Downtown Crossing
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
Love this wine packaging design. Click here for the rest of this talented Spanish designer’s portfolio....
This is Sand
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
A reminder from Fontshop:...
Don’t Forget to Vote!
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
Here’s a fun project by Human Empire for magazine Neuland—I especially love the map....
ico design + Snog
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
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
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
You can find GOOD sheet No. 8, America. Love It or Fix It ‘08, right here....
Fontaine Anderson
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
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
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
Fakir by Underware...
Rubitone
Too bad this project designed by Ignacio Pilotto is purely conceptual. So fun. via Core 77...
Tragic Sunshine
I’m loving these poster designs by illustrator Kevin Tong....
T-shirt Wednesdays
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
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
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
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
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
Probably not the most useful typeface, but cool nonetheless… Thanks for the link John...
Jeffers Design Group
A selection of gorgeous rooms from California-based, Jeffers Design Group…...
Long Live Analog
Cool iPhone wallpapers by Chicago-based artist Chad Kouri. Check out the rest of his work right here and purchase originals on etsy....
Encore
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
I love the warm and cozy color palette of this Beard Tale print by Stuart Kolakovic....
Random Resources 10.23.08
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
Beautiful photography from Trevor Hoehne. See his site and blog for more....
Type Love 21: Barricada and Comalle
I’m really loving these pillowy bold typefaces from Veer. As an added bonus, both are under $60 too. Barricada Comalle...
A Year of Hand-drawn Type
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...
An Unlikely Pair?
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
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!
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!
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
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
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
I’m intrigued by the subjects of Aaron Ruell’s offbeat photography. More here. via Lost at E Minor...
Design + Babies
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
You can find the third GOOD sheet, It’s the Economy, Stupid!, right here....
Color Happy 11
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
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...