Studio Fludd: Gelatology – Micro / Macro

Studio Fludd‘s Gelatology project, which we featured back in November, has grown into a new booklet titled “Micro / Macro” and expanded into a full-fledged banquet and traveling workshop. If you’re unfamiliar with Gelatology, it all started as a booklet and print series…

Inspiring Instagramers: donalddrawbertson

Username: donalddrawbertson Info: Google: Vanity Fair, NYPost, Life and Times Donald Robertson’s Instagram feed has been getting a lot of press lately, including being feature in the New York Post and Vanity Fair. The Post dubbed him the Andy Warhol of Instagram,…

Open Door Design Studio: Reinventing the Toilet Challenge

Who knew a toilet could be so beautiful? The team at Open Door Design Studio, in collaboration with Kohler, designed the remarkable exterior of Caltech’s innovative, winning entry into Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s 2012 “Reinventing the Toilet Challenge” for…

Casey Ligon: Hand Lettering

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 in such different media and canvases (including bananas?!) is pretty incredible, especially when…

Quick Links: 05.09.14

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 spanning over 800 pages, features page after page of color charts that are incredibly reminiscent of the Pantone guides…

Etsy Finds: Belinda Marshall Art

I’m loving these colorful, abstract paintings created by Belinda Marshall, a Melbourne, Australia-based artist and surface designer. Her Etsy shop offers a wide selection of her work in both print and postcard form. Get a closer look on Etsy.

Juan Coca: CHS 2014 Commencement Invitation

Juan Coca, a design student at Fort Hays State University, gave his younger brother quite the rad grad gift in designing these beautiful letterpress commencement invitations. It’s refreshing seeing such craftsmanship in the commencement space as it seems to be a relatively…

Student Work: Josh Schott

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 name in illustration, packaging, and beyond. Check out some of his select projects below and explore…

Type Love: Modum

Modum is a new contemporary serif typeface from The Northern Block. Featuring eight weights with matching italics, over 800 characters, seven variations of numerals, true small caps with accents, ligatures, manually edited kerning and Opentype features, Modum is incredibly versatile. Pick up a copy for…

Vicki Turner: Drop in the Ocean

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 edition art print series beautifully depicting oceanic scenes in Vicki’s bold, colorful style. The…

The Graveyard of User Interface Design

Even though Apple just sold another 43.7 million iPhones last quarter, countless products, screens and interfaces have apparently missed the memo on why design matters. Of course there are exceptions to every category and every rule, but it’s frustrating that in…

Grey, Singapore: Multinational Typeface

The team at Grey Advertising‘s Singapore office designed a fascinating modular Multinational Typeface, using colors and composition representative of the flags of all 106 countries in which the company does business. I love the duality of feelings that this series…

Young & Laramore: “Time is Measured in Tomorrows”

Building Tomorrow, a nonprofit dedicated to building schools in East Africa, worked with Young & Laramore to produce “Time is Measured in Tomorrows,” a wonderfully simple animated video illustrated by Brian Rea. Brian’s illustration style fits together perfectly with the…

Inspiring Instagramers: julieskitchen

Username: julieskitchen Name: Julie Lee Info: iPhone 5 only | Los Angeles There is a lot of food photography on Instagram. A LOT. Unfortunately, most of it is not-so-great, and the really good stuff can easily get lost amongst the clutter. But having worked on…

Kevin Cantrell: Commonwealth Coffee Identity and Collateral

Kevin Cantrell has recently lent his beautiful, highly detailed, maximalist style to the identity, collateral and packaging for Commonwealth Coffee. This particular design system included the development of a proprietary typeface as well as custom lettering. Be sure to take a closer…