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...
Courtney • 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...
Jennifer and Jed Heuer
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Jennifer and Jed Heuer are one talented husband and wife design duo. Their work definitely has unique sensibilities but they are equally talented, as ...
Where We Know
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I’m happy to introduce you to a publication from Chin Music Press, Where We Know: New Orleans As Home which will be released this month. What ca...
Bryant Ross
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This morning I’m admiring the work of Bryant Ross, who has quite a few restaurant brands in his portfolio from his time at Korn Design. It was t...
Ryan Frease
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These awesome hand-drawn letterforms were created by Ryan Frease for Lettercult’s Alphabattle....
Color Happy 104
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I’m loving the warm combination of colors in this piece by Jose Favian Sosa...
Kacie Yates
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Kacie Yates, a designer at Southside Creative in Chattanooga, Tennessee, has a design aesthetic that I absolutely love—a mix of vintage and modern s...
Nathan Hinz
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After looking through the portfolio of Nathan Hinz—one of the designers behind the Cue projects I posted recently—I was super impressed by the han...
Colin Payson
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There’s some great work in Colin Payson‘s portfolio, including this piece for the Prix Arc Awards. via FPOGet 300+ Fonts for FREEEnter yo...
John Fellows
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I’m loving these layered, textural art pieces by John Fellows. My favorite has to be the Where the Wild Things Are-inspired piece (last image), ...
Type Love 116: URW Wood Type
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There’s no shortage of woodtype fonts out there these days, but what drew me to URW Wood Type is the fun possibilities that the Shadow version p...
A LEGO + Letterpress Giveaway!
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Well, readers, do I have a treat for you today. Remember this post? Well Justin Larosa of Physical Fiction is generously offering you 2 free new print...
Sean Scheidt
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These warm sunny images by Sean Scheidt are providing a brief respite from the suddenly colder weather here in New York....
Eduardo Hernández
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Loving this vibrant identity for La Cigala Zul, a seafood restaurant in Mexico, by Eduardo Hernández. Get 300+ Fonts for FREEEnter your email to down...
Evan Nagan
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You may have spotted these business cards (3rd shot down), designed for v25 of Space 150’s brand, on Beast Pieces last summer. But you may not h...
Everything Design
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I’m admiring this simple yet approachable brand created for Babylon Gardens, a husband and wife landscape design team, by New Zealand-based Ever...
Plenty
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I’m loving this fun and slightly wacky promotion for Dr Lemon Tequila by Plenty, which aims to recreate the traditional Mexican Day of the Dead....
Heroes of Folk
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Heroes of Folk is a series of letterpressed cards by Scotty Reifsnyder (who has a new site and shop by the way), that feature characters like Annie Oa...
NothingSomething
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Just recently checked in with NothingSomething—I’ve always loved their intricate branding work—and came across this eclectic brand for Magno...
Good Morning / Good Night
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Dolce Press recently collaborated with the Divisionof/ team to create this really fun Good Morning/Good Night poster. The limited edition letterpress ...
Jackie Ngo
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I was instantly smitten with San Francisco-based designer Jackie Ngo‘s portfolio, which features a little bit of everything, including handful o...
Debbie Powell
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Here is a small sample of gorgeous patterns created by Debbie Powell, who clearly has a beautiful sense of color. There’s so much more to see i...
Monday Quick Links: 11.01.10
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Self-explanatory: icantfindmyphone.com Myspace Goes Blank Good Reads: CMS’s Party in Front…, An Interview with Sagi Haviv, The Most Import...
Jon Ashcroft
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For an upcoming book entitled An Alternative Guide to the U.S., designer and illustrator Jon Ashcroft created a series of illustrations based on Phoen...
James Kape
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While the dwl audience is primarily U.S. based, I always find it exciting to “meet” designers and readers who follow us from around the wo...
Color Happy 103
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There are some pretty amazing colors going on in this photo by Cari Ann Wayman....
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Over the course of a year, artist and designer Allison Connell bound a new book each month, each with its own interesting details. Each day she filled...
Blake Suárez
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Playful illustrations by Blake Suárez....
Anti-Eco
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Anti-Eco‘s mission is to “provoke awareness, stimulate dialogue, and alter actions regarding the current conservation of our earth’s...