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....
Courtney • 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 c...
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 co...
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 program. The det...
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 best known for...
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 heavily...
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’s caugh...
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 with...
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 shirt),...
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 attended...
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 generally a great ...
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 perfect s...
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. And th...
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 been on the lookout fo...
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 and sealife b...
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 flowing, especia...
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 contrast ...
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 two short gui...
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....
Sort
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Sort Design created this luxe packaging for Co Couture handmade chocolates. via iain claridge...
The Road Less Traveled
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Here’s some amazing three-dimensional typography created by Volumeone. There are six other designs in the series, which you can also buy as a postcard...
Venn Diagrams
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A new little project by Frank Chimero....
Type Love 44: Blaktur
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I know, more blackletter. But I love this more playful version—Blaktur—from House Industries....
The New Typographica & Their Favorites
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If you haven’t heard already, Typographica has a brand new look, and it’s pretty awesome. Check it out right here. And. They’ve also published their f...
Pattern Tales Desktop Wallpapers
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A fun gift from Sir Allan the Gallant: a pair of patterned desktop wallpapers. Choose your size right here....
T-shirt Wednesdays
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This week’s shirt is a little bit different than usual, because it’s not actually for sale—not yet at least. Flat fight was designed by the always awe...
Nonsense Infographics
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Loving these nonsense infographics by designer Chad Hagen. via Pitch Design Union...
Christopher Brand
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Most of Christopher Brand’s book covers have an element of playfulness to them that I love. via Book Cover Archive...
It’s official, we’re twittering
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We’ve finally joined the masses and set up an account. Still learning the ropes, but you can follow us right here. And while we’re talking twitter che...
And we’re live!
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It’s with a huge sigh of relief that I announce the Seamless Creative site is officially up and running! We’ve been working really hard (and forgoing ...
The Design Practice
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Brilliantly simple....
Veer Does it Again
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I love pretty much all of the merch Veer has for sale, but this Type Tray would make me so happy. As a laptop user, I am frequently frustrated by the ...
The Daily Figure
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Illustrator Kyle T. Webster maintains a blog of these expressive daily figure drawings. The lines are gorgeous, and the fact that they’re all drawn fr...
The 99% Conference: A Recap
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Yesterday I attended the 99% Conference at the Times Center. Curated and organized by Bēhance and Cool Hunting, the conference focused not on generati...
Kashiwa Sato
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I wish the schools I attended had been designed this nicely growing up. via Graphic Hug...
ToDo
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To Do is to Be is an “an experiment to teach the computer calligraphy and good manners, as well as an exploration of the expressive potential of eleme...
The Never Ending Internet Mix Tape
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This is another one of those why-didn’t-I-think-of-that ideas. A project of Robb Smigielski, The Never Ending Internet Mix Tape is a monthly, curated ...
Àlvaro Domínguez Gámez
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Beautiful work by Àlvaro Domínguez Gámez. I love the combination of textures and dimension. via evasèe...
Ed Nacional
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Student designer Ed Nacional has an impressive portfolio. I especially love this identity system he created for a cinematographer friend. via UPPERCAS...
Published!
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A couple of months ago I was asked to participate in a book redesign article for the new Uppercase Magazine, and my printed copy has finally arrived! ...
Type Love 43: Carmen, Memoriam, Narziss
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Dark and light, thick and thin. (Couldn’t pick just one this week.) Carmen Memoriam Narziss...
I Like Blue
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I like pink....
MOD: Free Font
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Svetoslav Simov’s latest font project is a chunky display face called MOD. You can download the Open Type version for both Mac and PC right here on Fo...
The Pelican Project
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things magazine has quite an extensive collection of Pelican paperback covers. Below are a few from the 1970’s, but the entire collection ranges from ...
Density Design
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Infographic goodness by Density Design. via DesignNotes...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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Plain and simple. Be Cool, $18 at Threadless...