Agency Rush
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Creative Visual Agency, Agency Rush, (formerly Zeegan Rush), is a really great place to browse. Here a few of the artists I really enjoyed. Crush Akar...
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I know it’s not Wednesday but I meant to post this link last week. The latest from Design is Mine‘s Summer is available in her new etsy sh...
Starbucks Vivanno
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I’m a bit of a Starbucks addict—when it comes to their drinks and their design. I’m always tempted to buy a bag of their coffee just for...
Design Freebies
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Summer, of Design is Mine, just started a new blog that will compile all of the great design freebies available online in one place. Such an awesome i...
Insound 20
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Jason Munn of the Small Stakes—one of my favorite poster designers—just completed a collaboration with Insound consisting of 20 images for 20 diff...
Type Love 8: YWFT
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You Work For Them has some display typefaces, that would be great if you had the right project… Paul Bunyan Tapscott Flirt...
Madwell 1937
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I really like the site design for Madewell 1937, J. Crew’s sister brand. The clothes are displayed in a fun way, but what I really enjoy is the ...
New Audrey Kawasaki Print
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“If Only You Were Here”, a new print by Audrey Kawasaki, will go on sale July 19th at 1pm PST. Move fast if you’re interested, they ...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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A couple of DBH favorites for the week: Gimme gimme gimme, $20 at Design by Humans Robocycle, $20 at Design by Humans...
Thanks MStetson!
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I just found out that dwl was added to MStetson’s blog accomplices section (in the right sidebar)! I’m completely flattered—we are in ex...
Vernacular Typography Polaroids
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Douglas Wilson takes polaroids of various found typography—mostly hand-painted signage. Click here to see the full (huge) set. via TypeNeu...
New and Improved Veer
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I recently received an email from Veer announcing all sorts of improvements they’ve made to their Ideas section. On top of being a prime source ...
The Process Behind the Poster
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Awhile ago I wrote about this poster designed for Barack Obama by Scott Hansen of ISO50. Here he outlines the complicated process in detail. Pretty co...
Kehinde Wiley
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I read about extremely talented painter, Kehinde Wiley, in a recent issue of Time Out New York, which you can check out right here. And I immediately ...
Smock
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Several years ago while at Syracuse, I was lucky enough to work part time at Boxcar Press. If you know letterpress at all, you know Boxcar. In additio...
Old School
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“The “Old School” theme will celebrate the aesthetics of twentieth century education through an art exhibition and companion book, a...
Alberto Seveso
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The work of Italian designer and illustrator, Alberto Seveso, completely blew me away. His style is very different from my own, so the layering in his...
Helvetica Hoodies!
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I love this hoodie! (Especially the black one with pink letters, super girly I know.) And it’s even cooler that all the letters are individually...
Some Packaging Eye Candy
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Here’s some smart, clean and functional packaging from BVD out of Stockholm. They also have some great identity work, see that here. I also real...
Harmonie interieure Prints
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I became obsessed with these typographic designs when I saw them on the Graphic Exchange last fall. And I hadn’t visited the main site in awhile...
My Secret Playlist
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Next Tuesday Lost at E Minor will be launching what promises to be a really cool email newsletter. Every week a different guest musician will compile ...
Handwritten Typographers
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Cameron Adams over at The Man in Blue put together a really fun post that showcases the handwriting of several prominent typographers. See Sebastian L...
Type Love 7: Tisa and Atma
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FontShop does it again, with another great newsletter this week. I’m always on the lookout for a friendly text weight serif family, so here are ...
New from Thomas Paul
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I caught these new Thomas Paul stationery products via the See Jane Work newsletter last night. Fun. Check out everything that’s available right...
San Francisco Shops: What I found, Part 2/2
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While I was checking out some of the shops I had on my list I ended up stumbling upon a few others that are definitely worth visiting when in the area...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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Spotlight on Campfire Goods From the 50 States series, $20 right here From the City series, $20 right here...
San Francisco: Vaillancourt Fountain
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After checking out the Ferry Building we stumbled upon this really amazing public artwork at the Embarcadero Center. After doing a little bit of resea...
I Wish I Had More Wall Space
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Yesterday I discovered another blog (via Uppercase) dedicated solely to posters and prints. Not that I need another blog to add to my list, but from w...
San Francisco Shops: What I Found, Part 1/2
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While I was checking out some of the shops I had on my list I ended up stumbling upon a few others that are definitely worth visiting when in the area...
The Heads of State Site Redesign
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One of the many growing collections in my apartment is screen-printed show posters. We have quite a few of them, designed by various artists for sever...
Apologies for the Down Time
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Unfortunately you may have noticed this site has been in and out today. As a result (of this and several other problems we’ve been having with a...
The Daily Heller
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For awhile now, design aficionado Steven Heller has been writing a column for the online version of Print Magazine where he posts short design-related...
San Francisco Shops: What I Saw
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For quite awhile I had been compiling a list of the San Francisco shops that I wanted to visit. I didn’t get to all of them, unfortunately, but ...
HOW Conference mp3s Available
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The HOW Conference site has posted mp3s of most of the 2008 sessions. You can download single sessions for $15 and workshops for $19, or you can get t...
A Little Housekeeping
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Just wanted to give a quick update on a few small changes that were made around here over the weekend—nothing drastic, mainly small organizational c...
Dee and Lala
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Here’s some really fun letterpressed stationery from Dee and Lala. Love the illustrations, especially the whales....
Happy Weekend and Updates
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Hope everyone has a great fourth of July. I’ll be at Yankee Stadium tomorrow cheering on the Red Sox. (Yeah yeah, I know, I live in New York. Bu...
Fabric Goodness
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I’ve mentioned before how much I love pattern art, so naturally I’m drawn to patterned fabrics. I’m definitely not an expert, but on...
Type Love 6: Freight and Omnes
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Freight Display by Joshua Darden (Love the italic forms in particular, shown below.) Omnes also by Joshua Darden (I’m especially a fan of these ...
AIGA/Aquent Salary Survey
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AIGA has released the results of their 2008 Salary Survey. Download your copy here. Or you can also find more details and a salary calculator right he...
In the Heights
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This is not entirely design-related but this past weekend I got to see the Broadway show, “In the Heights”, which just won four Tony Award...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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I couldn’t decide on just two this week… Field Study, $20 at Threadless Le Romantique, $20 at Threadless colorstorm, $20 at Design By Huma...
New-to-me Design Conferences
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I had such a good experience at the HOW Conference this year, that I’d like to try to attend conferences more often. And I recently read about a...
San Francisco: Cornerstone Place
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While driving up to Napa and looking for something to eat we stumbled upon Cornerstone Place in Sonoma. It turned out that their cafe was undergoing r...
5 Questions with Wayne Geyer
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One of the HOW Conference presentations I really enjoyed was “Write More Good: Copywriting for Visual Thinkers” with Wayne Geyer. A design...
Leesa Leva shop open!
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Check it out here....
Present & Correct
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I’ve seen these letterpress Dish of the Day cards from Present & Correct around quite a bit lately, especially in the National Stationery Sh...
San Francisco: Mission District Murals
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Murals found in the Mission District off of Valencia Street....
Best Store Ever
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I realize that’s a bold statement to make; and I’m sure quite a few people wouldn’t agree with me. But ever since I read about Scrap...
I really want to make this…
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Not sure if I have the patience to hand sew all those birds (or anywhere to hang it), but I really love the look of the final product. More about the ...
Fizzy Lizzy
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I noticed Fizzy Lizzy on the vendor list for the Renegade Craft Fair but I didn’t actually see them there. Love the design and packaging....
The Textures of Alcatraz
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While in San Francisco, we took the requisite tour of Alcatraz. I actually wasn’t really that into it initially, but it turned out to be pretty ...
San Francisco: Heath Ceramics
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When I went out to San Francisco I had a list of shops I wanted to visit, and Heath Ceramics was at the top. Luckily, we spent one day out in Sausalit...
NYC Waterfalls
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If you’re in the New York area or plan on visiting in the next few months, I definitely recommend checking out the New York City waterfalls, the...
Type Love 5: Cosmiqua Com and Loft
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Here’s a couple favorites from recent FontShop newsletters: Cosmiqua Com by Linotype (reminds me a lot of Filosofia, a constant favorite of mine...
Beautiful
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I know, I know, more Obama stuff. But I am in love with this image, so I couldn’t resist. I know i said before that I’d be hesitant about ...
Fun Site, Unfortunate Name
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Image from Mr. Wright This site compiles all of the graphics and imagery created in support of Barack Obama, which is pretty awesome to see all in one...
New from Nantaka Joy
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New stationery products from Nantaka Joy (of Oh Joy! fame) are now available online. See more and shop here. “Noted”, Grey Ombre Notebook,...
Jordan Domont
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I first came across the illustration work of Jordon Domont in the current issue of HOW. I noticed his portraits in the table of contents and immediate...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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I must admit that sometimes I’m a complete sucker for cute. And this Threadless shirt (while I’m not sure I’d actually wear it) is r...