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...
Type Love 31: Cadena
Cadena...
Fontcase
I received an email last night announcing the release of Fontcase 1.0, a font management tool for the Mac that allows you to tag and control your font...
T-shirt Wednesdays
A couple of fun shirts from Urban Outfitters… NEAL by Neal Sperling Twist Tee, $58 Nylon Tee by Federico Gutierrez Schott, $28...
Random Resources 01.20.09
All about grids… The Grid System “The ultimate resource in grid systems.” Everything you ever wanted to know about grids can be found here. ...
danku
I passed by this restaurant recently and was drawn in by the identity. danku, which means “thank you” in Dutch, is “an international...
01.20.09
Today is the day! If you’re not lucky enough to be in DC for the festivities, you can take a look here for more information....
Steven Harrington updates
Fun deck designs from Steven Harrington’s newly updated website....
See Scotty
I’m loving this poster series by Scott Reifsnyder. The series was created for Young at Heart, an online dating service targeted to the romantica...
Menu Pages Redesign
Last month when I attended The Dinner Party, one of the projects Matteo Bologna—of Mucca Design—presented was their redesign of Menu Pages. At the...
Celebrate
Image of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Landmark Memorial in West Palm Beach, Florida is from wallyg’s photostream I hope all of you get to take a ...
Hoboken Pie
I was instantly drawn to this identity system when I saw the website on Typophile the other day. Designed by the Decoder Ring Design Concern (also a g...
Elizabeth Garvey
Somehow these intricate drawings by Elizabeth Garvey feel both carefully planned and completely spontaneous. More right here. via yay!everyday...
The Bazaarium
William Staehle’s Silhouette Masterpiece Theatre has been around for quite awhile, but I wasn’t aware of their online shop until yesterday...
Color Happy 21
I’m loving the color palette of this desktop wallpaper designed by Nate Williams. Download more right here....
Kat Macleod
I’m loving these illustratations by Kat Macleod, for a set of pillowcases sold at Third Drawer Down. They appear to be a combination of flat pri...
I Wish I Lived in Mpls
Because Studio on Fire is having a BBQ! More info here....
Type Love 30: Quantico
Quantico is a display face designed by Mad Type, and is available for purchase at You Work for Them and My Fonts....
Ampersand
I love this desktop wallpaper by Margot of Pitch Design Union. Great color scheme....
T-shirt Wednesdays
A couple tees from Design By Humans that I’m currently liking… Syntax, $20 The Hat I Found, $25...
Amazing, As Usual
Nicholas Feltron has released his 2008 annual report. Take some time to look through all the infographic goodness, and pick up the print version right...
Gig Posters Volume 1
In an exciting announcement, the music lover’s go-to resource for concert posters—Gig Posters—has recently announced the launch of their fir...
Just My Type
More vector type, this time from Formconspiracy. Just My Type features seven free fonts, including the ones below....
FWIS Type
“type.fwis.com is a playground for typographic experiments by Fwis (and friends).” The goal of the site is to release one new (and free) t...
Lenka Packaging
James Gulliver Hancock has done some amazing illustration work for singer/songwriter Lenka....
Amy Bennett
How cool are these works by Amy Bennett? The paintings, which resemble scale models, are “glimpses of a scene or fragments of a narrative.” You ca...
The Book Cover Archive
Be prepared to waste a ton of time on this site. The Book Cover Archive features over 800 examples of excellence and creativity in book design. And on...
Patterns by Telegramme
Love. via FormFiftyFive...
We’re on Facebook!
We’ve finally gotten around to making a page for ourselves on Facebook! So head on over and join the network. And take a look at this post on Mi...
Far, Far Away
So I’m on a bit of a fabric kick today. Of course, I don’t need to buy any more fabric until I make some things with the gigantic stash I ...
Jay McCarroll fabric
I may be the last to know about this but I was super excited to see that Project Runway Season 1 winner, Jay McCarroll, has released two lines of fabr...
Color Happy 20
I’m loving the color palette of Meet a Man From Another World by illustrator, Lee Woodgate. You can check out the rest of his portfolio right he...
My Fonts Gets a Makeover
The beta version of the new (and long overdue) My Fonts site has been up for a little while. But I just got an email yesterday about the design of the...
Shannon Taggert
I’m a sucker for lens flare, so the unique portraiture of Shannon Taggert immediately caught my eye. She is amazingly talented. Check out the re...
Kyle Vanhorn
These are the awesome business cards of letterpress printer, Kyle Vanhorn. Take a look at the rest of his printing work here, or pick up some paper go...
Type Love 29: Hannah
This new playful and laid-back font from You Work for Them was designed by Travis Stearns and includes three different versions with varying widths. D...
In Search of Subtitles
Speaking of Slumdog Millionaire, one thing that really struck me is the way they dealt with the subtitles. They were treated in a way I’ve never...
Live Now
Live Now is a typographic gallery of quotes and phrases related to living meaningful lives. Created by Eric Smith of I Draw All Day, Live Now came to ...
Ampersanderson
I love this poster by Matthew Anderson for Chek (designed at Hyperakt). You can see the rest of the identity system right here....
Life is Beautiful
I finally got around to seeing Slumdog Millionaire the other night (which was completely amazing by the way, best movie I’ve seen in a long time...
T-shirt Wednesdays
“Destee-Nation Shirt Co. collects authentic t-shirts from cultural icons and independent businesses along the West Coast and Hawaii.” Clic...
Red Black Brown calendar
In case you’re still in need of a 2009 calendar, this one by Red Black Brown looks pretty awesome. I love their description: “Six designer...
Wattis
A fun identity system by Stripe for Wattis Institute for the Arts. You can see more photos, as well as the rest of their portfolio, right here....
Random Resources 01.06.09
A few random resources for this week: Freckle A new source for online time tracking. I have no personal experience with how well it works, but they do...
Foiled
These exquisite business cards were designed by New-York based agency, Nothing:Something. All of their work is gorgeous, but I’m loving the foil...
Ben Gibson
I’m loving these book covers by Brooklyn-based designer and illustrator, Ben Gibson....