International Year of Astronomy
An awesome set of posters designed by Simon Page. More here....
Transformer Studio
Great branding work by Transformer Studio....
Sollinero
Thinking about picking up one of these fun prints by Buenos Aires-based artist, Sollinero. via Pikaland...
Jeremy Dimmock
Jeremy Dimmock is a designer and art director who specializes in style guides. His portfolio is packed wth great work, including film titles for this ...
Monday Quick Links: 11.09.09
More promotional posters for Up by the talented Eric Tan Thirty Conversations on Design is a video project that collects the thoughts of 30 internatio...
Twist Creative
Beautiful work by Twist Creative....
Love What You Do
These slides are part of a lecture given by Frank Chimero for Portland State University this month. See a few more right here....
Color Happy 56
Loving the hyper-saturated colors in this photograph by Nancy Stockdale, aka futurowoman. Lots of her photographs are available at prints on etsy as w...
Round Object
I’ve been on a bit of a poster kick lately, so I’m really enjoying these designs by Bryan Keplesky of Round Object. Be sure to take a look...
Still Room
Still Room, a bi-coastal writer and designer (and sister and sister!) team, is another Print Regional Design Annual find. Their work is modern and unp...
Type Love 69: Skolar
If nothing else, Type Together’s Skolar is a workhorse. A text serif originally designed to shine in multilingual publications, the Skolar famil...
Scribbler
Another great find from this year’s annuals is the calligraphic identity for Scribbler, a stationery shop, by Lewis Communications....
Call for Submissions
I am working on lots of projects and updates in the background right now, as I have been for months. So I will have lots of big and small announcement...
Tower of Babel
Lately I’ve been poring over this year’s Communication Arts and Print Design Annuals, one of my favorite mail deliveries of the year. I al...
Owner of this World
If you’ve seen Where the Wild Things Are (amazing, in my opinion), you already know that the film’s star, Max Records, is one talented kid...
Erik Marinovich
Particularly enjoying the web design projects in the portfolio of Erik Marinovich....
Acme
Really liking the minimalist packaging design for tea purveyor Bernschutz & Co by Acme Industries. via Share Some Candy...
four 30
four 30 is a project of Lauren Nicole Photography, where instead of creating one image every day, she is creating four sets of 30 photos each season. ...
Holiday Goodie Bags
I’m starting to get geared up to put together this year’s gift guides, so I was excited to see that bluepoolroads’s holiday goodie b...
Augustus
Augustus is a chunky sans serif with quirky, curvy details by Karl Frankowski. Augustus is currently available at You Work for Them....
Stitch Design Co.
I’m currently admiring the work of South Carolina-based design duo Stitch Design Co. Their website is under construction, but you can check out ...
Creative Roots
Creative Roots is a new-to-me design blog with a specifically international perspective. The goal for each post is to present samples of art and desig...
Color Happy 55
Faux bois butcher block pattern by Meg Hunt....
Type Love 68: Block Gothic
Block Gothic is available in three weights from Fontshop....
Objective Subject
Enjoying the work of Objective Subject, particularly the design for The Old Brooklyn Parlor....
LAPD Studio
Great work by LAPD Studio, the freelance design practice of designer, Pete Davies....
Andrio Abero
Designer and illustrator Andrio Abero, formerly known as 33rpm, recently completed a redesign of his brand and new site. I’m a huge fan of his p...
Christine Celic Strohl
Christine Celic Strohl is the designer behind many of my favorite Mucca projects, including the identity for Butterfield Market. Her style is the kind...
Behind the Design: Australian Financial Review
Tony Rice, Design Director for the Australian Financial Review, gives Grids an in-depth look behind the design of their most recent, 10th anniversary ...
Letters Lubell
Beautiful, “eco-chic” letterpress stationery items from Letters Lubell. via 100 Layer Cake...
Tom Henni
I’m currenly loving the work of French designer and illustrator, Tom Henni. I especially love this unique identity project for Librairie Ouvrir ...
Monday Quick Links: 10.26.09
A site devoted to vintage signage (via Quipsologies): Quality Vintage Remedy Quarterly is a new publication of “food stories and the recipes tha...
Letterror
Fun type and lettering experiments from the flickr stream of Letterror....
Tigerette
Tigerette is the freelance design studio of Robin Bilardello, an art director at Harper Collins and 2006 ADC Young Guns winner....
Color Happy 54
There’s amazing stuff to be found in the vast ephemera collection of Sheaff. This trade card rebus was found in the Extreme Typography section. ...
Orange Beautiful’s Perpetual Calendar
Orange Beautiful’s 2010 calendar is a typographic gem. The thirteen double-sided cards are letterpress printed in gray ink, and come with a disp...
Mrs. Eaves Has a Mate
Meet Mr. Eaves, available in two styles, Sans and Modern. via Quipsologies...
Adrian Glatthorn
Check out Adrian Glatthorn‘s bold, typographic posters for the musician’s society. via Typojungle...
Christian Montenegro
I like how Christian Montenegro describes his style, similar to the Lego system where “simple pieces are combined in a more complex organization...
Type Love 67: St. Atmos
St. Atmos is a bubbly and playful display face by Stereotypes....
Natalie Perkins
Beautiful and intricate illustration and lettering by Natalie Perkins....
Report Card Patterns
As I’ve mentioned before, I think scrapbook paper is a great resource for pattern inspiration. And the crafting possibilities are endless. Right...
Junk & Balloons
Using balloons as props seems to be all the rage these days, in wedding photography especially. So although I’m starting to feel a bit overexpos...
Cheep Industries
I love the details—especially that yellow wax seal—of this self-promotional mailer created by Cheep Industries....
Calendar Favorites (so far)
Last year I ended up with way more calendars than I had spots for, so this year I’m following all the calendar round-ups—check out Paper Crave...
Drive Into the Sun
Illustrator Matt Sundstrom recently embarked on a 3,700 mile road trip from New Hampshire to Oregon, by way of the old Oregon trail. Along the way he ...
Because Studio
I’m loving these clever limited edition posters by Because Studio. The ink coverage on each poster amounts to exactly 50% of the surface area, a...
Goodbye Galaxy
Goodbye Galaxy, the portfolio of designer Khristian Mendoza, features some excellent print and packaging work. I’m really liking his clean and s...
Cody Haltom
Last week Matt Rainwaters (who I posted about here) wrote in to let me know that Cody Haltom, a member of the Public School collective, is the designe...
Tom Davie
Tom Davie is the creative talent behind STUDIOTWENTYSIX2. In addition to his art and design portfolio, Tom also maintains a design blog and is now als...
Antonio Ysursa
I think the best way to describe Antonio Ysursa’ photography is dramatic. His portraits are dark, moody and intense, and somehow manage to proje...
Martino&Jaña
I’ve wasn’t planning on adding another post this week, but I had to share these amazing posters I came across last night on Bēhance. The ...
Color Happy 53
In protest of the weather getting a bit too cold and gray for my liking, this summery image by aspidistra....
Blissful Images
The Blissful Images etsy shop is packed with a huge selection of prints featuring images of nature in rich, saturated colors. via hey susy...
Talitha Shipman
I’m loving the softness of Talitha Shipman’s work....
Type Love 66: Ingeborg
Created by Typejockeys, Ingeborg is a contemporary typeface with historic roots. It includes various display and text weights, and multiple stylistic ...
Brian Yates
Brian Yates wallcoverings really make me wish I wasn’t in a rental so I could cover every wall with pattern....
Laurence Philomene
Check out the dreamy and fantastical photography of Laurence Philomene....
James Gulliver Hancock
In addition to his illustration projects, James Gulliver Hancock creates some pretty amazing hand-lettered posters. Some of the ones below are unfortu...
Alison Oliver
The other day David Tristman wrote in to let me know about his friend Alison Oliver’s work. She’s a designer and illustrator with an envia...