Karen Kurycki
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I discovered this designer’s work through her AIGA Get Out the Vote submissions (see below), which immediately drew me in. I’ll definitely...
Courtney • Get the Vote Out
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“AIGA invites designers from across the United States to create nonpartisan posters—and YouTube submissions—that inspire the American public...
Opposites Attract
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I’m definitely putting these geometric notecard sets from Sycamore Street Press on my wishlist. Aside from the fun line drawings adorning each c...
Neither Fish Nor Fowl
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Love the design and illustration work of Jim Datz—especially the handdrawn type (surprise, surprise)....
A New Blogging Favorite and Alison Carmichael
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I can’t believe it’s taken me four months to come across the amazing Oatmeal & Cinnamon blog. There Sarah Miller blogs about hand lett...
Time
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Design firm, Johnson Banks, maintains a section on their website where they invite those interested to submit ideas based on the theme of time. If the...
Color Happy 6
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I’m loving the muted palette of this vintage wallpaper. Browse the full collection for more inspiration right here....
Penelope Dullaghan
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There are too many beautiful images to choose from in the portfolio of illustrator Penelope Dullaghan. From pattern art and handdrawn type to fine art...
Inspired By: Soap Packaging
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Clockwise from top left: Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day in Lavender, Earthworks Hazelnut, Est Limão (lime), Mistral South Seas Petit Shea Butter Bar So...
Type Love 14: Fig, Stratum, Maple
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Here are some favorites from Process Type Foundry, who has a small but high quality catalog. I already own a couple of them—Bryant and Locator—but...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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A couple of miscellaneous shirts I’ve seen in the last week or so (coming a little late today). Not much of a theme this time around, but fun sh...
L2 Test Prints
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Here are some really cool test prints by L/2 Design Collective. As with all test prints, the design is random, but you can choose the final layer imag...
Cecilia Ivy
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Love these photos created by 20-year-old student, Cecilia. As you can tell, I’m especially drawn to the ones involving these moody lighting effe...
Meg Hunt
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I really love the illustration style of Meg Hunt, especially her sense of color and all of the textural details in each piece. You can check out more ...
Perspectv
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This site is great for anyone wanting to keep up with all of the election news. Perspctv takes traditional news feeds as well as blog posts and tweets...
Beautifool
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Gorgeous handdrawn type. See more here. via Design Notes...
Goodbye Summer
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I hope everyone had a great long weekend. This seemed like the perfect image to share with you as summer comes to a close. Summa Time pattern and icon...
More of Frank Chimero
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Designer and illustrator Frank Chimero came up the other day in my Old School post. And I didn’t want to forget to mention another recent projec...
Yet another thing to add to my Etsy wishlist…
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The typography geek in me is in love with these paper products from Peep Paper. They have such a perfect tagline: “Handmade stuff for letter lov...
Color Happy 5
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Flock by Andrew Douglas Underwood, who has a beautiful understanding of color. You can see more of his work right here....
Little Ones
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Love these quirky photographs of children by Delphine Chanet. via black*eiffel...
2009 Calendar Wishlist
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Lately I’ve seen quite a few posts about 2009 calendar options. And although I mostly feel it’s a little bit early, I can’t help but...
Type Love 13: Odille, Restraint, Tourette
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This may not appeal to everyone, but here are a couple delicate, flourishy (I’m sure I’m making that word up) fonts with tons of feminine ...
Life of Mystery
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I absolutely love this idea: “Tiny Showcase Presents the first in a new series of mildly factual, mostly fictitious, educational posters — Our...
Old School Favorites
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Check out more gallery images on Flickr Uppercase Gallery’s Old School exhibition finally opened last week in Calgary. If you’re like me a...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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A couple Threadless faves for the week. They’re also have a massive back to school sale—all shirts are $12. Check out what’s available r...
Tube Type
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Not sure what I would use this for, but it’s definitely fun (especially the colors). Find out more about the designer—Thomas Dang—on his per...
Erin Jang & Esquire
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I really enjoy these designs for Esquire by Erin Jang. Check out her blog for more recent work....
Brad Surcey
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One of the talents behind the always-amazing work from Duffy & Partners is designer, Brad Surcey. View his complete portfolio, with lots of eye c...
Robin’s Clogs
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I’ve mentioned before that I love anything having to do with fairytales or fairytale-related imagery— anything that brings me back to the cand...
A Little Bit of Me
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Hope everyone had a great weekend! I couldn’t resist posting a picture of these gorgeous dahlias I picked up at the Union Square Greenmarket las...
Fun Desktop Wallpaper Resources
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I like to change my wallpaper every so often, so I’m always on the lookout for new resources. Here are a few fun ones (some have more choices th...
Jessica Hische
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If you don’t recognize the name, Jessica Hische is an extremely talented designer, illustrator and typographer, who works with Louise Fili (whos...
Color Happy 4
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I saw this project on Behance awhile ago. Designed by Vash, it looks as though he has changed his privacy settings or removed his account, so I can...
Another Thing…
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that makes me wish I were going back to school: these book cover kits from Paper Source. Definitely beats the brown paper bag trick I used to use. Lov...
Alphabet Cities prints available!
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I just got word through Behance that Craig Ward‘s Alphabet Cities prints will be available in September. The two limited edition typographic des...
Type Love 12: Samuelstype
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This week, a few selections from Samuelstype. Andrew Samuels Victoria Samuels Rosemary Samuels See their complete library here, and purchase through F...
Type Navigator
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I may be late in the game, but I just discovered Fontshop’s Type Navigator tool. I’m not sure how long it’s been around, but I wish ...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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Here are a few shirts found by using Rumplo’s new color sorting feature: 50 Ways to Help the Planet, $25 at Wire and Twine Painted Rio, $18 at H...
sixtypound
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I just rediscovered this type specimen I had saved from awhile ago. A quote from “Pulp Fiction”—hopefully no one is offended by the curs...
The Girl Effect
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I read about the Girl Effect in one of my monthly magazines (Marie Claire, I think.) It’s an organization dedicated to empowering girls over the...
Model Citizen
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I’m one of those people who always loved school—if I ever win the lottery, I’m becoming a professional student. So I’m always real...
Holly Wales
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How can these not make you happy? Check out more of Holly’s work on her portfolio site, or blog....
2009 IKEA Picks
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I just (excitedly) received my copy of the 2009 IKEA catalog the other day. So here are my picks from their new offerings. Hopefully I’ll be pic...
Yuki
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I am totally ready for Fall weather. It’s my favorite time of the year, and the summer in New York can be stifling. But these photos from Yuki m...
Wow.
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I’ve always been inspired by the work of Why Not Associates. But these two recent projects blew me away. I’ve definitely never seen a scho...
Marie Bushbaum
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I stumbled upon the lovely work of Marie Bushbaum on Behance the other night. She is an extremely talented pattern designer. But what I love most abou...
Color Happy 3
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This palette is definitely unique, and the design—by Helmo, out of France—is so intricate and layered. I see something new every time I look at it...
Rami Niemi
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I’m in love with these bold black and white illustrations. And check out that hand drawn type! Rami Niemi hails from Finland where he is represe...
Type Love 11: Aerotype
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I’m really liking these chunky slab serifs—what they call Western/19th century—from Aerotype. Again, I don’t really get to use type li...
Harvard Business Review Classics
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There’s nothing I don’t love about the design of these books—their compact size, the colors, their common design elements and, this goes...
A Pleasant Surprise
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Somehow I managed to get on Mike Perry’s mailing list—snail mail, not email. I have no idea how it happened, but hey, I’m not complainin...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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I love the simplicity of these type tees from Print Liberation. If I was having a bad day and saw someone walking down the street in one these, it wou...
Maximalist
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Denis Olenik is one of the designers I follow on Behance. Based out of Belarus, he does some really great logo and identity work. I also really love h...
The Bubble Roome
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Delicious packaging for the Bubble Roome. I especially like that they emphasize each product’s pattern by shooting each one on the same backgrou...
If You Could
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Love the new If You Could prints for August, designed by Jason Munn and Rob Ryan. In case you haven’t heard of the series, it is a monthly print...
Happy Weekend and Miscellany
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Photo from FotografeRx’s photostream So sorry about the lack of posts the last couple of days. I took an unexpected sick day yesterday and today...
Playful Type
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“Playful Type presents an inspiring collection of illustrative fonts and hand-made typography created from a variety of cutting-edge approaches ...
Mike Perry for Studio Nommo
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This may be old news, but I love this wallpaper designed by Mike Perry for Studio Nommo. It looks amazing in that dining room....
Grady McFerrin
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Grady McFerrin’s portfolio is overflowing with beautiful work. But I am especially loving his wine labels, with their gorgeous hand-drawn type. ...