Typocalypse
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Courtney • Delicatessen
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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 Creative. Del...
GOOD Sheet No. 7
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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 full size imag...
Tim Walker
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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 creation, but...
A Few Paper n Stitch Favorites
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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’s bee...
Garamond Powerline
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Probably not the most useful typeface, but cool nonetheless… Thanks for the link John...
Jeffers Design Group
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A selection of gorgeous rooms from California-based, Jeffers Design Group…...
Long Live Analog
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Cool iPhone wallpapers by Chicago-based artist Chad Kouri. Check out the rest of his work right here and purchase originals on etsy....
Encore
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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 come in...
Color Happy 12
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I love the warm and cozy color palette of this Beard Tale print by Stuart Kolakovic....
Random Resources 10.23.08
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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’s suc...
Trevor Hoehne
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Beautiful photography from Trevor Hoehne. See his site and blog for more....
Type Love 21: Barricada and Comalle
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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
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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...
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, “What I...
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 avail...
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 into an interactive ...
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 last week...
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 excited ...
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-related use...
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 tag! Un...
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 designer Davi...
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’t do a...
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’s new...
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 we’re current...
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 years a...
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 should not...
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 find myself...
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 to me how c...
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 his ty...
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 to get way m...
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 typical sty...
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 cool. U...
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 great...
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 course ...
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 having...
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 still definitely inte...
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 line, ...
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 Bluepri...
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 snag the l...
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...