Creative Inc.
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Creative Inc., a multi-disciplinary creative agency based out of Dublin, has an amazing portfolio of work. Each project is meticulously crafted and ph...
Courtney • Derek Hunt
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Caught the portfolio of recent grad Derek Hunt the other day, and was thoroughly impressed with his work. He seems to have quite the knack for publica...
Thibaud Herem
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I’m really liking the simplicity of these posters by Thibaud Herem. via Uppercase Magazine Tumblr...
Sean Clarke
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I’m really enjoying the typographic book projects of student designer Sean Clarke. This particular project, cmnct, is an observation of modern l...
Recommended Reading
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Between my newish Twitter usage and the hundreds of blogs in my Google reader, I come across interesting and helpful articles constantly. Whether they...
Matt Sundstrom
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I’m loving Matt Sundstrom’s playful and graphic illustration style—it’s nice to see an example of how creative you can get with ju...
Holiday Type
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FLAT-IT, an independent type foundry based in Japan, produces a whole range of various display faces. I previously wrote about one of their fonts, HT ...
Modern Portraits
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Emily St. John paints incredibly realistic modern portraits in oils, like the one of Nero below. Her full site isn’t up and running yet, but you...
Font in Progress: Questa
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Questo is an in-progress typeface from exljbris font foundry, which also brought us Museo and Anivers. The details look amazing, especially those liga...
Kyle Poff
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I’m enjoying Kyle Poff’s identity work....
Color Happy 39
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The colors of this image really struck me when I saw them—so fresh and bright. These materials for The Reel were completed by Daniel Freytag while a...
Jay Fletcher
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In addition to being a great designer, Jay Fletcher is also a talented illustrator. I personally love what happens when he combines the two skills, li...
Tod Kapke
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Tod Kapke wrote in recently to tell me abou a great contemporary illustration blog, Ape on the Moon. And in the process of checking it out I discovere...
C.S. Lewis Signature Series
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Designer Jason Gabbert and illustrator Antar Dayal collaborated on the design of C.S. Lewis’s non-fiction works....
Ayco
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Ayco creates these beautifully delicate drawings on old Japanese paper, which you can see in her Flickr stream right here. She also sells prints of ma...
Eric Tan’s Posters for Up
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I’ve been hearing such good things about Pixar’s Up. And these posters created by Eric Tan make me even more excited to see the film....
Type Love 50: FF Dancer
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FF Dancer, designed by Fontpartners, was part of Typographica’s Best Fonts of 2007. The design was intended to combine a constructed sans serif ...
Golden Gems
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Not sure how I’ve failed to mention them before, but Golden Gems is an awesome blog that catalogs all the Little Golden Books we knew and loved ...
Jeff Harrison
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Jeff Harrison has done some really great work for Rethink Communications, including this fun identity system for photographer Hans Sipma....
Jonathan Daly
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Jonathan Daly is another fellow Syracuse grad, as well as an extremely talented artist. He describes his most recent paintings, a few of which are sho...
Silent Giants Update
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The Silent Giants have recently updated their shop with some new poster designs for Fleet Foxes, Flight of the Conchords and more. Pick up a print or ...
W.W. Norton Book Design archive
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Publisher W.W. Norton is now cataloging all of its covers on Flickr. via The Book Cover Archive...
Painted Pretzel
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Check out this gorgeous letterpress pretzel packaging by the ultra-talented Yael Miller, of Miller Creative, the Dieline and Share Some Candy....
Ben Whitla
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Fellow Syracuse grad Ben Whitla has some great work in his portfolio. I’m really enjoying the restaurant design work he’s worked on while ...
OK Experiment
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Our friends over at OK Great have an ongoing experiment creating handmade versions of their logo with various materials. Lately they’ve been exp...
Scrapbook Patterns
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I’ve never actually done any scrapbooking before, but I do enjoy a lot of the patterned paper made for the craft. There’s a huge selection...
Anthropologie + Hatch Show Print
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If you haven’t yet received the June Anthropolgie catalog, you’re in for a treat. The creative team at Anthro has joined forces with Hatch...
Mini Goals
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I love love love these mini goals chalkboards created by illustrator Mary Kate McDevitt. I think the fun hand-painted lettering would make checking of...
Lagom
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Lagom is a Swedish word that is loosely translated to mean “just right”. And based on their tight selection of designer greeting cards and...
Color Happy 38
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Feeling muted pastels today… Photograph by the lovely Shana Rae, whose prints you can purchase right here....
Anna Bond for Bonnie Tsang
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Photographer extraordinaire Bonnie Tsang has a new identity courtesy of the uber talented Anna Bond. I especially love the wallpaper-patterned busines...
Granola
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Danish design firm, Designbolaget created this complete identity system, including packaging, menus and signage, for Granola coffee company and coffee...
Type Love 49: ITC Klepto
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ITC Klepto, designed by Phil Grimshaw, is a playful yet rough-around-the-edges display face. I especially love the curves in the lowercase k (and the ...
Sarah Walsh
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I am so excited about this branding for specialist tea company Mallard by Sarah Walsh, I’m almost ready to hop on a plane to England. I would lo...
Ben Barry
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I’ve had invitations and announcements on my mind lately, as I’m designing a few sets for friends’ upcoming weddings. So when I took...
Jack Malloy
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Another artist that has mastered hand-lettering is Jack Molloy. He has a more delicate, calligraphic style that would probable be amazing on an invita...
Doug Alves
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In addition to his illustration work, Doug Alves has created some really interesting alphabets, which will hopefully be made into complete typefaces a...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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Loving the watercolor incorporated into this newish shirt from Threadless. Dive With Me, $18 at Threadless...
Plaid!
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A couple weeks ago I wrote about my obsession with diagonal stripes. So I thought I’d continue the series today with another one of my pattern a...
Three Sisters Ink
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I couldn’t resist doing a quick post about Three Sisters Ink, makers of fun whimsical patterns with a vintage feel. Prints are available in thei...
Eric Kass
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I’m a big fan of Eric Kass’s work. Each project always incorporates plenty of intricate and surprising details, so I never get tired of lo...
Trevor Bassett
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Student designer Trevor Bassett makes some really fun gig posters. You can also see more great work from Trevor in his Flickr stream right here. via T...
LouLou & Tummie
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Loulou & Tummie clearly have cute down pat. This threadless submission from a couple of years ago stands out to me, but you can check out a whole...
Good 50×70 2009
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The winners of the most recent Good 50×70 competition were announced a week or so ago, and I finally got a chance to look through them a bit. Her...
Printed Matter
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Printed Matter is a project about craft within the context of graphic design. It brings together digital and hand made, aiming to challenge the idea w...
My Latest Etsy Score
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A set of 6 vintage rocks glasses from Habit—definitely a lucky find. I cannot wait for them to arrive....
Freya
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Fun illustration and hand-lettering by Freya....
Candace Lieck
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Brad Surcey (who I’ve written about before) wrote in the other day to tell me about the work of his friend, Candace Lieck, and I am so glad he d...
Zutto
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I’m amazed by the textural detail in these vector illustrations. Check out the rest of Zutto’s portfolio for more....
Short & Sweet
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Really impressed with the portfolio of London-based designer Trish Papadakos. The branding for The Short & Sweet Co., in particular, really caught...
Color Happy 37
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Perfect packaging for spring from Kate’s Paperie. (Also available as giftwrap.)...
ONE
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This week has been so crazy that I failed to realize Monday was our official one year anniversary! I am truly amazed at how much has happened over the...
XTRABOLD
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Designer Nelson Balaban, aka XTRABOLD, created these over-the-top graphics for an article of Computer Arts Projects. The illustration was designed for...
Coffee Money Zines
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One of Ray Fenwick’s latest projects are this series of Coffee Money Zines—”little books that act like arts grants”. You pledge $7...
From A-Z
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In case you haven’t heard, the folks over at Alphabet Bags have added some new designs to their shop. I’m sure the recession bag will prov...
Type Love 48: Pinup
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You can pick up Pinup, a pillowy, lovable sans serif designed by Pieter van Rosmalen, from FontShop....
Independent Studio: SAMA
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I’m loving the vibrant colors and icons from this identity program that Independent Studio created for the SAMA Festival. So playful and fun. vi...
Cardon Copy Show
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Designer Cardon Webb (previously written about here) recently had a really fun exhibit up at the Type Directors Club. Cardon Copy is an experiment in ...
Ian Brignell
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Lovely lettering by Ian Brignell. via FFFFOUND!...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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Origin 68’s latest creation: Anonymous, about $23...