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Quick Links: 05.16.14

Quick Links: 05.16.14

Courtney • May 16, 2014May 15, 2014
Discover.typography is a really cool tool developed by H&Co that provides users with the ability “to experience type, an environment that ...
Quick Links

Etsy Finds: Ghost Signs

Courtney • May 15, 2014May 11, 2014
Ghost Signs is a New Jersey-based shop featuring photographs of ghost signs, brick ads, painted advertisements, faded signage, and old hand painted ...
Etsy Finds
Jon Newman: Daydreams & Nightschemes Studio Launch

Jon Newman: Daydreams & Nightschemes Studio Launch

Garth • May 15, 2014May 14, 2014
Designer Jon Newman took the leap from the comfort of his day job at MTV to start Daydreams & Nightschemes, his own new studio. Among Jon’s ...
Design
Alliteration Inspiration: Veggies & Vacation

Alliteration Inspiration: Veggies & Vacation

Garth • May 15, 2014Mar 25, 2015
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This week...
Alliteration InspirationDesign

Kyrö Distillery Company on Behance

Courtney • May 14, 2014May 13, 2014
I am by no means a whiskey fan, but I definitely love the bold identity and packaging that Werklig developed for Kyrö Distillery Company, a rye wh...
Design

Wise Words: Joshua Gott

Courtney • May 14, 2014May 13, 2014
This week’s Wise Words come from Joshua Grott, Creative Director at Epipheo, a video production company “dedicated to translating ideas i...
Wise Words
Odding Wang: The Book of Red

Odding Wang: The Book of Red

Garth • May 14, 2014May 11, 2014
Odding Wang‘s “The Book of Red,” a handcrafted notebook tribute to Pablo Picasso, is a beautifully made piece of paper cut storytel...
Design
13 Italian Illustrators Whose Work Will Inspire You

13 Italian Illustrators Whose Work Will Inspire You

Melanie • May 14, 2014Aug 30, 2022
Italian illustrators are really showing up in the illustration scene right now. With bold color choices and meaningful messages, these illustrators fr...
Design

Best of the Web: May Edition

Jackson • May 13, 2014May 13, 2014
It may seem like we’re crazy about apps, but we like the web too. The question is, what’s the future of the web? Is it dying? Are apps taking over...
Art & CodeDesign

Type Love: Adorn

Courtney • May 13, 2014May 11, 2014
Adorn is Laura Worthington‘s latest font family. Aimed at the handmade wedding invitation crowd, the family includes seven display fonts, four ...
Typography
Ciara Phelan: Collages

Ciara Phelan: Collages

Garth • May 13, 2014May 11, 2014
Ciara Phelan, a freelance illustrator and textile designer in east London, recently launched her new website full of intricate collage work and other...
Design

New Paper Goods from Hammerpress

Courtney • May 12, 2014May 11, 2014
I’m loving some of Hammerpress’s most recently launched paper goods, from their series of astrological notecards, to their small chipboard...
Design
Studio Fludd: Gelatology – Micro / Macro

Studio Fludd: Gelatology – Micro / Macro

Garth • May 12, 2014May 11, 2014
Studio Fludd‘s Gelatology project, which we featured back in November, has grown into a new booklet titled “Micro / Macro” and exp...
Design
Inspiring Instagramers: donalddrawbertson

Inspiring Instagramers: donalddrawbertson

Ashley • May 12, 2014May 11, 2014
Username: donalddrawbertson Info: Google: Vanity Fair, NYPost, Life and Times Donald Robertson’s Instagram feed has been getting a lot of pres...
iPhoneography
Open Door Design Studio: Reinventing the Toilet Challenge

Open Door Design Studio: Reinventing the Toilet Challenge

Garth • May 9, 2014May 5, 2014
Who knew a toilet could be so beautiful? The team at Open Door Design Studio, in collaboration with Kohler, designed the remarkable exterior of Caltec...
Design

Casey Ligon: Hand Lettering

Garth • May 9, 2014May 9, 2014
The hand lettering work of Casey Ligon is a gorgeous force to be reckoned with as her talents span chalk, ink, vector and beyond. Her ability to work...
Design

Morgan Davidson: Colored Pencil Season Girls Illustration Series

Courtney • May 9, 2014May 4, 2014
This series of beautiful colored pencil illustrations was created by Morgan Davidson, a soon-to-be graduate of Ringling College of Art and Design. Ea...
Design
Quick Links: 05.09.14

Quick Links: 05.09.14

Courtney • May 9, 2014May 9, 2014
Before there was Pantone, there was A. Boogert, who wrote a book in Dutch about mixing watercolors in 1692. The resulting book, which ended up span...
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Etsy Finds: Belinda Marshall Art

Courtney • May 8, 2014May 4, 2014
I’m loving these colorful, abstract paintings created by Belinda Marshall, a Melbourne, Australia-based artist and surface designer. Her Etsy s...
Etsy Finds
Juan Coca: CHS 2014 Commencement Invitation

Juan Coca: CHS 2014 Commencement Invitation

Garth • May 8, 2014May 4, 2014
Juan Coca, a design student at Fort Hays State University, gave his younger brother quite the rad grad gift in designing these beautiful letterpress...
Design
Alliteration Inspiration: Universe & Umbrellas

Alliteration Inspiration: Universe & Umbrellas

Garth • May 8, 2014May 8, 2014
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This week...
Alliteration InspirationDesign

Wise Words: Barry Schwartz

Courtney • May 7, 2014May 4, 2014
This week’s Wise Words come from psychologist Barry Schwartz’s 2009 TED Talk, Our Loss of Wisdom. via The Quotery...
Wise Words
Student Work: Josh Schott

Student Work: Josh Schott

Garth • May 7, 2014May 4, 2014
Graphic designer Josh Schott is pursuing his MFA at Tyler School of Art at Temple University and already has an impressive collection of work to his...
Design

Type Love: Modum

Courtney • May 6, 2014May 4, 2014
Modum is a new contemporary serif typeface from The Northern Block. Featuring eight weights with matching italics, over 800 characters, seven vari...
Typography
Vicki Turner: Drop in the Ocean

Vicki Turner: Drop in the Ocean

Garth • May 6, 2014May 4, 2014
With tons of plastic waste filling the globe’s oceans, Vicki Turner set out to do something about it. The result: Drop in the Ocean, a limited e...
Design
The Graveyard of User Interface Design

The Graveyard of User Interface Design

Jackson • May 6, 2014May 6, 2014
Even though Apple just sold another 43.7 million iPhones last quarter, countless products, screens and interfaces have apparently missed the memo on ...
Art & CodeDesign
Grey, Singapore: Multinational Typeface

Grey, Singapore: Multinational Typeface

Garth • May 5, 2014May 4, 2014
The team at Grey Advertising‘s Singapore office designed a fascinating modular Multinational Typeface, using colors and composition representati...
Design
Young & Laramore: “Time is Measured in Tomorrows”

Young & Laramore: “Time is Measured in Tomorrows”

Garth • May 5, 2014Apr 30, 2014
Building Tomorrow, a nonprofit dedicated to building schools in East Africa, worked with Young & Laramore to produce “Time is Measured in To...
Design
Inspiring Instagramers: julieskitchen

Inspiring Instagramers: julieskitchen

Ashley • May 5, 2014May 4, 2014
Username: julieskitchen Name: Julie Lee Info: iPhone 5 only | Los Angeles There is a lot of food photography on Instagram. A LOT. Unfortunately, mo...
iPhoneography

Kevin Cantrell: Commonwealth Coffee Identity and Collateral

Courtney • May 2, 2014May 1, 2014
Kevin Cantrell has recently lent his beautiful, highly detailed, maximalist style to the identity, collateral and packaging for Commonwealth Coffee. T...
Design

Bielke+Yang: Vitenparken Identity and Collateral

Courtney • May 2, 2014May 1, 2014
Oslo-based studio Bielke+Yang developed this dynamic, experimental identity for the new incarnation of the traditional Norwegian Agriculture Museum...
Design

Color Happy 200

Courtney • May 1, 2014Oct 10, 2024
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Design
Dimas Forchetti: Personal Project GIFs

Dimas Forchetti: Personal Project GIFs

Garth • May 1, 2014Apr 28, 2014
I’m loving the delightfully clever GIFs that designer Dimas Forchetti has put together as part of an ongoing personal project of random creati...
Design
Alliteration Inspiration: Outdoors & Outlaws

Alliteration Inspiration: Outdoors & Outlaws

Garth • May 1, 2014Apr 30, 2014
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This week...
Alliteration InspirationDesign

Wise Words: Sharon Ann Lee

Courtney • Apr 30, 2014Apr 29, 2014
This week’s wise words come from Sharon Ann Lee’s Creative Mornings talk about what she calls “DYO (Design Your Own) Success.” &nbsp...
Wise Words
Leeay Aikawa: Mixed Media Collages

Leeay Aikawa: Mixed Media Collages

Garth • Apr 30, 2014Apr 28, 2014
Toronto-based designer/illustrator Leeay Aikawa has a special talent for crafting mixed media collages that are simply fascinating. Leeay on her in...
Design
Badass Lady Creatives in History: Sarah Wyman Whitman

Badass Lady Creatives in History: Sarah Wyman Whitman

Melanie • Apr 30, 2014Apr 29, 2014
Vital to the history of graphic design is the Arts and Crafts Movement, a notion that art and life are intrinsically bound to each other. The initia...
Badass Lady Creatives

Will Miller: AURA Natural Pet Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Apr 29, 2014Apr 28, 2014
Chicago-based designer Will Miller worked with AURA Natural pet to develop their identity, packaging and stationery. One detail that especially stand...
Design

Type Love: Geometria

Courtney • Apr 29, 2014Apr 28, 2014
Geometria is a new geometric sans serif typeface from Moscow-based type foundry Brownfox. The typeface offers 16 fonts, encompassing eight weights ...
Typography

Mike Lowery: New Work

Garth • Apr 29, 2014Apr 28, 2014
It’s no secret that we’re big fans of Mike Lowery here at DWL, and since he recently launched his new website with tons of saucy recent w...
DesignIllustration

April Apps for Super Users

Jackson • Apr 29, 2014Apr 28, 2014
  Last week we read a study claiming that 176 million users open their apps more than 60 times per day. These app “super users” are beyond addic...
Art & Code
Tyler School of Art: Brains, Muscle, Wildcard

Tyler School of Art: Brains, Muscle, Wildcard

Garth • Apr 28, 2014Apr 28, 2014
In teaming up for their exhibition date last week as part of the 2014 Tyler School of Art MFA Graphic and Interactive Design Thesis Exhibition, desi...
Design

The Hungry Workshop: Inkster Maken

Courtney • Apr 28, 2014Apr 22, 2014
I’m in love with this minimal identity and gorgeous business cards and tags designed by The Hungry Workshop for Inkster Maken, designer of equa...
Design
Inspiring Instagramers: dailydishonesty

Inspiring Instagramers: dailydishonesty

Ashley • Apr 28, 2014Apr 28, 2014
Username: dailydishonesty Name: Daily Dishonesty Info: Lovely little lies from hungry graphic designer You know those little lies we tell ourselves...
iPhoneography

Introducing MOO Letterhead

Courtney • Apr 25, 2014Apr 24, 2014
The newest addition to MOO’s incredible line of paper products is letterhead. The letterhead is available in both their classic (80lb) and Lux...
Design
Student Work: Seth Gale

Student Work: Seth Gale

Garth • Apr 25, 2014Apr 20, 2014
Something great is brewing up in the Pacific Northwest, and it’s not coffee. Okay, there’s tasty coffee brewing up there too, but the real...
Design

Allison Chambers Lettering & Design

Garth • Apr 25, 2014Apr 28, 2014
I’m really admiring the beautiful lettering and smart design work of Allison Chambers, a designer out of Vancouver, BC. Her hand-cut lettering ...
Design
Quick Links: 04.25.14

Quick Links: 04.25.14

Courtney • Apr 25, 2014Apr 24, 2014
I’m loving Maud Vantours‘s colorful 3D paper sculptures which I discovered via Collosal. It was really interesting to see how Anna Bond o...
Quick Links

Paperless Post: Personal Stationery + A Special Promotion

Courtney • Apr 24, 2014Apr 22, 2014
With all of the holidays and graduations coming up, you, like me, probably have quite a few gifts on your list. One great option which would work for ...
Paper Goods

Etsy Finds: New from Moglea

Courtney • Apr 24, 2014Apr 21, 2014
Moglea recently got their new collection uploaded to their Etsy shop and it is all kinds of awesome. Featuring playful hand lettering, candy colored w...
Etsy Finds

Carla Cobas

Garth • Apr 24, 2014Apr 20, 2014
The work of Carla Cobas caught my eye recently, and I haven’t been able to look away since. A designer in Valencia, Spain, her work has a co...
Design
Alliteration Inspiration: Quotes & Quickness

Alliteration Inspiration: Quotes & Quickness

Garth • Apr 24, 2014Apr 23, 2014
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This week...
Alliteration InspirationDesign
Mother’s Day Gift Ideas from Uncommon Goods

Mother’s Day Gift Ideas from Uncommon Goods

Courtney • Apr 23, 2014Apr 22, 2014
Every May I am faced with a gift-giving challenge, as Mother’s Day and my Mom’s birthday happen to fall less than a week apart. Do I comb...
Design

Wise Words: Og Mandino

Courtney • Apr 23, 2014Apr 21, 2014
This week’s wise words come from author Og Mandino who I discovered via the Sycamore Street Press Instagram feed....
Wise Words
Student Work: Jaclyn Merk

Student Work: Jaclyn Merk

Garth • Apr 23, 2014Apr 20, 2014
Feeling the design love for Jaclyn Merk, a recent graduate of Temple University’s Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, and you will too after...
Design

Introducing Moniker

Courtney • Apr 23, 2014Apr 25, 2014
Moniker is a new San Francisco-based studio led by Brent Couchman. I’ve always been a fan of Brent’s work—see here, here and here—so ...
Design
Badass Lady Creatives: Smriti Keshari

Badass Lady Creatives: Smriti Keshari

Melanie • Apr 23, 2014Apr 29, 2014
Among the most interesting creatives to watch are those who are not bound by title, but compelled to make earnest and important work in whichever f...
Badass Lady Creatives

Type Love: GT Sectra

Courtney • Apr 22, 2014Apr 21, 2014
Grilli Type just recently released their latest typeface, GT Sectra, an angular serif. Originally designed for the long-form journalism magazine “R...
Typography
Tata&Friends: Mr. Marcel School Rebrand

Tata&Friends: Mr. Marcel School Rebrand

Garth • Apr 22, 2014Apr 21, 2014
This is my first encounter with Tata&Friends, and it’s a case of love at first sight. T&F’s rebrand for Mr. Marcel School, a u...
Design
Is the Nike FuelBand the DeLorean of the Wearable Tech world?

Is the Nike FuelBand the DeLorean of the Wearable Tech world?

Jackson • Apr 22, 2014Apr 21, 2014
Well that was fast. While we were all eating delicious Eastery dinners, it looks like Nike spent the weekend uninstalling most of its FuelBand team an...
Art & CodeProducts
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