Gift Guide 2010: Happy Holidays
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1. Sparkling Ornament Wreath, $65.00 / 2. No Kid Hungry Holiday Cards, $35.00 donation and up / 3. Two-sided Wrap, $20.00 / 4. To You, From Me Gift Ta...
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These posters celebrating California’s wine country would make a great gift for any wine connoisseur. Designed by Hatch, the three posters are availab...
Valerie Jar 2011 Calendar
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I’m a big fan of Valerie Jar’s illustration and design work, so I was excited to see that her 2011 calendar is now available. This year’s design featu...
Gift Guide 2010: For the Guys
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1. Video Game Controller Poster, $30.00 / 2. Rhodesian Postage Stamp Cufflinks, $70.00 / 3. Icon Printed Banker’s Envelope, $250.00 / 4. Meatbagz, $38...
Ty Mattson’s LOST Final Season Print
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By now all or you should have seen Ty Mattson‘s great series of LOST posters; but this one is a little bit different. To commemorate the final season,...
Tom Davie Note Cards + Prints
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My gift guides are all set up and ready to go, but I’ve come across a few other great gifts this week, so I will be featuring them here and there over...
Gift Guide 2010: Affordable Art
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1. The Swan Lake, $35.00 / 2. Buoy, $35.00 / 3. Descartes, $50.00 / 4. America, $14.00 / 5. A Fond Childhood Memory I Never Had, $20.00 / 6. Hamilton ...
Gift Guide 2010: Typography
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1. Resolution Pencils, $8.00 / 2. Thoughts Postcards, $12.00 / 3. Collector Plate, $50.00 / 4. OMFG Journal, $8.00 / 5. Alphabet Greeting Cards, $398....
Gift Guide: Fire
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From Wikipedia: Fire Signs: Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius— Fire represents one’s desires and creative energies. The Fire signs are associated with actio...
Gift Guide 2010: Air
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From Wikipedia: Air Signs: Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius— Air represents the intellect and one’s ability to reason and communicate. The Air signs are as...
Gift Guide 2010: Water
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From Wikipedia: Water Signs: Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces— Water represents imagination, human feelings and one’s ability to love and sustain. The Wate...
Gift Guide 2010: Earth
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From Wikipedia: Earth Signs: Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn— Earth represents one’s material resources, environment and possessions. The Earth signs are...
It’s Gift Guide Time
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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
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I’m fascinated by this branding for 1.1 Architects by COÖP. According to designer Paul Marcus Fuog, “The collaborative practice was interpreted throug...
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 exampl...
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....
Tandem Design for Herman Miller
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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! Tan...
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 P...
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 initiative th...
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 copies, so m...
Alemagna Rebranding
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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! Ale...
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 makes ...
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 loving this...
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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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’m...
New from Jacqui Oakley
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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! Gre...
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. via Typography Served...
Mark Pinkerton
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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! Des...
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’m...
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 example of the...
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! Lond...
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—and places th...
Aaron Robbs
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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! Whi...
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. Copywriter e...
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 in the area, ...
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 week, ...
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. The sans serif fam...
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 aiming to have the site complet...
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 featured. W...
Ursa Major
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Loving PTARMAK’s work for men’s skincare line, Ursa Major....
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...
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 to re...
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 bookmarklet t...
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 at ran...
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 contemporary childre...