A Brand New Keep Calm
Keep Calm Gallery now has a brand new website and a whole bunch of new products to go with it....
Color Happy 43
Photo by amorphity....
Morgan Gaynin
The Morgan Gaynin agency reps quite a few talented artists; but I’m particularly drawn to the bold brushstrokes of Peter Cusack. “HugoR...
Etsy Cravings
A few things I’ve had my eye on lately… Bone Votive, $40 States United Print, $75 Breathe Recycled Wood Sign, $32 Pale Blue Modern Wall Cl...
Type Love 56: Phaeton and Olduvai
These two whimsical typefaces, Phaeton and Olduvai, are part of Veer’s Umbrella Type Collection. Phaeton Olduvai...
Tilt Shift
Tilt Shift photography, a camera technique that results in the illusion of miniaturized subjects, has been a trend for a little while, but it still co...
Marquande Editions
Marquande Editions is a division of Marquande books, a publisher of fine illustrated books. The Editions division sells various handmade goods includi...
Helvetica Forever
I’m loving this set of posters by UK design firm, Departures. The rest of their portfolio is packed with more sophisticated, polished work, so b...
Andreas Hidber
This in-depth identity system was designed by Andreas Hidber for the JKF Festival, a festival for youth culture, in Basel. Lots more images right here...
KHUAN+KTRON
Really impressed with the digital drawings of KHUAN + KTRON, a full service design studio located in Belgium....
love + 100 strangers
Photographer Lauren Nicole Love, has recently started a really cool project called Love + 100 Strangers. The goal of the project is to photograph 100 ...
Perfectly Pressed Poster Pals
I’m loving the poster designs seen on Perfectly Pressed Poster Pals, a blog maintained by Jarred Elrod and Staci Rowlison. via Hannah’s co...
The Bad Lab Wallpaper
In addition to posters and t-shirts, The Bad Lab makes a couple of fun, designy wallpapers, Sellvetica and This & That (my personal favorite). via...
Inside Space 150
For those who have not heard of Space 150, it is a unique design firm that redesigns their entire identity—from website to business cards and everyt...
Lithuanian Identity
This book includes a hand-embroidered cover and 100 illustrated pages celebrating themes of Lithuania. It was created by Denis Kuchta while at NotPerf...
Naz Hamid
Nice photography by Naz Hamid....
Type Love 55: Slab Sherrif
Slab Sherrif is the first font created by Alex Sheldon aka Match & Kerosene. And if you buy before the end of July it will only cost you $16.25. v...
Battin / Evosion
The identity for Evosion, a company that embodies innovative sailing was developed by Battin, “the moniker and freelance platform of Philip Dam ...
Rafa Jenn Mandalas
The Mandala Suite, by Rafa Jen is now available as prints. The run is limited to only 20 per mandala per size, so if you’re interested I wouldn&...
Inspired By: Modern Quilts
I happen to own a sewing machine, piles of fabric and this book, but I have yet to find the time and/or patience to take a stab at putting together a ...
Lessons Learned
This small book, published by design studio Forest, is a collection of a year’s worth of lyrics, excerpts from books, snippets of conversations ...
Smiley:Days
Smiley:Days is just one project from the solid portfolio of designer Mads Jakob Poulsen. Smiley:Days is a non-profit initiaive that brings a four day ...
Impeccable Craftsmanship
I’m thoroughly amazed and inspired by Carina’s embroidery work. via Decor8‘s Flickr favorites...
The Waves
I’m loving this personal project of Derek Boateng, entitled The Waves. Click here to see more....
Theorum
A new typeface from Ale Paul: Theorum....
The Human Printer
The Human Printer is a group of people who “print” photos in B&W, CMYK and Spot Colors by hand. I can’t really wrap my head arou...
Tim Bjørn
Danish designer Tim Bjørn designed and hand painted this playful illustration and custom typography for the Madame Madsen shop in Denmark. Click here...
Woods & Weather
The portfolio of Woods & Weather includes several of vibrant letterpressed pieces—created during his time at Studio on Fire—like these materi...
HELMO for Jazzdor
These vibrant and energetic posters were designed by Helmo for the Jazzdor festival in Berlin....
Seth Weisfield
Seth Weisfield is a talented New York-based designer who specializes in motion graphics. I’m personally loving these boards he art directed for ...
In Love with Letters
These gorgeous letterforms stopped be in my tracks. Apparently they are actually part of a notecard set design by Jeanie Nelson of The Paper Nut from ...
Nicholas Saunders
Screen printer and illustrator Nicholas Saunders is currently working on the new Harry Potter film The Half Blood Prince. (How cool is that?) He also ...
Silvia Portella
Silvia Poretella, aka Bukubuku, has clearly mastered the art of cute. More of her work can be found on Flickr, and you can purchase products created w...
Type Love 54: Liza
Liza, the latest release from Underware is pretty amazing. Not only is it a fun and playful script with a hand-painted look, but it also has built-in ...
Sweet Cakes
Here is a fun project by Central Saint Martins student Sara: a set of cupcakes was made for her design tutors based on Adobe’s Creative Suite an...
The Heist Series
Designer Brian Gossett creates mixes on his blog from time to time. He describes his latest series, The Heist Series, as such: “I am a huge fan ...
Nurit Koniak
Isreali designer Nurit Koniak seems to dabble in various disciplines, from design to art direction to styling. Several of his her (sorry, Nurit!) proj...
Totem
I found the branding for Totem via the portfolio of Haley Fiege. Totem is a Canadian design collective of six designers and artists specializing in &#...
Road Trip
This series by French photographer Laurent Nivalle makes me want to hop in a car immediately. He perfectly captured the mood of a lazy summer day....
Swerve
In 2007, HunterGatherer was charged with helping to launch the Swerve Festival, an event celebrating West Coast creative culture. The playful branding...
Cover Inspiration
Gorgeous vintage patterned covers from Insel Verlag....
Reflections
Eart Magazine invited Sabato Urciuoli to create a photographic series based on the idea of reflections about nature. The series consists of 10 images,...
Garrett Karol
I was psyched to stumble upon the work of Garrett Karol, a new-to-me designer to keep an eye on. As a huge fan of gig posters, I’m especially dr...
Charlotte Read
I’m really loving Charlotte Read’s bold colorful style and her use of intricate geometric patterns. Her work for the Guardian is especiall...
David Fullarton
Really impressive mixed media work by David Fullarton. See more here....
Color Happy 42
This ad, found here, was most likely designed by Erik Nitsche. According to it’s flickr page, the ad was included in Air News, a magazine he art...
Zoo
I wish Zoo would produce and sell this gift wrap they created for a promotional gift. Such a fun pattern....
Laura Barnard
I’m really liking the sketchy illustration style of the multi-talented Laura Barnard. (Those gems won me over instantly.) Laura posts quite a bi...
Type Love 53: Kulturista
Suitcase Type Foundry makes some of my favorite typefaces (Gloriola, anyone?), so I’m not surprised that I instantly fell for their newest relea...
Adapt
Adapt Studio has some great work in their portfolio, including this identity design for Honor Vodka. Nope, can’t resist a pattern....
Paul Torres
There’s no question Paul Torres has a talent for hand-drawn type. See more right here....
Elizabeth Ackerman Valins
Based on these gorgeous spreads, it looks like New York-based designer, Elizabeth Ackerman Valins at one time had the enviable job of working at Marth...
Lula
Fun patterns by Lula. Love the styling....
If You’re Into Weddings…
I’ve been posting lots of designy invitations and paper goods over at my wedding blog, including this typographic one by bluepoolroad....
Astrid Krogh
Textile designer Astrid Krogh creates patterns and ornamental design with light. I haven’t been able to find much information about this neon wa...
Katie Daisy Lombardo
It was pretty close to impossible to choose just one image to represent the illustration work of Katie Daisy Lombardo. See for yourself on her Flickr ...
Juan Carlos Pagan
Juan Carlos Pagan has a portfolio filled with thorough, polished design work, including this booklet which chronologically captures a visual journey t...
Studio 8
Studio 8 has a quality portfolio that seems to be heavy on collateral and editorial work. I’m particularly liking the design for this brochure f...
Wallnut Studio Patterns
In addition to their branding and design work, Wallnut Studio has produced some really amazing intricate textile patterns, as you can see below. They ...
Gregory Hubacek
While at Fame Retail designer Gregory Hubacek worked on rebranding the local Italian restaurant, Cafe di Napoli. I love the classic vintage feel of wh...