Seeking The Ultimate Goal Setting App
Jackson •
After the countless weather apps in the App Store, the next most popular apps for start-ups and creatives to tackle are the almost bottomless pits of ...
Jackson • Type Love: Rein Grotesk
Courtney •
Rein Grotesk, a new release by The Northern Block, is “a low contrast typeface with a strong, neutral personality.” The sans serif typeface includes s...
Sergi Delgado Illustration & Lettering
Garth •
If “rad” were a design discipline, Barcelona-born Sergi Delgado could teach a class on it. His illustration, lettering and typography work all fit a c...
Recommended Resources: Blogs for Thought
Courtney •
I follow quite a few blogs, and beyond those featuring visual inspiration, I love reading articles that make me think and help me to improve how I run...
Angel Bomb Rebrand & Collateral
Garth •
Angel Bomb, a design and letterpress studio in northeast Minneapolis, recently rebranded themselves to emphasize the full-service nature of their stud...
Inspiring Instagramers: nihilisten
Ashley •
Username: nihilisten Name: johan andrén Info: the people we meet. the photos we take. I don’t know much about Johan Andrén, other than he is a creativ...
Melanie Rothschild: The Art of Mistakes
Garth •
Melanie Rothschild has a wildly intriguing story to share with the world about the creative process, and it all started with a disastrous mistake. Sev...
Michael Haddad: Ottawa Magazine “The Sex Issue” Illustrations
Garth •
Michael Haddad‘s illustrations for Ottawa Magazine’s “The Sex Issue” are simple, clever, and innuendo-tastic. Creative Credits Art Direction: Jane Cor...
Quick Links: 04.04.14
Courtney •
I really enjoyed this week’s interview with Austin Kleon on The Great Discontent. This video showing how lettering is painted on city streets is prett...
Etsy Finds: BelloPop
Courtney •
Etsy shop BelloPop makes colorful, geometric prints and decorative matchboxes. See all that they have to offer right here....
Miles Design: William Roam Identity and Collateral
Courtney •
Miles Design worked with the team at William Roam on an extensive project which encompassed their identity and stationery, website, the naming and pac...
Alliteration Inspiration: Eggs & Eyes
Garth •
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This week’s...
Wise Words: Mark Z. Danielewski on Passion
Courtney •
This week’s Wise Words come from Mark Z. Danielewski’s House of Leaves via Jen Myers. ...
Mike Ellis: Rooms For Rent Illustration Series
Courtney •
Love this illustration series by Mike Ellis. Entitled Room For Rent, the illustrations were created as part of an experiential installation show where...
Badass Lady Creatives: New Shop from Leah Reena Goren
Melanie •
This Monday, illustrator and surface designer Leah Reena Goren announced her new shop, and with it, her Fall/Autumn 2014 scarf collection. The collect...
Type Love: Surveyor
Courtney •
Surveyor is a brand new release from H&Co.; a serif family that was inspired by the lettering found on engraved maps. Check out all of the—plentiful—i...
Hardy Seiler and Created by Monkeys: Freies Theater Hannover Identity
Courtney •
I’m loving this vibrant and dynamic identity redesign for the Freies Theater Hannover by Hardy Seiler and Created by Monkeys. via Form Fifty Five...
Finding Digital Inspiration in our Neighbourhood
Jackson •
What do a hip coffee house, a curated general store, a popular sandwich joint, a trendy shoe shop, and a new superfood store have in common? For start...
Shawna X: It’s Warm Inside Typographic Illustrations
Courtney •
Shawna X created this impressive series of typographic illustrations, It’s Warm Inside, as a response to her long, cold winter in Chicago. The pieces ...
Inspiring Instagramers: emwng
Ashley •
Username: emwng Name: emily wang Info: practicing creativity. writer for barkbox. strategic planner at mars. photographing kokoro the eskie. As the ow...
Winkreative: The Government of Thailand
Courtney •
Exciting work by Winkreative for The Government of Thailand. As Thailand prepared to host the World Economic Forum, Winkreative was selected by the Of...
Dxmiq: Future Artifacts
Courtney •
Future Artifacts, a digital art project by Dxmiq, is just about the opposite of the type of work I do, which is probably why I’m so drawn to it. While...
Quick Links: 03.28.14
Courtney •
New York-based photographer Daniel Zvereff recently photographed a series of Arctic scenes using some of the last remaining stock of expired Kodak Aer...
Color Happy 198
Courtney •
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Janine Rewell: Minna Parikka
Courtney •
Janine Rewell managed art direction, illustration and body paint design for a SS2014 Minna Parikka promotional campaign. Creative Credits: Photography...
Alliteration Inspiration: Music & Minimalism
Garth •
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This week’s...
Skillshare By the Book Challenge Winner: Star St. Germain
Courtney •
This afternoon I’m doing a series of posts featuring the winners of the first challenge in my Skillshare class, By the Book: Create a Style Guide for ...
Skillshare By the Book Runner Up: Jena Buckwell
Courtney •
This afternoon I’m doing a series of posts featuring the winners of the first challenge in my Skillshare class, By the Book: Create a Style Guide for ...
Skillshare By the Book Runner Up: Jennifer Thomke
Courtney •
This afternoon I’m doing a series of posts featuring the winners of the first challenge in my Skillshare class, By the Book: Create a Style Guide for ...
Wise Words: Ann Landers on Opportunities
Courtney •
Wise Words by Ann Landers via After the Jump...
Jenney Stevens: Far North Spirits
Courtney •
I’m loving the identity and collateral designed by Jenney Stevens for Far North Spirits. The white glass bottle for their gin is especially gorgeous. ...
Badass Lady Creatives in History: Sofonisba Anguissola
Melanie •
Though this column has featured creatives from the 20th-century onward, women have long been active participants in the arts. Among the first female a...
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Courtney •
It’s fascinating to get a look behind the scenes of Wes Anderson’s latest film, The Grand Budapest Hotel, through the work of the designer, Annie Atki...
Type Love: FF Dora
Courtney •
FF Dora is a serif family of five weights including display styles. OpenType features like ligatures, small caps, fractions, and super- and subscript ...
Little: Ephemera
Garth •
We recently featured Little‘s lovely identity and collateral work for Fair State Brewing Cooperative, and now I’m quite taken by Ephemera, where Littl...
Did Google figure out wearable technology?
Jackson •
This past weekend we noticed a tweet about Alicia Keys out for a run in St. Barts. It was only remarkable because she was taking selfies, not with her...
Stitch Design Co.: New Stationery
Courtney •
Check out the new stationery package that Stitch Design Co. designed to go with their recently updated website. Gorgeous, as always....
Recommended Resources: Skillshare Memberships
Courtney •
I’ve already raved about Skillshare’s educational platform multiple times, so I will keep this short and sweet. In addition to their offering of hundr...
Matt Chase: Escapades Magazine
Garth •
Matt Chase just blew my mind with his challenging, beautiful design work for “The Takeoff Issue” of new travel magazine Escapades. After you ogle the ...
Inspiring Instagramers: josecabaco
Ashley •
Username: josecabaco Name: Jose Cabaco Info: Mel. Ana. João Pedro. Jack. Portland. Lisbon. Maputo. Creative Director at Nike. José Cabaco is Nike’s Co...
Nicole McQuade: Kitchen Stories Identity and Collateral
Courtney •
For the past three years, Nicole McQuade—designer and photographer—and Judi Cutrone—writer—have been collaborating on Some Kitchen Stories, a blog tha...
MaeMae Paperie: Munster Rose Stationery
Courtney •
I’m loving this beautiful stationery developed by MaeMae Paperie for Munster Rose, a floral design company based out of Minneapolis....
Quick Links: 03.21.14
Courtney •
The VSCO Artist Initiative is a “$100,000 USD scholarship fund providing artists the resources to pursue their creative vision.” More info here. I cam...
Kickstarter Spotlight: The UpStanding Desk
Courtney •
I know it was only a week ago that I featured a desk design being funded on Kickstarter, but I’ve got another one for you today: The UpStanding Desk b...
Plus63 Design Co.: Your Local Identity and Collateral
Courtney •
Plus63 Design Co., a Phillipines-based studio, recently developed the brand identity and collateral for Your Local, a restaurant serving Asian comfort...
Alliteration Inspiration: Reading & Royalty
Garth •
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This week’s...
Wise Words: Jenna Meister
Courtney •
This week’s Wise Words on community come from Jenna Meister of Airbnb. via Behance Instagram...
Student Work: Clarke Harris
Garth •
I’m quite fond of the work Clarke Harris has put out as he cuts his (Gator) teeth in the University of Florida’s graphic design program. If this colle...
Badass Lady Creatives: Poster Design by Jessica Svendsen
Melanie •
Jessica Svendsen, a designer at Pentagram, is talented across print and environmental media. Where this badass lady creative really shines is in her p...
Bryan Patrick Todd: Banner Year
Courtney •
Bryan Patrick Todd recently opened his first solo show, “Banner Year,” which includes eight handcrafted banners featuring eight quotes serving as “par...
Type Love: Result
Courtney •
Result is a grotesque sans serif designed by Cloud9 Type Dept, an independant type foundry based out of Helsinki, Finland. Result features three weigh...
Gabby Lord: The Great Fifty
Garth •
Gabby Lord, whose wildly clever business cards were featured on DWL last year, loves her mum very much. When she asked Gabby to design a “simple invit...
Where Food + Technology Meet
Jackson •
The intersection of photography, social, and our insatiable desire to eat tasty animal parts and vegetables means that there is a constant stream of d...
Adam Turnbull: Ten Cent Dime
Garth •
While some take to Twitter to share their stream of consciousness experience of the world, Adam Turnbull has used Ten Cent Dime as his outlet, a proje...
Inspiring Instagramers: abeachcottage
Ashley •
Username: abeachcottage Name: abeachcottage Info: I love old furniture, coastal vintage things, clouds on the sea & a sweet pup in our old white cotta...
Quick Links: 03.14.14
Courtney •
I’ve always been a fan of Nicholas Felton‘s personal annual reports—so much so that I own every single one, in all of their data-heavy, infographic, p...
Kickstarter Spotlight: SlatePro by Nathan Mummert
Courtney •
Regular readers may remember the introduction of the Slate Mobile Air Desk seen here a few months ago. At that time my enthusiasm for this new product...
Alliteration Inspiration: Coffee & Currency
Garth •
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This week’s...
Wise Words: Antoine de Saint-Exupery, “If You Want to Build a Ship…”
Courtney •
This week’s Wise Words come from Antoine de Saint-Exupery via this great collection of leadership quotes, by way of Swissmiss....
Natalie Andrewson: Wes Anderson Posters
Courtney •
At the moment, I happen to be anxiously anticipating Wes Anderson‘s new film, The Grand Budapest Hotel (now in select theaters.) So when I spotted Nat...