Everything is Swell
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After living abroad in France for awhile, Karl Hebert, of Gold Lunchbox, produced this beautifully designed and illustrated booklet to celebrate their...
Courtney • Justin Skeesuck Prints
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I’m loving these retro illustrations of fashionable women in Paris, New York and Italy by Justin Skeesuck. The series of three was inspired by m...
Jeanie & Jewell: { abc…c’est finis! }
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I’m excited to share that the Jeannie & Jewel alphabet I’ve mentioned a couple of times before, is officially completed! Soon they wi...
Monday Quick Links: 03.15.10
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Made You Think is a project that aims to create a 100 page magazine with the personal work of 100 creatives. To learn more about how to participate or...
José Azevedo
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I’m a sucker for great hand-lettering, so I found these sketch book pages by José Azevedo hugely inspiring. Check out the rest right here. via ...
Pandas and Such
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Pandas and Such is a “collection of cute and adorable” by artist Renata Liwska. The nostalgic feel of her work reminds of books I loved as...
Color Happy 71
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More spring colors for this Friday morning. As you can tell, I’m beyond ready to see the snow melt away and give way flowers, nature and green. ...
A Dress and a Gig Poster
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Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of inspiration post series that pair two seemingly different objects together—a piece of clothing and a home acc...
Cornwell
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Australian design studio, Cornwell, excels in developing large scale brands that manage to retain a healthy dose of personality. Case in point, this p...
Type Love 84: Sans Merci
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This week I’m liking the display face, Sans Merci, “an incisive font for sharp words”, by SMeltery....
Flowers In May Prints
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Flowers in May makes some really fun prints. Each one features a collection of graphic illustrations based on various themes, including Paris (below),...
“I’m Here”
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To promote Spike Jonze’s latest film—I’m Here, a half hour “robot love story celebrating a life enriched by creativity”—a ...
Juuso Koponen
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I’m loving these pieces that Juuso Koponen, a Helsinki-based designer and illustrator, designed for the Flow Festival, an annual music festival ...
Top 50 Artists & Bands of 2009
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It might be a little late for Best of 2009 lists, but I recently came across this particular one and couldn’t not mention it. In January, The Hy...
40 Days of Water Facts
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Great project for a great cause. 40 Days of Water Facts (more information on the cause here), by pope saint victor. found via mint...
New Reads
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Here are two books I’ve come across recently that made it to my wishlist: Impressive: Printmaking, Letterpress and Graphic Design This new book ...
Alphabattle 2.0
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If you have been keeping up with Lettercult at all, you may already be aware of the Alphabattle currently going on over there. Not exactly a battle pe...
Lunch Box
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I am definitely a sandwich person. So I love these minimalist sandwich paintings by Dan Kenneally. The 18″ x 18″ acrylic originals, includ...
maharam
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maraham, a company who makes textiles for interiors, recently collaborated with several artists and designers to create a series of digital wallcoveri...
Monday Quick Links: 03.08.10
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Before I get to the links I wanted to just make a quick note. We received an influx of submissions last week, so it’s taking some time to go thr...
Eric Ellis
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Check out this fun class project by Chicago-based designer and illustrator Eric Ellis. Matro is a fictional chocolate company whose concept is based o...
Color Happy 70
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Here’s to hoping Spring comes sooner rather than later! Photo by catmil...
FEED Alphabets
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More type today! I’m intrigued by these experimental letterforms from Montreal-based studio FEED. See more here....
Tavis Coburn takes on BAFTA
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I’ve been a huge Tavis Coburn fan for awhile, but it has been quite some time since I’ve seen any of his recent work. So I was psyched to ...
Type Love 83: Giorgio Sans
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Giorgio Sans is quite the character. Designed by Schwartzco as a quirky companion to their popular serif, Giorgio, the typface features six weights an...
Verdun
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Verdun is the result of a collaboration between Mind Design and Rafael Farias.The work in progress is a modern take on Morris Fuller Benton’s ty...
Sea Creatures
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Take a look at Rachel Wilson’s beautiful sea creature illustrations, some of which were created for a collaboration with Brainstorm. I’m l...
Submitting Your Work
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You may have noticed a small addition to the sidebar today regarding work submissions. We get quite a few emails from our readers, which we love, so w...
Seth Akkerman
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Seth Akkerman does some great print work, including this Fowl Approach to Bird Watching wood cut print that really caught my eye. The details are impr...
William Morrisey
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I’m really liking the simple sophistication of the Bar Milano (now closed, unfortunately) identity by William Morrisey....
Tuesday Quick Links
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Better late than never! pr*tty sh*tty interviews one of my design idols, Paula Scher. Big news: FontShop announces the release of 30 web FontFonts! Ra...
Edmundson | Martin
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Edmundson | Martin is a Florida-based freelance design team with a combined nineteen years of experience. Russ and David specialize and excel and bran...
Yummo
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I’m not sure how Tad Carpenter finds such amazingly fun projects to work on, but he’s done it again. Yummo is a frozen yogurt and smoothie...
Color Happy 69
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I’m really loving the incredibly sophisticated color palette of this oversized Map of the Future infographic. If you’re interested in the ...
Celeste Prevost
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Celeste Provost is a Minneapolis-based designer with quite the portfolio. All of her work, which ranges from identity and branding to web to packaging...
Rebecca Ward
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This geometric neon installation was created by artist Rebecca Ward for Kate Spade in Tokyo with gaffers tape. I am just amazed at what creative poten...
Type Love 82: Adelle
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Adelle is a modern slab serif by Type Together. It was created with editorial use in mind, but I think it’s versatile enough to use in a whole s...
Something Pressed
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Something Pressed in a new North Carolina-based letterpress operation. Right now they only have a couple of pieces for sale in their Etsy shop. But ju...
Unless Someone Like You
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I discovered the work of Unless Someone Like You via simple + pretty and immediately fell in love with her style. The pieces below were designed for a...
Feltron in Progress
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Swayspace is currently painstakingly letterpressing the 2009 Feltron Annual Report, which as you can imagine is no simple letterpress job. Here are a ...
In Other Words
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In Other Words is a self-initiated project from student Patrycja Zywert. The primary goal of the was to explore the effects of textspeak on human lang...
Typographica Cards
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Laura Palese recently sent over these typographic notecards she designed, which are now available at Amazon. The book of 24 cards includes various des...
doe eyed
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I’m loving the textures, patterns and layering of these posters by doe eyed....
The Chalk Walk
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Katie Sokoler decided to inject some color into her neighborhood by tracing footprints on the sidewalk in brightly colored chalk. The Brooklyn-based p...
Ryan McCullah
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Ryan McCullah is one of those multi-talented creatives I envy who excels at not only multiple facets of design, but also in illustration and photograp...
A Beautiful Idea
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A Beautiful Idea, a new project from the lovely and talented Evie S, aims to make a big impact on the world through art and handmade goods. Through th...
Monday Quick Links: 02.22.10
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My favorite recent find, Fav4, let’s you pick your 4 favorite sites and use it as your browser start page. They have quite an extensive list to ...
Crystals & Lasers
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If you happen to be in Paris in the next couple of weeks, I would make MWM Graphics’ Crystals & Lasers a definite stop. Matt W. Moore’...
Diogo Montes
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I don’t normally enjoy navigating sites that are extra flash heavy, but I can certainly appreciate how far Diogo Montes has pushed the medium wi...
Jim Tierney
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I’m loving the rich colors, graceful hand-lettering and vintagey feel of these book covers by Jim Tierney....
Studio Makgill
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I’m usually the type of person that likes a lot of color, but sometimes a slick, simple black and white design will catch my eye. Case in point,...
ryadia
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While browsing through Flickr these impressive design proposals for the Computer Human Interaction Conference, by ryadia, caught my eye. I love that i...
Color Happy 68
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This is such an amazing shot from the Neon Boneyard in Vegas. Definitely on my must-visit list for the next time I’m out West. photo by Pam Satt...
Alex Varanese
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When looking through Alex Varanese’s work, it’s clear that he has a point of view. His projects are thoughtful, deliberate and beautifully...
Type Love 81: Graphik
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Helvetica is one of those polarizing typefaces—most people either love it or hate it, no in between. If you’re on the more negative side of th...
Phillipe Nicolas
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I’m impressed by everything in Phillipe Nicolas’s type-heavy design portfolio. However, more than anything, I was really drawn to these de...
Mrs. Lilien
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I’m loving the fun and colorful styling of Mrs. Lilien, “designer + stylist extraordinista”. According to her blog—a must read—&...
Chloé Fleury
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I have a soft spot for San Francisco—I’ve only visited there once, but I immediately fell in love with it. So when I saw these three dimension...
Base Art Co.
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As you all probably know, I’m a big fan of gig posters. So when Base Art Co. sent these sophisticated designs over last week, the decision to po...
Monday Quick Links: 02.15.10
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Today’s quick links are brought to you a bit late on account of today’s holiday. We’ll be back tomorrow with regular posting. Enjoy ...