The team at Grey Advertising‘s Singapore office designed a fascinating modular Multinational Typeface, using colors and composition representative of the flags of all 106 countries in which the company does business. I love the duality of feelings that this series…
Building Tomorrow, a nonprofit dedicated to building schools in East Africa, worked with Young & Laramore to produce “Time is Measured in Tomorrows,” a wonderfully simple animated video illustrated by Brian Rea. Brian’s illustration style fits together perfectly with the…
Username: julieskitchen Name: Julie Lee Info: iPhone 5 only | Los Angeles There is a lot of food photography on Instagram. A LOT. Unfortunately, most of it is not-so-great, and the really good stuff can easily get lost amongst the clutter. But having worked on…
Kevin Cantrell has recently lent his beautiful, highly detailed, maximalist style to the identity, collateral and packaging for Commonwealth Coffee. This particular design system included the development of a proprietary typeface as well as custom lettering. Be sure to take a closer…
Oslo-based studio Bielke+Yang developed this dynamic, experimental identity for the new incarnation of the traditional Norwegian Agriculture Museum. Bielke+Yang helped transform them into a modern science center by developing their new name, Vitenparken, identity and various collateral. Check out more details from the project right here. via BP&O
I’m loving the delightfully clever GIFs that designer Dimas Forchetti has put together as part of an ongoing personal project of random creation and animation. Sometimes it’s nice to let your brain go for a walk and see where it takes you,…
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This week’s thematic combo: outdoors & outlaws. Outdoors Spring is a time of growth, nature, and new life, and it’s…
This week’s wise words come from Sharon Ann Lee’s Creative Mornings talk about what she calls “DYO (Design Your Own) Success.”
Toronto-based designer/illustrator Leeay Aikawa has a special talent for crafting mixed media collages that are simply fascinating. Leeay on her inspiration: I like mixing old and new, classical and edgy, to create a bizarre world. In a way, this multi-cultured city of Toronto established…
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 initially English movement is a rejection of industrialization. This distaste for machination expressed itself in romantic decorations and fine…
Chicago-based designer Will Miller worked with AURA Natural pet to develop their identity, packaging and stationery. One detail that especially stands out is the creative printing process used for the business cards and packaging labels. Both the business cards and blue bottle…
Geometria is a new geometric sans serif typeface from Moscow-based type foundry Brownfox. The typeface offers 16 fonts, encompassing eight weights with matching italics, as well as multiple figure sets, currency signs, alternate glyphs, experimental ligatures, and punctuation marks. Pick up a copy for…
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 work, we simply had to shout it from the rooftops. After checking out his work…
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 addicted to their phones, so it’s no wonder that every week even more apps are launched.…
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, designers Noopur Agarwal, David Jones, and Kathy Mueller joined forces to create Brains, Muscle, Wildcard, a joint website focused…
I’m in love with this minimal identity and gorgeous business cards and tags designed by The Hungry Workshop for Inkster Maken, designer of equally minimal and gorgeous lighting.
Username: dailydishonesty Name: Daily Dishonesty Info: Lovely little lies from hungry graphic designer You know those little lies we tell ourselves just to make it through the day? Like “I can hold my liquor.” And “I won’t eat all the french fries.” Or…
