Student Spotlight: Andrea Stark
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Today I’m pleased to present the work of Andrea Stark, a recent graduate of New Zealand’s Massey University. This particular project, enti...
Courtney • Matchbox: Bone Daddy’s Restaurant Design
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Here’s a great identity for Bone Daddy’s, a Texas barbecue joint. The work was created by Dallas-based Matchbox, and prominently features ...
Emeric Trahand Photomontages
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I am incredibly impressed with the conceptual and aesthetic quality of Emeric Trahand’s photomontages. This particular project, which you can re...
Arcano
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Arcano is an impressive series of letterforms designed by Giuseppe Salerno. Each letterform was hand-drawn in Chinese ink on Japanese calligraphy pape...
Maricor/Maricar
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Sydney-based Maricor/Maricar brings together their loves of typography, embroidery and patterns in this “Sweater Letter” series. via Wha...
Catch me on Brooklyn Bride
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Just a quick note to let you know that, starting today, I’ll be posting an inspiration board every Monday over on Brooklyn Bride! I’ve bee...
Furze Chan & her animals: The Golden Set
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The Golden Set is a set of 15 hand-crafted envelopes featuring asymmetrical touches of golden paper, by Hong Kong-based artist Furze Chan....
Monday Quick Links: 02.21.11
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Here’s a short and sweet edition of Quick Links for Presidents’ Day. If you’re lucky enough to have a day off today, enjoy! Check ou...
Things That Stick
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Check out Mette Hornung Rankin’s contribution to The Sketchbook Project: Things That Stick. Get 300+ Fonts for FREEEnter your email to download ...
La Tigre Wedding Invitations
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I’m loving this unique wedding invitation for Andrea and Roby, by La Tigre Design and Direction. Great color palette....
Kate Forrester Calligraphy
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Learning calligraphy (or taking a class at least) is one of my 2011 goals, so I am currently obsessed with these gorgeous samples by Kate Forrester....
Color Happy 116
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I can’t stop staring at this gorgeous painting by Michelle Armas. via frolic...
Kult House: Nike 77 Burnside
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I don’t feature enough interactive work here, so I was excited when Josh Rhode, who operates under the name Kult House, sent over his portfolio,...
Letterpress Tattoo Posters
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To promote an upcoming AIGA Salt Lake City event, The Mandate Press teamed up with Dan Christofferson to create a companion poster and postcard set. T...
Brian Everett: City Towels
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The latest product from Brian Everett is this fun pair of tea towels, featuring an intricate cityscape. You can purchase either the night (warm gray a...
Type Love 129: Trilon
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Trilon is a huge new type family from Terminal Design, which was created in response to the complaint of a designer friend that hates almost every san...
The Rumsey Collection
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I found this treasure trove of vintage inspiration very randomly while doing research for a new project, and I’m so glad I did. The Rumsey Colle...
Miniature Artists Books
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I’ve just stumbled upon Elsa Mora’s most recent project: Miniature Artist Books, and I am every bit as fascinated with her new venture. I ...
The Lowercase: Colorful Expressions
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I’m loving these playful, colorful cards by Sydney-based The Lowercase. The set includes three cards with a simple message that’s taken ...
Brain vs. Braun: Typography Sketches
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I know we most often show the finished product around here, but I am equally—if not more so—inspired by the process. Take these type sketches by M...
Becca Stadtlander
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Today I present to you Becca Stadtlander, a talented artist who I wish I discovered sooner. There seems to be a real sense of history in much of her w...
Sergey Shapiro
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There is some lovely calligraphy in the portfolio of Sergey Shapiro....
Student Spotlight: Johnny Chang
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Johnny Chang, a recent grad of the Art Center College of Design, has lots of great identity projects in his portfolio. However, I was really impressed...
Feed: Punkt
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Unfortunately there isn’t much context provided for Atelier Punkt‘s identity, by Montreal-based studio Feed; though from what I gather it ...
DHNN: Lecca Lecca
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This playful and sweet identity for Lecca Lecca, a couture children’s clothing line, was designed by DHNN, a Buenos Aires-based studio. I love t...
Modern Valentines
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It wouldn’t be Valentine’s Day without at least one Valentine post, so I thought I’d feature these sweet and modern designs by Mike ...
Monday Quick Links: 02.14.11
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Up There is a lovely short documentary about the art of hand-painted advertising. This process amazes me; and I feel incredibly lucky that I’m a...
Hello Lucky: Jude’s First Birthday
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For her son’s first birthday party, Eunice of Hello Lucky created this adorable circus-themed invitation. I am loving the playful illustrations,...
Iconblast: Nine West
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These interesting patterns were created by Iconblast, aka Victor Ortiz, for Nine West....
All the Buildings in New York
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I’m shocked it took me so long to discover All the Buildings in New York, a project by James Gulliver Hancock where he—you guessed it—will a...
Color Happy 115
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Looking at this photo from this Flickr set, by Tomo Kohsaka, really makes me want to step up my breakfast game. Plus, the color palette seems perfectl...
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
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I’m interrupting our regular inspiration posts with a quick announcement. Many of you are aware of head vs. heart, my wedding blog. Well, as of ...
Xavier Encinas: James Moes Identity
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Here is a sophisticated, masculine identity that Paris-based designer Xavier Encinas created for photographer James Moes—whose work I also very much...
Georgina Luck: Packagings
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I’m loving these packaging illustrations by Georgina Luck. via Illustration Served...
Amanda Jane Jones
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We have some pretty talented readers. Often times the work that I post comes through clicking on the links of commenters or Twitter followers, which i...
Type Love 128: Preface
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Preface, a sans serif with some truly interesting letterforms, was designed by Nick Shinn in 2003 as a unique alternative to Helvetica. type specimen ...
Kelli Anderson: Dig For Fire Site
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You may remember Kelli Anderson’s Dig for Fire identity I posted a few months ago. Well, now the site has launched, and it is a whole work of ar...
Brandon Wilson: Hypnotic Skate
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Brandon Wilson recently collaborated with Brent Anderson of Stir on this new brand for Ride Four Ever, a Kansas City skate shop. The designer/writer t...
Shyama Golden
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I recently discovered Shyama Golden’s work and became an instant fan. I’m especially loving this playful piece done in oils, Home Sweet Br...
Brian Danaher: Rabbit Children Packaging
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It’s rare to come across any cd packaging these days, let alone the elaborate, letterpressed variety; so unsurprisingly, this gem caught by eye....
Daniel Ray Cole
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Daniel Ray Cole is an Atlanta-based designer with a portfolio filled with print, illustration and typography projects. Out of the bunch, I’m rea...
Kiley Victoria
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Today I am loving this series of hand-drawn, vintage-wallpaper-inspired patterns by illustrator Kiley Victoria. via Where the Lovely Things Are...
Christian Northeast
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If I could, I would wallpaper my house with the lively works of Christian Northeast. His unique mix of hand-drawn typography, offbeat illustrations an...
Minibar for the Mind
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Minibar for the Mind is a new collaboration between The School of Life and Morgans Hotel Group, that aims to provide guests with a more meaningful and...
Alvin Diec: Perrine’s Wine Shop
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Here’s a charming identity for Perrine’s Wine Shop by Alvin Diec. Get 300+ Fonts for FREEEnter your email to download our 100% free "Font Love...
Gerren Lamson Venn Diagrams
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What began as a Valentine drawn for his wife turned into a series of venn diagrams, hand-drawn on lovely tea-stained paper. By Gerren Lamson....
SRCP: Astra
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SRCP is the work of London-based designer Sam Renwick. This particular project is a series of service brochures for Astra, a European satellite servic...
Monday Quick Links: 02.07.11
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For the next issue of Uppercase Magazine, over 40 letterpress printers have contributed samples of their work. Each issue will include one sample chos...
Luke Williams
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I love the clean, modern style of this promotional piece for Hale Empowerment Revitalization Organization, by Chicago-based designer Luke Williams. Ge...
Aimee Gauthier: Sifted
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Sifted: Handpicked Recipes From Our Mothers is a cookbook that Aimee Gauthier designed, wrote and curated. Both the content and design aims to honor t...
Book Covers by Jason Ramirez
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I’ve admired the cover of Gabriel García Márquez: The Early Years for awhile, but could never find any information on the designer. So I was e...
Color Happy 114
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I would love to be wherever this photo was taken right now—sun-drenched and warm. Beautiful work by Laura Taylor....
Type by Albert Pereta
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What first caught my eye in Albert Pereta’s portfolio is the handful of typography snippets he’s featured. The few glimpses offered make m...
Kyle Tezak: Four Icon Challenge
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The Four Icon Challenge is an ongoing project by Kyle Tezak, where he boils down various films, books, etc. into just four succinct visuals. He plans ...
Almanac
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I’m completely enamored with the the identity of St. Louis-based studio, Almanac. The concept and details are carried out beautifully across all...
Atipus
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Great modern wine packaging by Barcelona-based studio, Atipus. Get 300+ Fonts for FREEEnter your email to download our 100% free "Font Lover's Bundle"...
Type Love 127: Suti
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Suti is a fun brush script by Mike Melvas. Available right here at MyFonts....
Live the Language
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I haven’t done a whole lot of traveling abroad, but these promotional videos for EF Language Schools have me itching to. The short films are the...
50 and 50
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If you’re not aware, 50 and 50 is a project where fifty designers were invited to represent their state by illustrating its motto. And now, the ...
Frank Chimero: Painted Books
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These beautiful vintage books have each received a one-of-a-kind embellishment courtesy of Frank Chimero. Each piece was originally created for his ex...