Hardy Seiler and Created by Monkeys: Freies Theater Hannover Identity
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I’m loving this vibrant and dynamic identity redesign for the Freies Theater Hannover by Hardy Seiler and Created by Monkeys. via Form Fifty ...
Courtney • Finding Digital Inspiration in our Neighbourhood
Jackson •
What do a hip coffee house, a curated general store, a popular sandwich joint, a trendy shoe shop, and a new superfood store have in common? For start...
Shawna X: It’s Warm Inside Typographic Illustrations
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Shawna X created this impressive series of typographic illustrations, It’s Warm Inside, as a response to her long, cold winter in Chicago. The p...
Inspiring Instagramers: emwng
Ashley •
Username:Â emwng Name:Â emily wang Info:Â practicing creativity. writer for barkbox. strategic planner at mars. photographing kokoro the eskie. As the...
Winkreative: The Government of Thailand
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Exciting work by Winkreative for The Government of Thailand. As Thailand prepared to host the World Economic Forum, Winkreative was selected by the Of...
Dxmiq: Future Artifacts
Courtney •
Future Artifacts, a digital art project by Dxmiq, is just about the opposite of the type of work I do, which is probably why I’m so drawn to it....
Quick Links: 03.28.14
Courtney •
New York-based photographer Daniel Zvereff recently photographed a series of Arctic scenes using some of the last remaining stock of expired Kodak ...
Color Happy 198
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Janine Rewell: Minna Parikka
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Janine Rewell managed art direction, illustration and body paint design for a SS2014 Minna Parikka promotional campaign. Creative Credits: Photograph...
Alliteration Inspiration: Music & Minimalism
Garth •
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This weekâ€...
Skillshare By the Book Challenge Winner: Star St. Germain
Courtney •
This afternoon I’m doing a series of posts featuring the winners of the first challenge in my Skillshare class, By the Book: Create a Style Gu...
Skillshare By the Book Runner Up: Jena Buckwell
Courtney •
This afternoon I’m doing a series of posts featuring the winners of the first challenge in my Skillshare class, By the Book: Create a Style Gu...
Skillshare By the Book Runner Up: Jennifer Thomke
Courtney •
This afternoon I’m doing a series of posts featuring the winners of the first challenge in my Skillshare class, By the Book: Create a Style Gu...
Wise Words: Ann Landers on Opportunities
Courtney •
Wise Words by Ann Landers via After the Jump...
Jenney Stevens: Far North Spirits
Courtney •
I’m loving the identity and collateral designed by Jenney Stevens for Far North Spirits. The white glass bottle for their gin is especially gorg...
Badass Lady Creatives in History: Sofonisba Anguissola
Melanie •
Though this column has featured creatives from the 20th-century onward, women have long been active participants in the arts. Among the first female a...
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Courtney •
It’s fascinating to get a look behind the scenes of Wes Anderson’s latest film, The Grand Budapest Hotel, through the work of the designer...
Type Love: FF Dora
Courtney •
FF Dora is a serif family of five weights including display styles. OpenType features like ligatures, small caps, fractions, and super- and subscrip...
Little: Ephemera
Garth •
We recently featured Little‘s lovely identity and collateral work for Fair State Brewing Cooperative, and now I’m quite taken by Ephemera...
Did Google figure out wearable technology?
Jackson •
This past weekend we noticed a tweet about Alicia Keys out for a run in St. Barts. It was only remarkable because she was taking selfies, not with her...
Stitch Design Co.: New Stationery
Courtney •
Check out the new stationery package that Stitch Design Co. designed to go with their recently updated website. Gorgeous, as always....
Recommended Resources: Skillshare Memberships
Courtney •
I’ve already raved about Skillshare’s educational platform multiple times, so I will keep this short and sweet. In addition to their offer...
Matt Chase: Escapades Magazine
Garth •
Matt Chase just blew my mind with his challenging, beautiful design work for “The Takeoff Issue” of new travel magazine Escapades. After...
Inspiring Instagramers: josecabaco
Ashley •
Username: josecabaco Name: Jose Cabaco Info: Mel. Ana. João Pedro. Jack. Portland. Lisbon. Maputo. Creative Director at Nike. José Cabaco is Nik...
Nicole McQuade: Kitchen Stories Identity and Collateral
Courtney •
For the past three years, Nicole McQuade—designer and photographer—and Judi Cutrone—writer—have been collaborating on Some Kitchen Stories, a ...
MaeMae Paperie: Munster Rose Stationery
Courtney •
I’m loving this beautiful stationery developed by MaeMae Paperie for Munster Rose, a floral design company based out of Minneapolis....
Quick Links: 03.21.14
Courtney •
The VSCO Artist Initiative is a “$100,000 USD scholarship fund providing artists the resources to pursue their creative vision.” More inf...
Kickstarter Spotlight: The UpStanding Desk
Courtney •
I know it was only a week ago that I featured a desk design being funded on Kickstarter, but I’ve got another one for you today: The UpStanding ...
Plus63 Design Co.: Your Local Identity and Collateral
Courtney •
Plus63 Design Co., a Phillipines-based studio, recently developed the brand identity and collateral for Your Local, a restaurant serving Asian comfort...
Alliteration Inspiration: Reading & Royalty
Garth •
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This weekâ€...
Wise Words: Jenna Meister
Courtney •
This week’s Wise Words on community come from Jenna Meister of Airbnb. via Behance Instagram...
Student Work: Clarke Harris
Garth •
I’m quite fond of the work Clarke Harris has put out as he cuts his (Gator) teeth in the University of Florida’s graphic design program...
Badass Lady Creatives: Poster Design by Jessica Svendsen
Melanie •
Jessica Svendsen, a designer at Pentagram, is talented across print and environmental media. Where this badass lady creative really shines is in her p...
Bryan Patrick Todd: Banner Year
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Bryan Patrick Todd recently opened his first solo show, “Banner Year,” which includes eight handcrafted banners featuring eight quotes se...
Type Love: Result
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Result is a grotesque sans serif designed by Cloud9 Type Dept, an independant type foundry based out of Helsinki, Finland. Result features three weig...
Gabby Lord: The Great Fifty
Garth •
Gabby Lord, whose wildly clever business cards were featured on DWL last year, loves her mum very much. When she asked Gabby to design a “simple...
Where Food + Technology Meet
Jackson •
The intersection of photography, social, and our insatiable desire to eat tasty animal parts and vegetables means that there is a constant stream of d...
Adam Turnbull: Ten Cent Dime
Garth •
While some take to Twitter to share their stream of consciousness experience of the world, Adam Turnbull has used Ten Cent Dime as his outlet, a proje...
Inspiring Instagramers: abeachcottage
Ashley •
Username:Â abeachcottage Name:Â abeachcottage Info:Â I love old furniture, coastal vintage things, clouds on the sea & a sweet pup in our old whit...
Quick Links: 03.14.14
Courtney •
I’ve always been a fan of Nicholas Felton‘s personal annual reports—so much so that I own every single one, in all of their data-heavy, ...
Kickstarter Spotlight: SlatePro by Nathan Mummert
Courtney •
Regular readers may remember the introduction of the Slate Mobile Air Desk seen here a few months ago. At that time my enthusiasm for this new produ...
Alliteration Inspiration: Coffee & Currency
Garth •
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This weekâ€...
Wise Words: Antoine de Saint-Exupery, “If You Want to Build a Ship…”
Courtney •
This week’s Wise Words come from Antoine de Saint-Exupery via this great collection of leadership quotes, by way of Swissmiss....
Natalie Andrewson: Wes Anderson Posters
Courtney •
At the moment, I happen to be anxiously anticipating Wes Anderson‘s new film, The Grand Budapest Hotel (now in select theaters.) So when I spott...
Badass Lady Creatives: Interview with Liz Danzico, Creative Director at NPR
Melanie •
It’s hard to believe Liz Danzico has as many hours in the day as the rest of us. She’s the founding chairperson of the MFA in Interacti...
Emmanuel Cohen: BNT Studio Identity and Collateral
Courtney •
Lovely clean, modern, sophisticated work for BNT Studio, “a distribution studio devoted to design and innovation,” by Emmanuel Cohen....
Type Love: Malina
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Malina is a new display face by Katatrad, a Thailand-based foundry. Defined by graceful, elegant letterforms, the typeface includes four fonts—two ...
MM Identity Lab: Year of the Horse Card Deck Calendar
Garth •
The team at MM Identity Lab just finished a fantastic self promotion project, working with local vendors to create their Year of the Horse Card Dec...
The Apps of March—SXSW Edition
Jackson •
Graham and I were having a bit of a dialogue over the weekend about what hot apps were going to come out of SXSW this year. He’s there on the ground...
2014 RE:DESIGN UXD Giveaway Winner
Courtney •
Congrats, Allison—you’ve won a free pass to the upcoming RE:DESIGN UXD Conference! Please shoot me an email so that I can pass your contact in...
MINE: Bun Mee
Garth •
San Francisco just got even more eye-popping with MINE‘s branding and environment design for Bun Mee’s new Market Street location. From ...
Deuxtone: Dichotomy Coffee & Spirits
Garth •
Texas two-man operation Deuxtone executed some exquisite work in designing the brand identity and environment for Dichotomy Coffee & Spirits i...
Inspiring Instagramers: gopro
Ashley •
Username:Â gopro Name:Â gopro Info:Â We make the World’s Most Versatile Camera. Wear it. Mount it. Love it. Everyone has heard of GoPro, right? ...
Naomie Ross & Daniel Renda: Pastosa Ravioli Co.
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As a personal project, designers Naomie Ross and Daniel Renda set out to rebrand Pastosa Ravioli Co., an NYC shop whose pasta they both grew up eat...
Quick Links: 03.07.14
Courtney •
When Adobe came to them to create an interpretive graphic of their logo, Sagmeister & Walsh came up with the brilliant idea of turning the process...
Etsy Finds: Vintage Posters
Courtney •
This Perth, Australia-based Etsy Shop, Vintage Posters Art, is offering some awesome vintage poster reproductions. Their stock mostly covers travel—...
1983 Present: The Happy 8 Identity and Collateral
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I’m loving this vibrant work by 1983 Present for The Happy 8, a chain of hotels in Malaysia. The Happy 8 is a high-quality chain hotels brand of...
Alliteration Inspiration: Gold & Grains
Garth •
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This weekâ€...
2014 RE:DESIGN UXD Giveaway
Courtney •
It’s that time of year again! The 2014 RE:Design UXD Conference is coming up at the end of April in Brooklyn, and I’m happy to offer one l...
Wise Words: Tim O’Reilly
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Wise Words about the good things that can come from sharing your work from Tim O’Reilly via Austin Kleon...