Daily Candy
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A little bit of news to share: I just joined Share Some Candy, one of my go-to resources for inspiration, as a curator. So in addition to this blog, I...
Courtney • Thomas Allen
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I discovered the work of Thomas Allen in this month’s issue of Fast Company, where the photo illustration below falls on the first page of the N...
Patrick Edgeley
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UK-based designer and artist, Patrick Edgeley creates fun screenprints using hand-lettering and bold, graphic imagery. Take a look at more of his work...
Brimfield Report
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Last Friday I took a trip to the Brimfield show while I was in Massachusetts. It turned out to be a beautiful day, and a successful one as well, since...
Letterpress by Swayspace
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Swayspace is a true master of the craft of letterpress. They have a portfolio full of various printing and design projects, covering everything from w...
Pamela Michelle Johnson
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Somehow Pamela Michelle Johnson managed to capture all of my favorite childhood treats in her highly realistic paintings. Yum. via The Best Part...
Sparrow v. Swallow
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Harlem-based Sparrow v. Swallow has some great hand-lettering in their portfolio. via BOOOOOOOM!...
Pitu Patterns
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Lukasz Dabrowski created several patterns using the letterforms from FF Pitu. Each pattern is so tightly done that the original letterform used is com...
Daniel Haskett
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One of Dan Haskett’s newest illustration series is comprised of images based on various films he’s enjoyed. I love what he’s done so...
Color Happy 36
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A fun set of business cards for The Colour Gray. Image from here...
Oreli
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I love illustrator Oreli‘s homepage. There’s so many fun characters hiding in the composition. I’m also really drawn to her invitati...
Numbers: A Silent Auction
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The Type Director’s Club will be holding a silent auction on June 11th to benefit their scholarship fund. On the auction block is a series of po...
Type Love 47: League
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League, by Letterbox, is a chunky display face with interesting details....
For Immediate Purchase
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Sentinel, a new slab serif from HF&J....
Feathers tote
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Poketo added a few new tote bags to their shop. And this feather design by Betsy Walton is a favorite....
SPD Design Awards
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The Society of Publication Designers recently announced the 44th Annual Award winners. Here are a few of my favorite finalists for the Member’s ...
Hawaii or Bust
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As usual, I love everything about the design of the latest Kate Spade email—the vibrant color palette, simple type and especially those cut paper fl...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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Not sure how I’m just discovering Mark Simonson’s typographic t-shirt designs, but I’m glad I did. Check the rest of them out right ...
Branding Lussumo
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Take a look at this post by Jon Contino to get some insight into his design process....
Checks Never Looked So Good
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These 19th century engraved checks were luckily found by Sean Kelly at Deamplified. The details are amazing—even the penmanship is impeccable, as yo...
Colby Nichols
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Colby Nichols is a Portland-based designer and illustrator with some sweet hand-lettering skills—I’m loving his work for the Wolf Am I zine, i...
Recession Cards
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I think the last thing anyone wants to hear right now is another comment about “this economy” or the “current financial climate̶...
Design • Taste
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I’m a huge fan of all of Victionary’s publications, but I’m especially excited about their latest release. Design • Taste is all a...
Feel Good Anyway
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Feel Good Anyway is a Portland-based design studio with an energetic, motion graphics-heavy portfolio. But it was one of their identity projects, for ...
Peter Mendelsund
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Peter Mendelsund has quite the portfolio of book jackets. You can see the whole lot on his site or on the Book Cover Archive....
Expression of Joy
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I finally got around to seeing I Love You, Man over the weekend (love Paul Rudd). And I usually try to avoid the commercials before the show, but this...
Shameless Self (Sorta) Promotion
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Another week, another shirt.woot derby. This week’s theme is nice and ambiguous — enough that Brian decided to take a crack at it with “...
Sketchbook Envy
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My sketchbooks are typically a jumble of notes, partial thoughts and sketches. So I’m in awe of these lovely compositions by holdsnowater....
Keith Tyson
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These nature paintings by British artist Keith Tyson are incredible. His site is interesting too—a little too fussy for my jumpy attention span, but...
Color Happy 35
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I’m loving these recent illustrations by Helen Dardik....
Typographic Movie Posters
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These simple yet clever typographic movie posters by Able Parris are great. Technically they are rough drafts, but they look just fine to me. A fun de...
Flickr Find: Pilllpat
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Prepare to waste your day sifting through this amazing inspiration resource—a treasure trove of great French vintage goodies. You can also find her ...
Lisel Jane Ashlock
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There’s something really dark and beautiful about the work of Lisel Jane Ashlock, one of the illustrators from SVA’s MFA Illustration prog...
Type Love 46: FF Good
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FF Good is a clean, elegant and versatile sans serif from FontShop. (I love the lowercase G.)...
Wayne White
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Not sure how I stumbled upon the work of Wayne White, but he’s definitely an artist I’ll be paying more attention to from now on. He is be...
Diego Bellorin
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Designer Diego Bellorin, who works out of Barcelona, invited me to a circle on Bēhance the other day and I was so glad he did. His work relies he...
Stripes!
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I have an ongoing obsession with diagonal stripes. Well, stripes in general. But especially diagonal ones. So here’s a little round-up of what&#...
Signs & Wonders
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The objective behind Signs & Wonders, a photographic project by Soul Creative, is to capture signage, architecture, typography and urban elements...
Joshua Distler
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Joshua Distler has done some great work for some big name studios. I’m especially loving this concept design for Visit London (especially that s...
HOW Conference Updates
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HOW’s editor, Bryn Mooth, recently contacted me to give me some updated information about the upcoming HOW Conference in Austin next month. I at...
Visual Bookmarking
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Visual bookmarking sites have been popping up like crazy lately, and I’ve promptly gotten addicted to them. I’ve found that they’re ...
SkechType
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If you’ve always wanted to incorporate hand-drawn type into your work but lack the skills to create it for yourself, SketchType might be the per...
Jacqui Oakley
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Illustrator Jacqui Oakley has some amazing ornamental lettering in her portfolio....
Bosque
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How great would it be to have an office that looked like this? Love the murals....
Color Happy 34
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I went to Max Brenner for the first time the other night; and in addition to having an amazing dessert, I really took notice their brand. I especially...
Daily Type
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Daily Type is a blog I check in with regularly. It’s a creative space overseen by Russian type designers who post their daily type experiments. ...
Pattern Tutorials: a round-up
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Patterns by Honey & Bloom It’s no secret that I love pattern art. And lately I’ve been working on perfecting my skills, so I’ve...
Artforms of Nature
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Prepare to be blown away with inspiration. “Artforms of Nature” is a book filled with gorgeously detailed illustrations of animal, plant a...
Type Love 45: Houschka Pro
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Gorgeous lines on Houschka Pro from Veer....
Make Something Cool Every Day
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I’ve seen a lot of designers take on a daily project of some sort lately. I think it’s a great idea—something to keep your creativity fl...
LOVE Prints
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By Patrick Moberg....
FEED
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Loving the bright, summery colors on this invitation by Montreal-based design studio FEED. Check out the rest of their portfolio right here....
T-shirt Wednesdays
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Some fun hand-drawn typography on this t-shirt by Ben Floeter. There’s not too many left, so move quickly! Suddenly It’s Real, $25...
Green Words
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Artist Nicole Dextras created several outdoor installations during her residency at VanDusen Botanical Garden last summer, some of which involving org...
/M/A/S/H/
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Australian design firm /M/A/S/H/ has—justifiably—been all over the blogosphere lately, but I had to mention them here. I am in love with the contr...
Bringing Books to Life
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Joseph O’Reilly wrote in to let me know about a writing project he’s recently completed, Bringing Books to Life. The project consists of t...
Seb Lester: Flames
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Seb Lester has another amazing print for sale. The limited edition print is available in Silver and Gold from Keep Calm....
Songs About Shapes
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A fun idea from Illumination Ink. You can download a PDF booklet of all of them right here....
The Hi-Fi
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These posters are part of a series of hand-printed serigraphs, originally created as part of the artwork for The Stands by Yes Studio. There are a few...
Vintage Wizard of Oz
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I need to find one of these for myself. Amazing....