Gift Guide 2010: Earth
From Wikipedia: Earth Signs: Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn— Earth represents one’s material resources, environment and possessions. The Earth s...
It’s Gift Guide Time
If you had any time off last week for Thanksgiving, I hope you enjoyed it! This week will be a little bit different as it will mostly be devoted to th...
COÖP: 1.1 Architects
I’m fascinated by this branding for 1.1 Architects by COÖP. According to designer Paul Marcus Fuog, “The collaborative practice was inter...
DOPLUDO
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 ...
Scott Pilgrim Paper Art
I’m loving this Scott Pilgrim-inspired, pixelated, three-dimensional paper art by Ruth Afrita, a young designer from Indonesia....
Tandem Design for Herman Miller
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Color Happy 106
This colorful message, by holds no water, seems perfectly appropriate for this week....
Iceland Summer Solstice
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
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
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
This post was published temporarily last week as a result of some unexpected site blips—apologies if you happened to catch the incomplete version! A...
Type Love 119: United
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
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
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
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
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
Loving the chic and sophisticated branding for Le Buro, an identity from the design minds at Montréal-based Inventaire. via Typography Served...
Mark Pinkerton
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Fernando Volken Togni
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Studio Fludd has some great new items in their shop....
A Quick Update
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
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
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
Loving PTARMAK’s work for men’s skincare line, Ursa Major....
Carson Ellis
I’m loving these quietly beautiful graphite drawings by Carson Ellis for The Decemberists....
30 Covers 30 Days
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
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
I’m loving these chalk type drawings by Dana Tanamachi, who is currently a designer at Louise Fili Ltd. via Two Tall Blondes...
Wonderland
Wonderland, a hand-drawn font by Eve Duhamel, was created with felt tip pen for Fontself....
Typejockeys: Philippine Welser
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
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
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
Good reads: Inside Jonathan Safran Foers “Unmakeable” Interactive Book, Design Porn: Impressive Typographical Tattoos Matt Jacobs made a b...
Minted Winners
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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
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...