discovered via the Sycamore Street Press Instagram feed....
Student Work: Jaclyn Merk
Garth •
Feeling the design love for Jaclyn Merk, a recent graduate of Temple University’s Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, and you will too after...
Introducing Moniker
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Moniker is a new San Francisco-based studio led by Brent Couchman. I’ve always been a fan of Brent’s work—see here, here and here—so ...
Badass Lady Creatives: Smriti Keshari
Melanie •
Among the most interesting creatives to watch are those who are not bound by title, but compelled to make earnest and important work in whichever f...
Type Love: GT Sectra
Courtney •
Grilli Type just recently released their latest typeface, GT Sectra, an angular serif. Originally designed for the long-form journalism magazine “R...
Tata&Friends: Mr. Marcel School Rebrand
Garth •
This is my first encounter with Tata&Friends, and it’s a case of love at first sight. T&F’s rebrand for Mr. Marcel School, a u...
Is the Nike FuelBand the DeLorean of the Wearable Tech world?
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Well that was fast. While we were all eating delicious Eastery dinners, it looks like Nike spent the weekend uninstalling most of its FuelBand team an...
Recommended Resources: PIE Books
Courtney •
If you want a jolt of creative inspiration, try looking to PIE Books, a Japanese book publisher who aims to produce “sweet and fresh books that ...
Megan Jean Sovern: The Meaning of Maggie
Courtney •
This morning I’m excited to introduce you to The Meaning of Maggie, Megan Jean’s Sovern‘s debut novel about eleven-year-old Maggie M...
Inspiring Instagramers: adamsenatori
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Username: adamsenatori Name: Pilot. Photographer. Info: A mile of highway will take you just one mile. But a mile of runway will take you anywhere....
My Dear Fellow Co.
Courtney •
Check out the charming illustration work of My Dear Fellow Co., a husband-and-wife paper goods studio based in Dallas, Texas. Their shop features a se...
Tag Collective: Wishbone
Garth •
New York’s Tag Collective just put out some tasty new branding and environment work for Wishbone, a fried chicken spot in Philadelphia. It mai...
Quick Links: 04.18.14
Courtney •
French artist Miguel Chevalier made the floors of the Sacré Coeur church in Casablanca, Morocco his canvas with his new project Magic Carpets 2014...
Etsy Finds: Naomi Wilkinson
Courtney •
I’m not sure how it took me so long to come across Naomi Wilkinson‘s beautiful work. A UK-based illustrator, Naomi’s Etsy shop feat...
Nicolas Ménard: ARTV
Garth •
I’m really digging the adventure and whimsy in Nicolas Menard‘s cosmic animation work for ARTV. Watch Nicolas’ animation below, and ...