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 ...
Courtney • 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 ...
Live Now
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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
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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
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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). And...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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“Destee-Nation Shirt Co. collects authentic t-shirts from cultural icons and independent businesses along the West Coast and Hawaii.” Clicking on any ...
Red Black Brown calendar
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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 designers, three Asi...
Wattis
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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
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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
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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 detai...
Ben Gibson
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I’m loving these book covers by Brooklyn-based designer and illustrator, Ben Gibson....
Serena and Lily
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I’ve mentioned great design for children’s products before (here and here), but I have yet to mention Serena and Lily, a perfect example. Their cheerf...
Juan Camilo
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Juan Camilo makes these really impressive typographic sculptures. You can see a couple of them below: “Flavor” constructed out of cigarettes, “Gold”, ...
The Brooklyn Circus
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Fun hand-lettering for the Brooklyn Circus by Jon Contino. You can see more of Jon’s work on his blog, and don’t miss this great interview on LetterCu...
Studio on Fire 2009
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The 2009 edition of Studio On Fire’s annual letterpress calendar is now available. This year’s theme, the Hair & Fur edition, features a color palette...
Color Happy 19
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Here’s a fun map by Chris Haughton for Shoreditch London....
Leftloft
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Leftloft is an Italian design firm with quite a range of work in their portfolio, from type design to environments. One project I was particularly dra...
Chocolate Research Facility
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This project for Chocolate Research Facility by Asylum, a design firm out of Sngapore, is amazing. I wish I had future plans to travel there so that I...
Type Love 28: Atlantik
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Atlantik is a typeface that is made up of 213 individual wave ornaments to be used in 6 sets, providing endless design possibilities. Released by Foun...
01.01.09
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Younga Park
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I was immediately drawn to the work of Younga Park when one of her prints—A Brooklyn Morning—was featured on 20×200 awhile ago. So of course I picked ...
Hey Studio
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For some reason I’m on a poster kick this week. Love this series by Tilman Solé. Also take a look at his blog here....
T-shirt Wednesdays
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Here’s a new shirt from Threadless Select, designed by Mike Perry and Jim Stoten in conjunction with the latest isse of Faesthetic. Love the colors. N...
vena2
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I love this project designed by Vena2 for Alejandra Quesada, especially seeing how the patterns translate into the clothing. via Pop-Pervert...