A Beautiful Idea
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
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
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
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
I’m loving the rich colors, graceful hand-lettering and vintagey feel of these book covers by Jim Tierney....
Studio Makgill
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
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
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
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
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
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
I’m loving the fun and colorful styling of Mrs. Lilien, “designer + stylist extraordinista”. According to her blog—a must read—&...
Chloé Fleury
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.
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
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 ...
The Birds and the Beasts
The Birds and the Beasts shop sells illustrated and typographic cards, prints and other paper goods. These posters are particularly fun....
Color Happy 67
The vibrant color palette of this 100% Berlin poster was created by Kristina Brusa....
Introducing: Seamless Paperie!
Big News! I’ve mentioned before that I wanted to create a home for our design work for weddings and special events. And today we’re excite...
Lucia Gaggiotti
Today I’m enjoying the wide range of packaging designs created by Lucia Gaggiotti. via simplesong...
Type Love 80: CamingoDos
CamingoDos is a squarish, modern sans serif available at FontShop....
Dan Judge
Philadelphia-based Dan Judge makes some pretty great posters. More can also be seen on Flickr....
Out of Print
Out of Print “celebrates the world’s greatest stories through fashion”....
Wee See
I am not a parent, but I hope to be some day. And when that happens, I’d imagine Wee See is exactly the type of thoughtful, well-designed produc...
Picture Book Report
Picture Book Report is a new visual blog that will feature illustrated book reports by various artists. Here’s the story according to the site: ...
Live Now: A Community of Happiness
I’ve mentioned Eric Smith’s awesome Live Now project before, but it’s now expanded into a whole new community. Check it out for stor...
Jeremy Gardner Stationery
I always love checking my Google reader to find that Beast Pieces has updated. Every new project they feature exemplifies how they push the boundaries...
Monday Quick Links: 02.08.10
On my wishlist: this clean and colorful world map print. Check out this awesome tumblelog of iPhone polaroids. Letterwerk has released a new cut of Ca...
Color Happy 66
During the airing of Mad Men, illustrator Dyna Moe creates a weekly desktop wallpaper based on each episode. The scene below was a particular favorite...
The Rainbow Roll
Maybe this isn’t a new thing, but I certainly haven’t seen it before. Sway Space decided to create a line of business cards for kids so th...
Type Love 79: Arctic
Arctic is a headline family created by German designer Henning Skibbe. Interestingly enough, his background is in graffiti, which as you can see infor...
Pattern Plus
One of the many projects of designer/illustrator Jess Neil is Pattern Plus. The idea behind the interactive project is simple; users submit a brief qu...
Nick Maggio
This gorgeous photography by Nick Maggio was taken on an iPhone, believe it or not....
David Maisel
These breathtaking aerial photographs are part of David Maisel’s Terminal Mirage project. Here’s a little background from the site: In his...
Shaz Madani
London-based designer Shaz Madani has had the opportunity to work on some really great projects for Topshop, as evidenced by these portfolio pieces. W...
Monday Quick Links: 02.01.10
Check out the first issue of the The Only Shape magazine, a publication focused on creativity. McFancy a project by the Cool Hunter. Smashing Magazine...
Multiple Exposures
I randomly stumbled across these examples of multiple exposure photographs on Flickr the other day. And as an extremely amateur photographer I have no...
Color Happy 65
A quick look at the unique, patterny lettering style of Matt Lyon....
Pictory
Pictory is a showcase for your best photo stories. Pictory is about true, personal stories, and documentation of our lives and cultures. Pictory membe...
Type Love 78: Cooper Italic
I love all the swashes and perfect imperfectness of each letterform that makes up Cooper Italic. Not to mention it’s a steal at only $30....
Wilkintie Boxed Set
Not only do I love Wilkintie’s colorful letterpress prints, but I’m also really drawn to the more minimalist packaging of their boxed set....
Neil Hubert
I’m not a big drinker, but that doesn’t mean I can’t love this set of bar cards designed by Neil Hubert. The set of 5 includes cards...
LOST Posters by Mattson Creative
I’m completely obsessed with these posters designed by fellow lost fan, Ty Mattson of Mattson Creative. Who’s with me?...
Feltron Annual Report 09
Infographic designer extraordinaire, Nicholas Felton, has just released his 2009 annual report. Each year I continue to be inspired by the new ways he...
Friends of Type prints!
One of my favorite visual blogs, Friends of Type, has just released their first line of prints! The set, “Always Play Amongst Friends” inc...
Brent Couchman
Brent Couchman—who is the talent behind Fossil’s disctinctive branding—has an extremely polished portfolio, full of bright, whimsical print ...
A Quick Valentine Freebie
In the spirit of the upcoming holiday, I thought I’d offer a quick DIY freebie: 4 cards, 4 different designs. I’m not hugely into Valentin...
Valentines Round-up
Here are a few of my favorite Valentine-related items and projects from around the web. Clockwise, from top left: Valentine’s Day Goodie Bag by ...
Monday Quick Links: 01.25.10
Check out Ellie’s new handmade business cards for the alt. summit conference. Rory’s O’sullivan got in touch with us last week to le...
Christopher Brand
New York-based designer and illustrator, Christopher Brand, specializes in the design book jackets....
Clementine Derodit
It’s hard to resist the adorableness of Clémentine’s Dérodit’s—who is also a part of collective Bupla—work. This recent portra...
Color Happy 64
A fun pattern by Liz Scott of Paper Pie....
Ice Cream for Free Does Skis
Ice Cream for Free‘s designs for Armada Skis almost make me want to take up the sport....
Natalie Kucken
Perhaps the most surprising thing about the photography of Natalie Kucken is that she is merely fifteen years old. She is talented-beyond-her-years, t...
Type Love 77: Fluidum
Apparently Fluidum has been around for quite some time, but it is a new discovery for me. Beautiful lines....
Chris Dent
I’m in awe of the intricate, architectural illustrations of Chris Dent. This small image size does not do them justice though, so for a bigger a...
Grayhood
I’ve seen the work of Dan Gneiding, senior graphic designer at Urban Outfitters, all over the place lately, and rightfully so. His work, which o...
Ingela P. Arrhenius
Today I’m inspired by the colorful, retro-inspired work of Sweden-based illustrator Ingela P. Arrhenius—especially her patterns....
Helping Haiti with Art
I know in times like these a lot of us feel helpless. It’s tough to feel like you can actually make a difference when the problem is so enormous...
Omar Tehawkho
I love this hand-lettered shaving cream packagng by Omar Tehawkho....
Todd Richardson
Talented photographer Todd Richardson groups his photographs by the place where they were taken. I love how each collage of images comes together to g...