DOPLUDO
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Three-dimensional artwork has never been my strong suit, so I’m always envious of those who excel at woodworking and things of that nature. For ...
Courtney • Scott Pilgrim Paper Art
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I’m loving this Scott Pilgrim-inspired, pixelated, three-dimensional paper art by Ruth Afrita, a young designer from Indonesia. Get 300+ Fonts f...
Tandem Design for Herman Miller
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Color Happy 106
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This colorful message, by holds no water, seems perfectly appropriate for this week....
Iceland Summer Solstice
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Iceland is definitely on my dream travel list, especially after seeing these stunning photographs taken by Þorleifur Gunnar Gíslason. via Swatch MTV...
Douglas Richard Design
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Douglas Richard’s project, Farm to City, is a branding program that encompasses posters, print materials and packaging. Farm to City, an initiat...
Le Soleil & La Lune
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I’m loving this new pair of prints, Le Soleil & La Lune, from Double Merrick. The set has been printed in a very limited edition, only 25 co...
Alemagna Rebranding
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Type Love 119: United
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I first came across United, by House Industries, via Tyler Galpin‘s (very well-designed, might I add) site, and was immediately drawn to it. It ...
Julia Sonmi Heglund
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There is a wide variety of intricate yet dreamy work in the portfolio of Los Angeles-based illustrator Julia Sonmi Heglund. I’m especially lovin...
Kelly Blair
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Here’s a series of book jackets designed by Kelly Blair, a new-to-me designer discovered via the 30 Days 30 Covers project....
Nazario Graziano Studio
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Beautiful illustration and collage work by Nazario Graziano, who draws his inspiration from a variety of sources including old books, rain and rainbow...
Jack Vanzet
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New from Jacqui Oakley
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Penguin Designs
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There is no question that Penguin has a great appreciation for design. Case in point, the final installment of the Great Ideas series, Volume V; and t...
Le Buro Branding
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Loving the chic and sophisticated branding for Le Buro, an identity from the design minds at Montréal-based Inventaire. Get 300+ Fonts for FREEEnter ...
Mark Pinkerton
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Fernando Volken Togni
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This post was published temporarily last week as a result of some unexpected site blips—apologies if you happened to catch the incomplete version! I...
Glasfurd & Walker
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I’m really admiring the work of Vancouver-based Glasfurd & Walker. This project, brand design for Bao Bei Chinese Brasserie, is a great exam...
Socio Design
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This post was published temporarily last week as a result of some crazy site blips—apologies if you happened to see catch the incomplete version! Lo...
World Gesture Guide
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The World Gesture Guide, designed by Alba Durana, is a detailed handbook of international silent communication. The series, which features a book, fol...
The Time Traveler’s Calendar
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Alex Griendling’s 2011 Time Traveler’s Calendar takes 95 separate time travel occurrences—from movies, video games, and television shows...
Aaron Robbs
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Stir
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You may recognize some of the projects below —I posted about Julian here and Glacé here— but now you’re seeing them in a whole new light. C...
Happy Town Menagerie
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Lorena Siminovich, the artist behind Petit Collage, recently opened a new exhibition at San Franciscos’s The Curiosity Shoppe. If you’re i...
Monday Quick Links: 11.22.10
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Normally this would be a light posting week since we have Thanksgiving on Thursday. However, because I didn’t get everything up as planned last ...
Color Happy 105
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Strangely and sadly it’s been unseasonably warm around here lately. So I’m loving this image, by Sheng Han, that feels very Fall to me....
Type Love 118: 718
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Terminal Design’s 718 is an ode to the outer boroughs of NYC, or “the real New York”, as they refer to the non-Manhattan area code. ...
Letterpress Designers Calendar
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If you also read one of my favorite design blogs, Graphic Exchange, you may have seen several posts about a 2011 Letterpress Designers Calendar. Follo...
Housekeeping
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Good morning! Just a couple of quick updates: SITE STATUS The site is back up to speed at this point (aside from missing the posts that were meant to ...
Studio Fludd
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Studio Fludd has some great new items in their shop....
A Quick Update
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For now, we’re back up—we’re just unfortunately a few days behind. We’re still working on fixing everything, and we’re aimin...
Michael Wertz: Dog Dreams
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Bay-area illustrator Michael Wertz came up with the idea for Dog Dreams while watching his own dog, Olive, sleep. And the result is an amazing, 2-colo...
2010 Jazz Posters
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You may remember the posters Martino&Jaña designed for the Guimarães Jazz 2009 event. I was blown away by the gorgeous hand-lettering they featu...
Ursa Major
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Loving PTARMAK’s work for men’s skincare line, Ursa Major. Get 300+ Fonts for FREEEnter your email to download our 100% free "Font Lover's Bundle"...
Carson Ellis
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I’m loving these quietly beautiful graphite drawings by Carson Ellis for The Decemberists....
30 Covers 30 Days
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30 Covers 30 Days is a current project of The Office of Letters and Light, in which 30 designers are paired with 30 participant authors and tasked wit...
Dorian
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Barcelona-based Dorian has just launched a brand new site. This particular project is a poster series inspired by various synthesizers and some of the...
Dana Tanamachi
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I’m loving these chalk type drawings by Dana Tanamachi, who is currently a designer at Louise Fili Ltd. via Two Tall Blondes Get 300+ Fonts for ...
Wonderland
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Wonderland, a hand-drawn font by Eve Duhamel, was created with felt tip pen for Fontself....
Typejockeys: Philippine Welser
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Philippine Welser is a modern housing complex in Austria with a friendly, lively vibe. To help realize that atmosphere, Typejockeys contributed an ori...
By Force the Book
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By Force is a book that accompanied the Summit of Cheap Laser Graphics, an event held in Belgrade the past two years. The book features a series of in...
826DC
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Oliver Munday recently tackled the incredible task of branding the newest 826 store, 826DC. (If you’re unfamiliar with the organization, be sure...
Monday Quick Links: 11.15.10
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Good reads: Inside Jonathan Safran Foers “Unmakeable” Interactive Book, Design Porn: Impressive Typographical Tattoos Matt Jacobs made a b...
Minted Winners
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Good morning readers! First task of the day is to announce the winners of last week’s Minted Giveaway. The three lucky ladies below were chosen ...
Play calendar
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Here’s a little bit of info about EIGA’s new calendar, Play! Design for Kids:“The calendar contains an inspiring cross section of co...
Type Love 117: Cillian
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Cillian is a simple and affordable sans serif typeface with two weights available. Check out more style images here, and purchase on My Fonts....
Things We Love
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This sort of blew up yesterday, but I still couldn’t resist posting it here. As a huge Kate Spade fan—both the products and the brand—I almo...
Dan Matutina
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I’m loving the illustration work of designer/illustrator Dan Matutina, who hails from the Phillipines. Here’s just one example of his geom...
George Katz
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It seems that it’s getting more popular for big name brands to put more time and money into design, which is a great thing. But for the most par...
Fabio Ongarato Design
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Here is a beautiful identity by Fabio Ongarato Design for interior design studio K.P.D.O. The envelope flap treatment is such an unexpected detail, an...
Zeus Jones + Ty Wilkins for Cheerios
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I’m loving this new collaboration between Zeus Jones and Ty Wilkins for Cheerios. To engage their Facebook community, Cheerios is sponsoring thi...
Ben Wright
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Australian designer Ben Wright, aka All Caps Yeah, designed this branding program for The Office of John Cheese digital production services while at B...
Dozi Planners
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I abandoned paper planners for online programs quite awhile ago, but this 2011 monthly planner by Dozi may be swaying me in the other direction. Love ...
Élie Monge
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I’m starting to get in the holiday spirit—gift guides will be coming up in the next few weeks! So I’m loving this New Year’s card ...
A Minted Giveaway!
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I know, two giveaways in one week—it’s definitely a first! You may remember that I was a guest judge for the Minted holiday card challenge a f...
Alex Bloom
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This campaign for The Rolling Roadshow, a traveling movie tour, is a student project by Alex Bloom. The annual tour produces outdoor screenings in the...
Studio Bomba
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I first became aware of Studio Bomba‘s work through their new line of paper goods, Mitchell & Dent (definitely worth a look). So I was excit...
LEGO + Letterpress winners!
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Congratulations Barbara and Amandah! with your mailing address and we’ll get the print out to you. Thanks to everyone else for giving it a shot!...
Monday Quick Links: 11.08.10
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Blockhead is a pixel-based drawing app for the iPhone. Quite possibly the coolest/cutest group costume ever. Really looking forward to seeing The Infl...