Design Army
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A couple of projects by the always-excellent Design Army: From CA: “There are many moves you can make in life, and in a city like Washington, DC...
Courtney • Haley Johnson Design
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This week I thought I’d feature some favorite projects from the recent Communication Arts design annual. So I’m starting off with these tw...
GOOD Sheet No. 10
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The tenth GOOD sheet—National Service—covers the topic of Volunteerism in the U.S. and can be found right here....
I’ve Always Loved this Logo…
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Lite Brite 2.0
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Somehow I missed this when it made the blog rounds a couple of months ago, so I was extremely excited to come across it this week. Luminodot is a Japa...
Monoblock + Live the Love
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A month or so ago I came across the above poster designed by Linzie Hunter for Monoblock’s Live the Love exhibition and was immediately intrigue...
Color Happy 14
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I love Josh Cochran—especially the above illustration and its color scheme. A print of his has been on my wish list for quite awhile. Purchase your ...
These Make Me Miss CDs
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Beautiful music packaging designs by Fantazma Gloria....
Amore
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I love the work coming out of Sweden- and New York-based design firm, Amore. Aside from the examples below, they are responsible for the Malarcholocat...
Type Love 24: Wood Type Impressions
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Wood Type Impressions 2is a gigantic collection of wood type letters, numbers and ornaments. It isn’t actually a keyable typeface, but a compila...
GOOD Sheet No. 9
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You can find last week’s GOOD sheet, The First 100 Days, right here....
Inspired by: Chocolate packaging
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The examples of amazing chocolate packaging are endless, so here are just a few favorites. Fat Pig Chocolate Bloomsberry V Chocolates Malarchocolateri...
New From Threadless
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Threadless announced this week that they are spinning off two of their popular t-shirt lines into their own sites: The Select Series and Type Tees. Th...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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Here to Make Friends, about $40.25 at A Number of Small Things...
Behind the Times
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Unfortunately my copy of the latest issue of GOOD Magazine sat barely opened for the last few weeks. The entire issue was focused on voting and the cu...
Parisi
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I love the branding that Parisi completed for these two residential buildings in New York City, The Laurel and 246 W17. More work right here. Get 300+...
Around the World for Twelve Months
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Take a look at this project by Andrey Gordeev, illustrations created for a truck trading company’s calendar. I love the style and their unique p...
Egg Press Sale
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In case you we’rent aware Egg Press is having sale on their 2009 calendars. Get 25% off both the letterpress and offset versions right here....
Knot
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Probably not a typeface you could get much use out of, but an interesting idea nonetheless. Click here to purchase Knot, or here to see the rest of th...
Christine Hale
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After seeing these album cover designs (first image below) on Oatmeal and Cinnamon, I decided to check out more of Christine Hale’s work. And fr...
Downtown Crossing
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As a Boston native, Christmas shopping in Downtown Crossing was an annual ritual for me. So I was really excited to come across this project that bran...
Gabriel Morales
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Love this wine packaging design. Click here for the rest of this talented Spanish designer’s portfolio....
This is Sand
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This is easily one of the coolest things ever. This is Sand allows you to create the multicolored sand art of your youth within the confines of your c...
Died Young Stayed Pretty
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I really can’t wait to see this film. Died Young Stayed Pretty is “a candid look at the underground poster culture in America.” Feat...
Emotionally Vague
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Emotionally Vague is a research project that aims to discover how people feel anger, joy, fear, sadness and love in their bodies and minds. The questi...
Rebranding Martha Stewart
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I just came across this Case Study about the rebranding of Martha Stewart. Written by Stephen Doyle of Doyle Partners, the article goes into enlighten...
New and Improved
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Here’s a great slideshow of Massimo Vignelli’s recently-updated New York subway map (the original was designed in 1972). Unsurprisingly, i...
Type Love 23: Miniscule
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Miniscule, a winner of the 2005 TDC certificate of excellence, is a typeface designed specifically for extremely small sizes. It is intended to be use...
I Took the Handmade Pledge
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An Uppercase Project
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I love this new project that Janine from Uppercase completed over the weekend. She upcycled a banner used to promote the Old School exhibit into these...
Overnewsed But Underinformed
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Unfortunately I don’t speak German, so I can’t really give you any information as to what any of these infographics actually mean. But the...
Yet Another Calendar to Add to the List
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Check out this 2009 wall calendar designed by Mar Hernández, otherwise known as Malota. You can purchase your own copy right here for €15 plus s...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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Not necessarily a shirt I would wear, but definitely one that led to another illustrator discovery. Check out a couple more examples below and/or the ...
I wish I had seen this two days ago…
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A reminder from Fontshop:...
Don’t Forget to Vote!
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Throughout this election I’ve always tried to keep any political content on this blog within the realm of design. Afterall, dwl is a design blog...
Human Empire
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Here’s a fun project by Human Empire for magazine Neuland—I especially love the map....
ico design + Snog
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I love this identity system designed for Snog—”the first frozen yogurt brand to hit British shores”—by London-based design firm, ico d...
Powerful Packaging Design
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The Cool Hunter published a great round-up of well-designed packaging this week. I’ve seen many of them before but there are quite a few new-to-...
Quick Note
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Hope everyone had a good weekend! I’m taking a bit of a personal day today, so normal posting will resume tomorrow. Photo from the talented-beyo...
GOOD Sheet No. 8
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You can find GOOD sheet No. 8, America. Love It or Fix It ‘08, right here....
Fontaine Anderson
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Yet another member of the Hugo and Marie collective, illustrator Fontaine Anderson. Much more work right here, all available as giclee prints as well....
Color Happy 13
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Spring Birds Pattern by Micah Lidberg, anoher member of the amazing Hugo and Marie collective. Take a look at the three other colorways right here....
Nikolay Saveliev
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I love this packaging design by Nikolay Saveliev for a 1920s-themed experimental-industrial music album. More work here or here....
Type Love 22: Fakir
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Fakir by Underware...
Rubitone
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Too bad this project designed by Ignacio Pilotto is purely conceptual. So fun. via Core 77...
Tragic Sunshine
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I’m loving these poster designs by illustrator Kevin Tong....
T-shirt Wednesdays
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If you haven’t heard of TeeFury, you’re missing out. The way it works is similar to Shirt.Woot. They sell one limited edition t-shirt per ...
Typocalypse
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Delicatessen
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Restaurant branding is an area of design that I’m particularly interested in, so I was excited when I came across this project by Marque Creativ...
GOOD Sheet No. 7
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Better late than never—you can find the seventh GOOD sheet, “Does Your Vote Matter?”, right here. As always, click on the photo for the ...
Tim Walker
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After this recent post, Eunice pointed me in the direction of Tim Walker’s work. I’m still not sure if the mysterious photograph was his c...
A Few Paper n Stitch Favorites
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Paper n Stitch is an online exhibition that is curated monthly and features a wide variety of handmade items from artists all over the world. It’...
Garamond Powerline
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Probably not the most useful typeface, but cool nonetheless… Thanks for the link John...
Jeffers Design Group
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A selection of gorgeous rooms from California-based, Jeffers Design Group…...
Long Live Analog
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Cool iPhone wallpapers by Chicago-based artist Chad Kouri. Check out the rest of his work right here and purchase originals on etsy....
Encore
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I loved Stuart Kolakovic’s work so much that I had to share a bit more… Check out these awesome nickel cufflinks. A bargain at $30 a set, they...
Color Happy 12
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I love the warm and cozy color palette of this Beard Tale print by Stuart Kolakovic....
Random Resources 10.23.08
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Part two in my semi-regular link drop of helpful resources: School of Everything I haven’t gotten a chance to register for this site yet, but it...
Trevor Hoehne
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Beautiful photography from Trevor Hoehne. See his site and blog for more....
Type Love 21: Barricada and Comalle
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I’m really loving these pillowy bold typefaces from Veer. As an added bonus, both are under $60 too. Barricada Comalle...