Sophie Henson
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Designer/Illustrator Sophie Henson has so many great pieces in her portfolio. See more here and here....
Courtney • Hello Health
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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
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This typographic illustration was produced by Jonathan Barnbrook for for a special edition of the Guardian G2 supplement, celebrating the inauguration...
Color Happy 23
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Bugaboo Daytrips is a site created for parents by Bugaboo International, makers of fancy schmancy strollers. They’ve created individually designed day...
Andy Gilmore
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I’m fascinated by Andy Gilmore’s work....
Standard 8
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I’m enjoying the identity created for Standard 8 by Browns Design...
Type Love 32: Typonine
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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
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In case you haven’t heard the disappointing news, Domino magazine announced yesterday that it has folded. I’ve been a subscriber since the beginning, ...
99%
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More exciting news for today! The genius that is Bēhance has just added another amazing program to their portfolio of great ideas—the 99% Conference. ...
Good Graphic Designer
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Take a look at the portfolio of Jose Antonio Contreras. He worked on one of my favorite Mucca projects, Schiller’s Liquor Bar ....
Hellovon
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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
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Gorgeous new brand identity for El Banco Deuno by Saffron. More images right here. via Brand New...
Uppercase Magazine!
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What exciting news! The multi-talented Janine has launched a quarterly magazine for the “creative and curious” (which is especially exciting for me co...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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Grid Systems, $24.95 at You Work for Them...
Silvia Pavarini
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Beautiful watercolor illustrations by Silvia Pavarini. via Creature Comforts...
Little Bee
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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 author him...
Leigh Wells
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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
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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
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“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 pr...
WE=TROUBLE
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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
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A few favorites from Marimekko’s new Spring 2009 fabric collection. Check out the full line right here. ....
Color Happy 22
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The image below is from the Easy Graffiti Photoshop brush set sold through Media Slap....
Every Little Counts
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I’m loving the Winter Collection of typographic tees by Every Little Counts. Each one features hand-silk-screened lyrics from popular love songs—just ...
Treat Zone
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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 wallpaper. I ...
Type Love 31: Cadena
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Cadena...
Fontcase
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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
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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
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All about grids… The Grid System “The ultimate resource in grid systems.” Everything you ever wanted to know about grids can be found here. gridr buil...
danku
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I passed by this restaurant recently and was drawn in by the identity. danku, which means “thank you” in Dutch, is “an international fast food restaur...
01.20.09
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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
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Fun deck designs from Steven Harrington’s newly updated website....
See Scotty
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I’m loving this poster series by Scott Reifsnyder. The series was created for Young at Heart, an online dating service targeted to the romantically ad...
Menu Pages Redesign
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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 tim...
Celebrate
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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 few mi...
Hoboken Pie
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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
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Somehow these intricate drawings by Elizabeth Garvey feel both carefully planned and completely spontaneous. More right here. via yay!everyday...
The Bazaarium
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William Staehle’s Silhouette Masterpiece Theatre has been around for quite awhile, but I wasn’t aware of their online shop until yesterday. You can pu...
Color Happy 21
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I’m loving the color palette of this desktop wallpaper designed by Nate Williams. Download more right here....
Kat Macleod
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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 printing ...
I Wish I Lived in Mpls
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Because Studio on Fire is having a BBQ! More info here....
Type Love 30: Quantico
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Quantico is a display face designed by Mad Type, and is available for purchase at You Work for Them and My Fonts....
Ampersand
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I love this desktop wallpaper by Margot of Pitch Design Union. Great color scheme....
T-shirt Wednesdays
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A couple tees from Design By Humans that I’m currently liking… Syntax, $20 The Hat I Found, $25...
Amazing, As Usual
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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
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In an exciting announcement, the music lover’s go-to resource for concert posters—Gig Posters—has recently announced the launch of their first book, G...
Just My Type
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More vector type, this time from Formconspiracy. Just My Type features seven free fonts, including the ones below....
FWIS Type
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“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) typeface a da...
Lenka Packaging
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James Gulliver Hancock has done some amazing illustration work for singer/songwriter Lenka....
Amy Bennett
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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 can re...
The Book Cover Archive
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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
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Love. via FormFiftyFive...
We’re on Facebook!
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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 Mint for...
Far, Far Away
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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 currently ha...
Jay McCarroll fabric
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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
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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 here and...
My Fonts Gets a Makeover
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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
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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 rest of ...
Kyle Vanhorn
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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
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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
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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 seen ...