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I’m loving Hunt Studio‘s beautiful new identity. via site inspire Get 300+ Fonts for FREEEnter your email to download our 100% free "Font ...

Theory of Connectivity

For the cover of Bluetooth’s publication Signature, Adam Voorhes and Will Bryant collaborated on a stop motion animation. Check out the animatio...

Julian Zimmermann: König Bansah

There’s some excellent work in the portfolio of Julian Zimmermann, including this identity for—believe it or not—an African King. Take a loo...

Elliott Walker: Otto

Here is a fun identity project by Elliott Walker, who I briefly mentioned in the Quick Links post earlier this morning....

Monday Quick Links: 01.31.11

Courtney • Jan 31, 2011Sep 14, 2012

Good Reads: The Typographic Monotony of American Retail, Should Designers’ Business Cards Be Designed?, Be Who You Are. I get asked how to find ...

Lola Thomasina

Courtney • Jan 28, 2011Mar 20, 2011

Here are some light, airy, dreamy photos by Lola Thomasina. There’s a lot more to see in her Photostream, so be sure to take a look....

Camilo Carmona

Courtney • Jan 28, 2011Jan 27, 2011

This lovely series of 12 illustrations, by artist Camilo Carmona, was inspired by various bird species native to Colombia....

Agnieszka Szatkowska

Courtney • Jan 28, 2011Jan 27, 2011

Agnieszka Szatkowska is a 22-year-old illustrator from Poland. I’m really loving this family of interesting characters she’s created....

Color Happy 113

Courtney • Jan 28, 2011Mar 20, 2011

Lovely colors in this photo by Mary Claire Roman. If only it were warm enough for bare arms in New York!...

Face.

Courtney • Jan 27, 2011Jan 26, 2011

Face. has some great identity programs in their portfolio, including this one for Milla Suri, a beauty boutique in Mexico. Get 300+ Fonts for FREEEnte...

Eleanor Rudge

Courtney • Jan 27, 2011Jan 26, 2011

Eleanor Rudge was commissioned to create a set of eight table mats for Chiswick House in London. Each one illustrates the story of various owners, inh...

Samuel Castaño

Courtney • Jan 27, 2011Jan 26, 2011

Samuel Castaño is an illustrator and designer from Colombia who has quite the talent for collage work. This illustrated book is a perfect example. Ge...

Type Love 126: Tabac Sans

Courtney • Jan 27, 2011Sep 14, 2012

Tabac Sans is a new release from Suitcase Type, featuring eight weights and a huge variety of Open Type features. Pick it up from My Fonts right here....

Kafka, Redesigned

Courtney • Jan 26, 2011Dec 14, 2012

I’m popping in late tonight to share these redesigned Kafka covers by Peter Mendelsund. All i can say is, wow....

USOPPOSTO

This beautiful cookbook, La Puglia in un piatto, was conceptualized and designed by Usopposto. Here is a description of the concept, direct from the s...

Amelia Grohman

I’m a big fan of designer Amelia Grohman‘s letterpress work. I spotted the first piece, designed for Peter Kruty Editions, way back in HOW...

Play Me

For a variety of modern wine packaging, check out the portfolio of Portugese design studio Play Me....

Dowling | Duncan: Future Designs

Courtney • Jan 26, 2011Dec 18, 2012

This modern, geometric identity was designed by Dowling | Duncan for Future Designs, a bespoke lighting systems company. Since its creation Dowling | ...

Dan Blackman for Cranky Pressman

I’m loving this letterpress promotional piece that Dan Blackman designed for Cranky Pressman. The piece was created for the next issue of Upperc...

Beth Katleman

Courtney • Jan 25, 2011Jan 25, 2011

Maya from Visual Lingual recently alerted me to the work of Beth Katleman who created this amazing three-dimensional toile. via Visual Lingual...

Christine Wisnieski

Courtney • Jan 25, 2011Dec 18, 2012

I love everything in Cleveland-based designer, Christine Wisnieski’s portfolio. The works include both personal and professional projects that s...

Steph Davlantes

Courtney • Jan 25, 2011Jan 25, 2011

There’s some great work to be seen in the portfolio of Steph Davlantes. I’m really loving this program for Bold Bald, a head shine product...

Adam Katz

Courtney • Jan 25, 2011Jan 25, 2011

Adam Katz is a fellow Syracuse Grad and current MFA Candidate in SVA’s Designer as Author program. For Stefan Sagmeister’s “Things I...

Deadweight

Courtney • Jan 24, 2011Jan 23, 2011

I’m always on the lookout for unique notecards; and right now these hand-drawn beauties from Deadweight are calling my name. via Creature Comfor...

Funnel’s New Site

Courtney • Jan 24, 2011Jan 23, 2011

Funnel, the studio of Eric Kass, recently launched a new site to showcase all of their beautifully layered work. This identity for Films by Francesco ...

Gerren Lamson

Courtney • Jan 24, 2011Jan 23, 2011

Today I’m pleased to feature Gerren Lamson, an Austin-based designer at Springbox, whose portfolio is brimming with a variety of colorful design...

Monday Quick Links: 01.24.11

Courtney • Jan 24, 2011Sep 14, 2012

Good Reads: Whiteboard Accounting, Creative Workplace Safety, Lab Rat: Do Your “Most Important” Tast First. Pork and Jeans is a collection...

Moving Brands: E. Tautz

Courtney • Jan 21, 2011Jan 20, 2011

Awhile back I posted about the beautiful Moving Brands work for Norton & Sons, a fine London tailor. Following the success of that launch, the pro...

Rabe & Company

Courtney • Jan 21, 2011Jan 20, 2011

Loving this collection of letterpressed business cards by Rabe & Company. (Also doesn’t hurt that as a Top Chef fan Lee Anne Wong’s na...

Kim Winderman

Courtney • Jan 21, 2011Mar 20, 2011

Kim Winderman’s quiet, contemplative photographs have succeeded in making me stop and appreciate nature’s intricate details....

Color Happy 112

Courtney • Jan 21, 2011Mar 20, 2011

Melvin the Realtor is from this amazing Flickr set celebrating 20th century nostalgia. via Miss Moss...

one point oh: You & Me

Courtney • Jan 20, 2011Jan 20, 2011

one point oh just released a beautiful new limited-edition set of typographic prints, entitled You & Me. Pick it up right here. Get 300+ Fonts for...

Holly Wales: New Work

Courtney • Jan 20, 2011Jan 20, 2011

Holly Wales has some great new stuff in her portfolio since I last checked—these motel prints being one of the highlights. I’m also really lov...

World of Geekcraft

Courtney • Jan 20, 2011Nov 20, 2013

Three of the talented gents of Public School recently had the opportunity to produce World of Geekcraft, a new publication from Chronicle Books. World...

The Office of Nature: Lux Beauty Boutique

Courtney • Jan 20, 2011Jan 19, 2011

Any shade of blue-green captures my attention immediately. So take that and combine it with an intricate and letterpress, and I’m hooked. The Of...

Type Love 125: Brandon Grotesque

Courtney • Jan 20, 2011Sep 14, 2012

Mistakenly, I never posted about Brandon Grotesque when I first discovered it; but it recently came back on my radar due to this Fonts in Use post on ...

Stuart Kolakovic for Marks and Spencer

Courtney • Jan 19, 2011Jan 18, 2011

Somehow I missed these beautiful packages Stuart Kolakovic illustrated for Marks and Spencer a little while back. They’re still very much worth ...

Wallace Design House Revisited

Courtney • Jan 19, 2011Jan 18, 2011

I just took another look at Wallace Design House’s photostream (originally posted about designer Dustin Wallace here), and there’s lots of...

Spoonful of Sugar

I’m so excited about this next project that designer Leen Sadder, a graduate student in the SVA Designer as Author program, conceptualized. For ...

The Side Show Circus book

I can’t get enough of the whimsical illustrations that make up The Side Show Circus book by Dan Bob Thompson. via Eight Hour Day Get 300+ Fonts ...

Ivana Martinovic

Here is some beautiful work by Sydney-based Ivana Martinovic. This particular project was created to celebrate Vision Day at Landor Sydney. According ...

Till Hafebrak Illustration

I’m absolutely loving these vibrant illustrations by Till Hafebrak, which appeared in Nobrow’s Night and Day publication....

Sussner Design Company: Invision Eyewear