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 ...
Courtney • 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...
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...
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 ...