XTRABOLD
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
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
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
You can pick up Pinup, a pillowy, lovable sans serif designed by Pieter van Rosmalen, from FontShop....
Independent Studio: SAMA
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
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
Lovely lettering by Ian Brignell. via FFFFOUND!...
T-shirt Wednesdays
Origin 68’s latest creation: Anonymous, about $23...
Daily Candy
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
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
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
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
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
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
Harlem-based Sparrow v. Swallow has some great hand-lettering in their portfolio. via BOOOOOOOM!...
Pitu Patterns
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
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
A fun set of business cards for The Colour Gray. Image from here...
Oreli
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
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
League, by Letterbox, is a chunky display face with interesting details....
For Immediate Purchase
Sentinel, a new slab serif from HF&J....
Feathers tote
Poketo added a few new tote bags to their shop. And this feather design by Betsy Walton is a favorite....
SPD Design Awards
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
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
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
Take a look at this post by Jon Contino to get some insight into his design process....
Checks Never Looked So Good
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
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
I think the last thing anyone wants to hear right now is another comment about “this economy” or the “current financial climate̶...
Design • Taste
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I’m loving these recent illustrations by Helen Dardik....
Typographic Movie Posters
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
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
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
FF Good is a clean, elegant and versatile sans serif from FontShop. (I love the lowercase G.)...
Wayne White
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
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!
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
The objective behind Signs & Wonders, a photographic project by Soul Creative, is to capture signage, architecture, typography and urban elements...
Joshua Distler
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
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
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
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
Illustrator Jacqui Oakley has some amazing ornamental lettering in her portfolio....
Bosque
How great would it be to have an office that looked like this? Love the murals....
Color Happy 34
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
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
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
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
Gorgeous lines on Houschka Pro from Veer....
Make Something Cool Every Day
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
By Patrick Moberg....
FEED
Loving the bright, summery colors on this invitation by Montreal-based design studio FEED. Check out the rest of their portfolio right here....