Aesthetic Apparatus
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
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
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.”
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!
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
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
Fun ads from designer Greg Hathaway....
Type Love 19: Stainless
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I enjoy the packaging on these Jelly Jar candles sold by Urban Outfitters. They are available in four scents for $14 each....
Monopoly Redesigned
How cool is this Helvetica monopoly board by Florent Guerlain? I’ll take one. via Surfstation...
GOOD Sheet No. 4
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
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
The new Sam Potts website is so much fun. Take a look for yourself right here. via Quipsologies...
Color Happy 10
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Absolutely gorgeous hand-lettered packaging for the Belvoir Fruit Farms range of cordials and pressés. The typography, color palette, and slightly wo...
Denise Grünstein
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
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
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
Earl Boykins creates infographics based on the music he listens to—a pretty awesome combination of disciplines if you ask me....
For Entourage Fans
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
I love this identity system for AAYA, designed by London-based Ramon Marin. More beautiful work right here. via The Serif...
Nonsek
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
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...
GOOD Sheet No. 3
You can find the third GOOD sheet, Coming to America (on immigration, if you hadn’t guessed), right here....
Tim Lahan
Awesome work on a new(ish) site from New York-based Tim Lahan—I especially love his logo designs. For more from Tim, check out his blog and shop....
Typeface, the film
A new documentary produced by Kartemquin films, “Typeface focuses on a rural Midwestern museum and print shop where international artists meet r...
Maps!
Steve Stankiewicz Nigel Peake Zsuzsanna Ilijin (Much more map goodness to be found in each of their portfolios.)...
Type Love 17: Rumba
I first caught wind of this playful display face designed by Laura Meseguer when it won a TDC2 Certificate of Excellence from the Type Director’...
Lou and Lee
If only I could wear these ridiculously adorable items from Lou and Lee myself… Carnival hydrangea headband, $13 Rosemary red and felt cameo one...
A Guide to Fifty-nine Fields
Tiny Showcase released the second print in their learning series last night. This time, artist Nigel Peake created an oversized poster featuring highl...
T-shirt Wednesdays
Common Threadz offers limited edition, artist-designed t-shirts that make a difference. For every shirt you buy, they will donate a school uniform to ...
Obsessions Make My Life Worse and My Work Better
Image via anjens Take a look at Stefan Sagmeister’s latest addition to the ongoing “Things I’ve Learned in my Life So Far” ser...
Polanoid
Here are a couple favorites (though it’s hard to choose) from the “biggest Polaroid-picture-collection of the planet”. Much much mor...
Brian Oakes
I recently came across the work of Brian Oakes in an article on Design Observer where they were discussing the Lehman Brothers situation. What brought...
Mathiole
Beautiful illustrations from Matheus Lopes. Found by way of Design by Humans, where his t-shirt design (a collaboration with Saltyshadow) is a finalis...
Random Resources 09.22.08
In my day-to-day web browsing I come across a lot of helpful resources that don’t necessarily warrant a full post. So I’ve decided to star...
You Are What You Touch
Advertising is a field I don’t often draw inspiration from—I started out as an Advertising Design major in college and it quickly wore on me. ...
Masters of Design
This month Fast Company has published it’s annual Masters of Design issue. All of the content is focused on design and business—from architect...
The GOOD Sheet No.2 and other GOOD stuff
GOOD Magazine released the second GOOD Sheet—Bill of Health—yesterday. Again, click on the image below to see the full size version. (By the way I...
Joseph Llanes
I immediately fell in love with the photography of Joseph Llanes when I saw the shot of this little boy on Communication Arts. You can’t get muc...
Tavis Coburn
According to Telegramme Prints, Tavis Coburn’s unique retro-looking work is influenced by 1940s comic book art, the Russian avant-garde movement...
Friday Fun
I saw the Kawaii Not book awhile ago, but I never realized that the “cute gone bad” illustrations originated as a web comic. Check out the...
Color Happy 8
I love pretty much everything about this journal from Rosehip. But the fresh color palette definitely stands out. Check out their full range of statio...