Color Happy 17
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I’m loving the vibrant colors of Patrick Leger’s vintage-inspired illustrations. Take a look at his portfolio and blog for more and check out Thumbtac...
Courtney • Type Overload
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Letmen, aka Job Wouters, is “cuckoo for letters” and it shows. The sheer amount of hand-drawn typography in his portfolio is almost mind-blowing. And ...
Knit Type
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I love the design for the Society of Publication Designers‘ Holiday Party invitation. Sorry about the late notice if you wanted to attend the event, b...
Type Love 27: Didoni
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I’ve been seeing Didoni everywhere recently, like on these awesome rejected book covers by Klas Ernflo. Love it. Update: Just wanted to point everyone...
Beyond Posters
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The Heads of State—one of my go-to shops for concert posters—has updated their portfolio with lots of new design work. Below are a couple of my favori...
Serrano
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Designed by Klim Type Foundry, Serrano was developed for Bank of New Zealand. I love that it’s a bold sans serif, but still friendly and approachable ...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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2K by Gingham has a pretty broad selection of both men’s and women’s shirts by a wide variety of artists. I really enjoy these simple city love tees b...
I Wish I Had the Patience for This
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These typographic paper creations have been popping up all over the place, but they’re so amazing I couldn’t resist posting. For more of Yulia Brodska...
Josh Cochran + The New School
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When I received The New School Fall 2008 course catalog a few months ago, I made a mental note to post about the awesome cover art, then promptly proc...
Lilian Liem
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Here is some drool-worthy type from recent graduate Lilian Liem. via It’s Nice That...
Behind the Scenes
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This has been all over design blogs lately, but in case you missed it, here is an inside look at the process behind the design of the Obama logo. I’m ...
New Design Bum
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For those of you not familiar, Design Bum is the home of talented designer Issara Willenskomer. And in addition to an extremely tight portfolio of (ma...
Gift Wrap Round-up
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A few of my favorites for the holidays… Clockwise from top left: Cicuska paper snowflakes, $8.00 / Erin Ruth Hannah, $4.50 / Whimsey Holiday Soiree, $...
Tad Carpenter
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I noticed the work of Tad Carpenter as part of the December PikaPackage and was instantly smitten. His bold use of color and typography can be seen th...
Gift Guide: For the Guys
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1. Drinking Glass beer Bottles, Red Stripe, $50.00 / 2. Star Wars MiMobot USB Flash Drives, $50.00 / 3. Reveal Watch, Daniel Will-Harris, 2001 , $85.0...
Gift Guide: Affordable Art
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Sorry this is posting a bit late today. As you can see I had trouble editing again so we have another 16-item list. Enjoy and look for the Guy’s Guide...
Don’t Miss ModernMart
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If I didn’t have a holiday party to attend tonight, I would definitely be there. Looks like a great mix of vendors. So if you’re in the New York area ...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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The gift guides have been taking up a lot of my time this week, but I wanted to get in a few of my regular posts. So here are a couple of t-shirts fro...
Gift Guide: New York
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1. Alyssa Ettinger NYC themed milk bottle set, $110.00 / 2. $2, $8.50 / 3. City Plate – Collection 3, $180.00 / 4. Subway Map NYC Pinback Buttons, Set...
Gift Guide: Typography
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I’ve been trying to limit all the gift guides to ten items, but I just couldn’t do it with this one. So below I’ve included 16—and even that was tough...
Gift Guide: Water
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From Wikipedia: Water Signs: Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces— Water represents imagination, human feelings and one’s ability to love and sustain. The Wate...
Gift Guide: Earth
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From Wikipedia: Earth Signs: Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn— Earth represents one’s material resources, environment and possessions. The Earth signs are...
Gift Guide: Air
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From Wikipedia: Air Signs: Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius— Air represents the intellect and one’s ability to reason and communicate. The Air signs are as...
Gift Guide: Fire
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From Wikipedia: Fire Signs: Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius— Fire represents one’s desires and creative energies. The Fire signs are associated with actio...
Gift Guide Update
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I apologize for the delay on the gift guides. I had planned on doing a more traditional gift guide. But then I was inspired by pastry chef Will Goldfa...
Random Amazingness
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A few things I’ve come across recently that I’m kind of obsessed with… JCDC vs. LEGO One of my earliest memories is being at the Children’s Museum in ...
Type Drawings
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I’m enjoying these type experiments by designer Brett MacFadden. For more, take a look at his portfolio or on Flickr. And I couldn’t resist throwing t...
It’s That Time of Year Again Part 2
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I came across a few more gift fairs to add to the list, so I wanted to give you an update. A couple of them are only happening this weekend—sorry for ...
Color Happy 16
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I’m really into the palette of this daily posting by Christopher David Ryan. Take a look at the rest of his daily postings right here, or pick up a pr...
Adorable
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I saw these a little while ago on the Black Pearl Press blog and was reminded of them again last night. I might have to stop by their shop next time I...
Chi Birmingham
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I love these interior color studies by artist Chi Birmingham. One of his paintings, Texas, is currently part of Tiny Showcase’s winter print collectio...
New from Olio United
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Type Love 26: Dear Sarah
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Dear Sarah Love the ink blots....
TypoWrap
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Check out this post on Bugs and Fishes by Lupin for a fun wrapping project for the holidays. Seems a little bit labor intensive, but definitely worth ...
Portraits for Sale!
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Siggi Eggertson has just released three prints from his amazing portraits series for purchase through Product of God. Click on each image below to pur...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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This week: typography and infographics, plus awesome holiday sales. Ugmonk is offering 10% off your entire purchase through December 10th (use code GI...
Apologies!
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I’m having a harder time that I thought getting back into the swing of things, so I apologize for the lack of posts so far this week. The gift guides ...
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I’m taking today and tomorrow off, so I will be back on Monday with some gift guide posts as well as a couple of other updates. Have a great holiday a...
Women of Design
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This book is long overdue, can’t wait to get my hands on it....
The Election Collection
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Artist/designer Chris Piascik documented the 2008 Presidential election through typographic illustrations. And now he’s put them all together in a 28-...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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These shirts from Collapse Design are perfect for the type geek in your life. Sex Drugs Helvetica Bold, about $22. Also comes in red. Your Type Makes ...
Serifcan Ozcan
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I’m a big fan of the work of designer, Serifcan Ozcan. Portrait of Steven Heller made from the covers of several of the books he’s written A visual re...
It’s That Time of Year Again
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I’m starting to put all the New York area gift fairs on my calendar, so I figured I would round them up for all of you. Here’s what I have so far: Bus...
DenHaus
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I don’t have any pets, but when I heard from Becky at Denhaus I had to post about these super stylish dog houses. They’re designed to blend in with yo...
Homage to the Stamp
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I was lucky enough to pick up one of Gavin Potenza‘s letterpress prints, “Homage to the Stamp”, at Tiny Showcase last week. As with most of their week...
If only I could be in two places at once…
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On any given day in New York, you can usually find multiple design-related events to attend. So every so often it happens that there are two or more h...
Cookie Type
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How fun are these? The top two images are from the Fryd and Design blog—love the patterns behind the type. The image below is from the current issue o...
GOOD Sheet No. 11
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You can find GOOD sheet No. 11, Our Present Economy, right here. This edition is a collaboration with design studio, Kiss Me I’m Polish. Love this one...
Lovelet
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Created by Sinem Erkas, Lovelet is “a modular font created entirely from one shape.”...
Ana Serrano Typography
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Here are some beautiful examples of hand-drawn typography from artist/designer/illustrator, Ana Serrano....
Color Happy 15
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Slice by Brian Cronin....
SPARK
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Check out this fun logo for the SPARK Animation Festival this past September in Vancouver. The branding for the event was the result of a collaboratio...
Served
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Another project from the genius that is Bēhance, Served is network of sites that aim to bring you “fresh works from creative professionals” in specifi...
MWM Graphics Calendar
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Four 18″ x 12″ posters featuring 3 months each—purchase yours for $85 right here. via Design You Trust...
Type Love 25: Shinn Type
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Here are a couple Shinn Type favorites: Scotch Modern Bodoni Egyptian...
ID Branding
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Take a look at their new stationery system: From CA: “We needed to tell the story that things had changed at ID branding, and that brands don’t have j...
Blue Beetle Design
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I love this packaging designed by Blue Beetle Design for the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology: From CA: “The Nano-Bio Kits are a series ...
KNOCK
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Here’s an excerpt from KNOCK’s storybook-format portfolio: From CA: “KNOCK is in the business of telling brand stories. So it made perfect-bound sense...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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Here are a couple of fun shirt designs from La Fraise. Not sure how crazy I am about the dogs modeling the shirts but I love the designs. Creativity W...
Imagehaus
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I love this seed packaging by Imagehaus. Packaging design for All Seasons Wild Bird Store. From CA: “The packaging system for the store’s private labe...