Survey/Giveaway Reminder
First, thanks to everyone who has participated in the designworklife survey so far. It’s been really helpful! But I would LOVE to have a few mor...
Color Happy 25
This week’s color happy was found in the letterpress gallery of the London College of Communication, which features student interpretations of t...
I Can Read Movies
Designer Spacesick took it upon himself to reimage a whole slew of famous films as vintage novels—I’m filing this project under the “Ide...
Songbird Sculptures
I think I’m probably the last to know about Emily Sutton’s meticulously detailed Songbird Sculptures, but I couldn’t resist posting ...
Liz Wolfe
I am in love with the sugary sweet photography of Liz Wolfe. via Manhattan User’s Guide...
Type Love 34: Soiree
Soiree was inspired by designer Jacqueline Yue’s three month stay in Paris, and can be purchased at T26....
OK Soda
Image from boston.com A friend sent me a link to this article on discontinued sodas this morning, where I discovered the incredibly cool packaging of ...
my beautiful
Out of all the projects in the portfolio of French studio, my beautiful, the design for Jazzmin Records stood out the most to me. Something about the ...
T-shirt Wednesdays
The latest from Ugmonk: One Hundred, $21...
Hvass&Hannibal
There’s so many cool things to look at in the portfolio of design studio Hvass&Hannibal. One of my favorites is this mural they designed fo...
Kelli Anderson
I found Kelli Anderson through some of her work on Card Observer, and was instantly impressed with both her work and interesting site design....
dePlastilina
Check out the clay illustration of Irma Gruenholz....
Yomar Augusto
There’s some interesting typographic logos in the portfolio of Brazilian artist and graphic designer, Yomar Augusto. Check out his complete port...
Heiko Müller
Really interesting work by artist Heiko Müller. I’m especially drawn to those featuring animals, like the ones below. via VizioMag...
Card Observer
In the same vein as Logopond, Card Observer provides viewers with inspiration in the form of business card eye candy. The site’s brand new, but ...
Survey Says
As some of you know, the temporary Seamless Creative site is long overdue for an overhaul. And we’re finally getting closer to making that happe...
Todd Weinberger
I found the work of publication designer Todd Weinberger through Grids, the SPD blog. He is currently the Creative Director at Inked magazine....
25ah
I love the simple yet dramatic home page of Swedish design firm, 25ah. The ultra-close-up photograph of their work rotates every time you visit the pa...
Palentines
Greg from Able emailed yesterday to tell about their latest project, and it’s pretty awesome. Palentines is a set of eight free downloadable, pr...
Color Happy 24
Today I’m taking some inspiration from the past with this op-art inspired record sleeve from Poland. via Record Envelope...
Fine Cheese Co.
I’m loving all the packaging designed for The Fine Cheese Co. by Irving. via The Lovely Package...
Modern Alphabets
There’s a lot of really great typographic reference material in the Flickr stream of Depression Press, especially this one....
Dan Funderburgh Patterns
Great patterns for Soho House by the always-excellent Dan Funderburgh....
Type Love 33: Cube, Cubic
Fontfabric makes some really interesting three-dimensional fonts. Cube Cubic...
Pretty Sure
A winner of the TDC 55 Certificate of Typographic Excellence, Pretty Sure is a one-color screen print by designer Nick Schmitz. Could be a fun Valenti...
Now and Then
Next Tuesday, February 10th, The Society of Publication Designers presents Now and Then: Paula Scher for their first 2009 SPD@FIT event. More details ...
Some Letterpress Eye Candy
If you haven’t checked out Studio on Fire’s new blog, you should head over there immediately—it’s overflowing with letterpress goo...
Why We Love Boston in Winter
Jessica Hische has posted some great new work on her blog. One project being six awesome covers for Boston Globe “G” magazine, printed con...
T-shirt Wednesdays
Here’s some Helvetica goodness from Graniph: Helvetica B, about $28...
Me and Mr. Jones
The husband-and-wife team behind Me and Mr. Jones created these awesome infographics as part of the 2009 RJ Calendar. Check out the rest of their port...
A Great Collaboration
I’m loving these bold, graphic patterns created by Trina Turk for Schumacher. See the rest of the line right here....
Alternative Valentines
Love, by Samantha Hahn, $16.95 and up Beautiful, embroidered re-appropriated linen, $125.00 Lucky, tiny text bowl, $18.00 Greenwich Letterpress Arcade...
Typenuts
Typenuts is another fantastic resource for typographic iphone and desktop wallpapers, brought to you by I Love Typography....
Jill Calder
Gorgeous illustrations in the portfolio of Jill Calder. Make sure to check out her lettering too....
A Sunday Bonus
Check out these alternative Superbowl logos created by well-known designers. Ah what a wonderful world it would be if talented designers had a hand in...
Studio Kluif
Studio Kluif has an amazing package design portfolio. via the the Dieline (where the first image was also found)...
Sophie Henson
Designer/Illustrator Sophie Henson has so many great pieces in her portfolio. See more here and here....
Hello Health
Update: Hello Heath owner Jay Parkinson commented to let me know that the current advertisements were actually the result of a collaboration between d...
Regime
This typographic illustration was produced by Jonathan Barnbrook for for a special edition of the Guardian G2 supplement, celebrating the inauguration...
Color Happy 23
Bugaboo Daytrips is a site created for parents by Bugaboo International, makers of fancy schmancy strollers. They’ve created individually design...
Andy Gilmore
I’m fascinated by Andy Gilmore’s work....
Standard 8
I’m enjoying the identity created for Standard 8 by Browns Design...
Type Love 32: Typonine
Typonine is a Croatian type foundry with a small but quality offering of typefaces, including the two sophisticated serifs below. Marlene Amalia...
Long Live Domino
In case you haven’t heard the disappointing news, Domino magazine announced yesterday that it has folded. I’ve been a subscriber since the...
99%
More exciting news for today! The genius that is Bēhance has just added another amazing program to their portfolio of great ideas—the 99% Conferenc...
Good Graphic Designer
Take a look at the portfolio of Jose Antonio Contreras. He worked on one of my favorite Mucca projects, Schiller’s Liquor Bar ....
Hellovon
London-based illustrator Von creates beautifully expressive and textured artwork. See more on his blog and pick up a print at his shop. via OK Great...
El Banco Deuno
Gorgeous new brand identity for El Banco Deuno by Saffron. More images right here. via Brand New...
Uppercase Magazine!
What exciting news! The multi-talented Janine has launched a quarterly magazine for the “creative and curious” (which is especially exciti...
T-shirt Wednesdays
Grid Systems, $24.95 at You Work for Them...
Silvia Pavarini
Beautiful watercolor illustrations by Silvia Pavarini. via Creature Comforts...
Little Bee
I love the book cover design for Chris Cleave’s novel, Little Bee, which comes out next month. Anyone know who the designer is? Update: The auth...
Leigh Wells
I came across the work of Leigh Wells in the current issue of Readymade, where her hand-drawn scripts illustrated their feature on house parties. And ...
Type in Use
Typotheque has quite an extensive section of samples of their fonts in use. Below are a couple of examples of Fedra Sans....
Design and Design
“Every day since 1 January 2008, the home page of DesignAndDesign.com is entirely dedicated to two projects, one in graphic design and the other in ...
WE=TROUBLE
Last week Tiny Showcase featured work from their September 2008 exhibition at Secret Project Robot in Brooklyn. WE=TROUBLE invited sixteen artists to ...
New from Marimekko
A few favorites from Marimekko’s new Spring 2009 fabric collection. Check out the full line right here. ....
Color Happy 22
The image below is from the Easy Graffiti Photoshop brush set sold through Media Slap....
Every Little Counts
I’m loving the Winter Collection of typographic tees by Every Little Counts. Each one features hand-silk-screened lyrics from popular love songs...
Treat Zone
I just came across these amazing prints via Maquette and I had to post about them. Each one is gocco printed on a 5″x7″ sheet of vintage w...