A Year of Hand-drawn Type
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I immediately bought this Beau Ideal 2009 calendar when I saw it on Oatmeal and Cinnamon. Screenprinted in a limited edition of 50, each month depicts...
Courtney • An Unlikely Pair?
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Has anyone else seen the November issue of O Magazine? I was pleasantly surprised to see that the artwork accompanying an article at the back, “...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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The Ampersand Shoppe has made the blog rounds over the last couple of weeks but I couldn’t not mention it. You can choose your ampersand from 10...
Something to get excited about!
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I’m pleased to announce that Action Method Online is up and running! AMO translates Bēhance’s much loved Action Method philosophy int...
new Eclectonotes!
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I have always been a fan of the Eclecto series by Janine Vangool of Uppercase, so it’s no surprise that I love the new versions she released las...
Jordan Crane
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I love these prints by illustrator Jordan Crane. A lot of them are out of print, unfortunately, but they are beautiful to look at it. You can check ou...
The Design Entrepreneur
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I came across this book while browsing in Barnes and Noble a few weeks ago, but wasn’t able to find any information about it online. So I was ex...
Aaron Ruell
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I’m intrigued by the subjects of Aaron Ruell’s offbeat photography. More here. via Lost at E Minor...
Design + Babies
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I have seen so much great design for babies lately. Well, I guess it’s all really geared towards their modern parents, but everything baby-relat...
GOOD Sheet No. 6
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You can find the third GOOD sheet, It’s the Economy, Stupid!, right here....
Color Happy 11
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Underneath by Steve Kim is a 40″ x 60″ painting using oil on canvas. Take a look at the rest of his work right here....
Hoefler for America
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Over the summer Jonathan Hoefler was comissioned to create a poster for the Obama campaign, and it is now available on the beautifully designed Obama ...
H is for Hannah
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I love this collection that ceramic designer Hannah Morrow recently wrote to tell me about. The playful and fun stickers collection is available in th...
Chinatown Numbers
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I love this new print by Evan Hecox. The typography, the colors, the texture, the subject matter—it’s pretty much perfect aside from the price...
Type Love 20: David Berlow
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Quick sidenote: Have I really been doing this for 20 weeks? Wow. And now back to the typography… I recently came across the work of type designe...
Booty Juggler
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I love the screenshots from this game created by Robin Davey in collaboration with Thought Den. The game’s pretty fun too—play here....
Design and Mad Men
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As a big fan of the critically-acclaimed Mad Men, I enjoyed these two recent articles about the use of typography throughout the show. I couldn’...
Esther Aarts
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Speaking of t-shirts, I came across the work of this illustrator via Threadless. Her t-shirt design, The Tree Referendum, was featured in Monday’...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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It’s been a little while since I posted anything from Threadless and I really like this recent design. Seems sort of apropos considering we̵...
Does Anyone Know…
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Who created this image? I am in love with it and have been searching for some type of information on the artist to no avail. If you have any ideas, le...
Aesthetic Apparatus
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Aesthetic Apparatus is one of my go-to gig poster resources. They’re one of the first places I discovered when I started my collection several y...
Raking Leaves in the Wind
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For those of you in the Berlin area, this exhibition featuring past and new work by Eve Duhamel, Julien Vallée and Brent Wadden, is one you sho...
GOOD Sheet No. 5
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I forgot to mention this last week. The latest GOOD sheet to be released, Reform School, is all about education. You can find it right here. I also re...
“I design the world.”
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I normally don’t just link directly to other people’s posts, but I really connected with this one by Andrea over at Fly. Like her, I often...
Off Today!
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Sorry about the lack of posts today, it’s a vacation day for me. Normal posting will resume tomorrow. Hope everyone had a great weekend!...
Noggin
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Being someone who isn’t around kids very often, I probably haven’t watched Nickelodeon since Pinwheel. But the other day someone mentioned...
Greg Hathaway
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Fun ads from designer Greg Hathaway....
Type Love 19: Stainless
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I love all the weights (especially the ultra thin and black) in this modern, somewhat techy feeling typeface from The Font Bureau. Stainless...
Paper Source Wall Calendar
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Finally, it’s up for sale online! I love the full bleed illustrations for each month—instant wall art. Purchase your own right here for $26.95...
Isaac Tobin
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I’m really loving the work of designer Isaac Tobin. I was first drawn to his book covers, but after looking through his portfolio I really love ...
Time to streamline?
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I caught this “I will do one thing today” notepad on swissmiss yesterday and it made me think. I am the queen of mutltitasking and trying ...
Radici
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I really enjoy this identity system from designer Fabien Barral (of Graphic Exchange and Harmonie Interieure fame). It’s definitely not my typic...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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I’m not really a huge fan of American Apparel, mostly because of their ridiculous advertising, but I have to admit these new shirts are pretty c...
New Work
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I know I don’t mention my own work on here too much. But as Suann announced yesterday, we just launched her website, Simplesong Design. It was a...
Vasava
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It was difficult to choose what projects to feature from Spanish design studio, Vasava, but I’ve picked out a couple of my favorites below (of c...
Dog and Pony Prints
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Recently I mentioned Karen Kurycki‘s amazing Helio Sequence poster designs. Unfortunately, her and the team at Dog and Pony Showprints ended up ...
Wilson Hsu
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Recently I came across the artwork of Wilson Hsu on Thumbtack Press, where he has quite a few fun prints available for sale....
Gig Poster Playing Cards
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This could be a fun wall display. When I was checking out Gig Posters the other day I noticed that they sell decks of playing cards with designs creat...
More Patterned Packaging
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I enjoy the packaging on these Jelly Jar candles sold by Urban Outfitters. They are available in four scents for $14 each....
Monopoly Redesigned
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How cool is this Helvetica monopoly board by Florent Guerlain? I’ll take one. via Surfstation...
GOOD Sheet No. 4
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The fourth GOOD sheet, Getting Gas, is now posted right here. I can’t say I’m as crazy about this design as the others, but it’s sti...
Nina Chakrabarti & Cowshed
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Nina Chakrabarti is the artist behind the beautiful pattern designs of Cowshed products’ packaging. I wish I had the room to display the entire ...
Design + Madlibs
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The new Sam Potts website is so much fun. Take a look for yourself right here. via Quipsologies...
Color Happy 10
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Here is an undeniably vibrant print from Ben O’Brien. Check out the rest of his portfolio here and/or pick up a print at Wish You Were Here....
Kendra Smoot
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I stumbled upon the portfolio of prop stylist Kendra Smoot via the now-defunct Bluelines blog. (I think I still haven’t gotten over the end of B...
Linzie Hunter
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I’ve been a huge fan of illustrator Linzie Hunter—especially her hand lettering—for a while now. So I was psyched when I somehow managed to ...
Type Love 18: Volvox
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Designed by Typecuts, Volvox is a complex ornamental type system involving 5 fonts that can be superimposed on top of one another in an infinite numbe...
Julie McLaughlin
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Like a lot of my internet finds, I came across the work of Julie McLaughin in a completely roundabout way. After a string of clicks I didn’t qui...
TOOCO
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I love the delicate precision of these illustrations by Francisco Miranda of TOOCO—such a beautiful, restrained color palette. His website is curren...
Award Winners
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U.K.-based Homes & Gardens magazine has announced the recipients of their 2008 Fabric Awards. Below are a few samples from Voyage—their fabric, ...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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Here are a couple of shirts that caught my eye in the Graniph new arrivals. Unfortunately, they cannot ship outside of Japan at the moment due to site...
Packaging Goodness
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Absolutely gorgeous hand-lettered packaging for the Belvoir Fruit Farms range of cordials and pressés. The typography, color palette, and slightly wo...
Denise Grünstein
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Here is some whimsical photography from Denise Grünstein. In addition to what you see below, she has an amazing portfolio filled with editorial a...
Studs
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I wear small stud earrings pretty much daily, so lately I’ve been on an etsy mission to find some new and different ones. I was overwhelmed with...
Alison Haigh
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Love the patterns on these IQ postcards designed by Alison Haigh. Lots more to see in her portfolio. via Form Fifty Five...
A Perfect Marraige
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Earl Boykins creates infographics based on the music he listens to—a pretty awesome combination of disciplines if you ask me....
For Entourage Fans
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Designworks at BBDO recently launched a website where I found this awesome project for HBO—a series of t-shirts designed to promote Entourage. Unfor...
Ramon Marin
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I love this identity system for AAYA, designed by London-based Ramon Marin. More beautiful work right here. via The Serif Get 300+ Fonts for FREEEnter...
Nonsek
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I read on LogoLounge yesterday that well-known design firm, Planet Propaganda, just launched an online shop, Nonsek. Selling two lines of designer tee...
Color Happy 9
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Intense color from painter Sam Songailo. There’s so much layering in this piece that it was difficult to pull out all the colors, so I’m s...