Me and Mr. Jones: Flink
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I’ve featured Me and Mr. Jones before, but only recently came across their website (I had previously only seen their Krop portfolio). And this i...
Courtney • The Design of Currency
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designboom has a great article up about the design and history of money, a subject I’ve always found pretty fascinating. The article also brough...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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I found this shop that sells these really cute folksy printed tees on etsy. See more right here. Ladies Folksprint, $25 at etsy Purple Marsh, $25 at e...
Arkiva Tropkica
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Take a look at this awesome resource of tropical vintage ephemera, including menus, matchbooks and other all kinds of other printed materials. Much mu...
Where the Wild Things Are
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How cool is this?...
Sis, Deli and Cafe
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I am in love with the graphic black and white pattern that adorns the identity for Sis Cafe and Deli by Rasmus Snabb....
New from YWFT
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You Work for Them just released four new typefaces: Pineapple, Merriam, Matter and Morricone. My two favorites (Pineapple and Merriam) are below....
Gmund CommCards
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If you’re in the market for some super luxe (and super expensive—they start at €80 for 25 pieces.) personal stationery, you should look ...
Stefanie Shank
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Stafanie Shank is a talented illustrator and designer based out of New York. I’m a fan of everything in her portfolio, but I’m liking this...
Chester Ebona
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Canadian designer, Chester Ebona, has some great work in his portfolio, including this identity and packaging project for Michelussi....
Adventure: A Coloring and Activity Book
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Esther Aarts recently wrote in to tell us about Adventure, a new coloring and activity book for adults, created by several Threadless alumni. It’...
L’Affiche Modern + Imeus
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I’m loving this new print by Imeus Design from L’Affiche Modern. Take a look at more of their work right here....
Lilly Piri
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Australian artist Lilly Piri makes these delicate, ethereal illustrations with colored pencil. Lots of prints are available right here....
Color Happy 30
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Here is a fresh and unexpected color palette for this stationery by Hey Studio....
Esquire Breakfast
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More awesome work from Erin Jang. How can you not love the maple syrup type?? Yum....
Miika Saksi
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Loving the lighting effects in the illustration work of Miika Saksi....
Alvin Diec
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Alvin Diec’s portfolio features a few great examples of restaurant design (among other things), one being The Buccaneer, which you can see below...
Type Love 39: Jubilat
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Since Archer was released semi-recently, it can be seen everywhere (including my site). Don’t get me wrong, I love it. But I also like Jubilat a...
Erik Kiesewetter
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Tons of great work over at Erik Below Sea Level. via Surfstation...
Oxford and Cambridge Goat Race
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Cool logo for a crazy event. By Made in England....
Red-Handed
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Benjamin Steed Griffin is a recent graduate from the midwest, with a portfolio full of great work. I especially enjoy this branding project for Red-Ha...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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The Names Brand offers hundreds of t-shirts sporting the trendy list of names format. They cover everything from TV to politics, in both men’s a...
New Louise Fili site!
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Take a look at the gorgeous new online home of Louise Fili Ltd! It’s so much cleaner and easy to use, and I’m especially loving the newly ...
Justin David Cox
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Justin David Cox makes some pretty awesome posters....
Lisa Makes
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Check out the sweet three-dimensional type in Lisa Makes’ entry for a Flight of the Conchords poster contest....
The Oak Room
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Check out Pentagram’s recent redesign of The Oak Room at the Plaza Hotel. Love the pattern details....
New Work: simple + pretty
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For the past month or so we’ve worked with the lovely Jane of The Speckled Egg to give her blog a fresh new look, in conjunction with it’s...
I’d Like One of Each, Please
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A set of t-shirts printed by MyFonts to hand out to attendees of last summer’s TypeCon in Buffalo, New York. via the MyFonts blog...
Jacqleen Bleu
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I love photographer Jacqleen Bleu’s enter wonderland series. via oh hello friend...
Salt & Syrup
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I love everything about this stationery from Salt & Syrup, from the adorable animal illustrations and elegant typography to the classic preppy st...
HAUS
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I really enjoy how HAUS Design presents their case studies. The presentation completely integrates each project into their site, allowing the viewers ...
Lagarto
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Looking forward to the release of this typeface by Kimera. Soon to be available at FontShop. via I Love Typography...
Andrea Guinn
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Andrea Guinn has a great portfolio, including these simple and fun t-shirt designs for an orientation event for international students. via Evasee...
Color Happy 29
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Check out these beautiful sketches by Morgan Blair. via Yay! Everyday...
iPhone sketches
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Take a look at these finger-drawn iPhone sketches by Jorge Columbo. All were created using the Brushes application. Thanks Claudia!...
Borja Bonaque Decks
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I’ve never been particularly interested in skateboarding myself, but I’ve always appreciated the artwork. That being said, these designs b...
Graphic Hug Project 3
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If you have a chance, take a few minutes today to check out Graphic Hug Project 3, a project celebrating their soon-to-be-opened store and soon-to-be-...
Enric Jardí
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Barcelona-based designer, Enric Jardí, created this identity program for The Barcelona Mercè festival in 2007. Each of the black and white logos rep...
Type Love 38: HT Cartoleria
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This week I’m loving the fun retro style of script, HT Cartoleria....
Nate Williams Rejects
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“Japan Space Love on Planet Saturn” is an illustration that was rejected by a client. Looks pretty good to me…...
Friend & Co.
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I am in love with the brush script of this logo. via We Like To...
2009 ReBrand Winners
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The winners of the 2009 ReBrand 100 were recently announced, and there were quite a few that I wasn’t familiar with. One that stood out to me wa...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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I first discovered Maryink t-shirts a couple of years ago at the Renegade Craft Fair, and immediately loved them. So I was excited to see some new (to...
Karandashy Production Identity
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A birght and dynamic identity by Russian design firm Stavitsky Design + Airdesign. Scribbles seem to be a bit of a trend as of late, but I especially ...
Friendship Bracelets
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I’m in love with pretty much everything Ray Fenwick makes. And on a recent visit to his portfolio I noticed these fun Friendship bracelet painti...
Envelope Seals
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Check out these envelope seals from K is for Calligraphy. So fun! And there’s more right here. via design is mine...
Brian Brooks
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Brian Brooks recently signed up for the dwl mailing list, and this portfolio piece (among others) caught my eye....
Alex Cornell
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Alex Cornell has a great style, and a portfolio packed with fun projects, including the Mega City Impact Web, below. Lots more to see right here....
Neon Lamps
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I don’t post too often about interiors and products for the home, but these lamps Roger Borg sent over are so cool. Take a look right here to se...
Let Imagination Take Over
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These posters for Play-Doh are nothing short of brilliant. For more from the portfolio of Think Simple Act Simple, click here. via Change the Thought...
Book City Jackets
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I usually don’t like to post any content that’s already gone up on Design*Sponge since everyone and their mother (including me) reads that...
Shadow Puppets
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These shadow puppet cards by honeylux are so fun....
Cutback Gothic
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Designer Daniël Maarleveld designed a book of typographic experiements using the blackletter face, Cutback Gothic, during his time at the Rietveld Ac...
Mission Ridge Mountain Music Festival Materials
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That’s a lot of M’s. But in any case, I really love these materials, designed by Eric Smith of I Draw All Day, for this music festival in ...
Color Happy 28
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I’ve been obsessing over this pair of images from Rebecca Thuss’s portfolio ever since I saw it a few weeks ago. So bright, and summery an...
Disney Nature
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These flats were created for Disney Nature by Andy Gugel, of 32 round. It’s really refreshing to see something so modern and sophisticated desig...
The Bungaloo
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designworklife reader Sara sent in a tip about the amazing work of John Vogl, aka The Bungaloo (he designed her screenprinted save the dates, which I ...
Type Love 37: Antenna
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We talked about Cyrus Highsmith earlier in the week, so I figured I would feature one of his fonts. Antenna is an extremely versatile sans serif type ...
Frug
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I’m not sure I totally understand the story behind this project by Fabian Jochen Kanzler and Steve Michaelis, but the artwork is really beautifu...
Matthew Tischler
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The colors and textures in Matthew Tischler‘s screen series is amazing. Take a look at the rest of his portfolio right here....