T-shirt Wednesdays
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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...
Courtney • Packaging Goodness
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Absolutely gorgeous hand-lettered packaging for the Belvoir Fruit Farms range of cordials and pressés. The typography, color palette, and slightly wor...
Denise Grünstein
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Here is some whimsical photography from Denise Grünstein. In addition to what you see below, she has an amazing portfolio filled with editorial and ad...
Studs
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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 the o...
Alison Haigh
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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
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Earl Boykins creates infographics based on the music he listens to—a pretty awesome combination of disciplines if you ask me....
For Entourage Fans
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Designworks at BBDO recently launched a website where I found this awesome project for HBO—a series of t-shirts designed to promote Entourage. Unfortu...
Ramon Marin
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I love this identity system for AAYA, designed by London-based Ramon Marin. More beautiful work right here. via The Serif...
Nonsek
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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
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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 sure I’m not ...
GOOD Sheet No. 3
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You can find the third GOOD sheet, Coming to America (on immigration, if you hadn’t guessed), right here....
Tim Lahan
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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
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A new documentary produced by Kartemquin films, “Typeface focuses on a rural Midwestern museum and print shop where international artists meet retired...
Maps!
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Steve Stankiewicz Nigel Peake Zsuzsanna Ilijin (Much more map goodness to be found in each of their portfolios.)...
Type Love 17: Rumba
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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’s Club...
Lou and Lee
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If only I could wear these ridiculously adorable items from Lou and Lee myself… Carnival hydrangea headband, $13 Rosemary red and felt cameo onesie wi...
A Guide to Fifty-nine Fields
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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
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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
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Image via anjens Take a look at Stefan Sagmeister’s latest addition to the ongoing “Things I’ve Learned in my Life So Far” series, a statement that pr...
Polanoid
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Here are a couple favorites (though it’s hard to choose) from the “biggest Polaroid-picture-collection of the planet”. Much much more here. Clockwise ...
Brian Oakes
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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
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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
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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 start compiling ...
You Are What You Touch
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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. But ever...
Masters of Design
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This month Fast Company has published it’s annual Masters of Design issue. All of the content is focused on design and business—from architecture to f...
The GOOD Sheet No.2 and other GOOD stuff
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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 fin...
Joseph Llanes
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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 much more...
Tavis Coburn
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According to Telegramme Prints, Tavis Coburn’s unique retro-looking work is influenced by 1940s comic book art, the Russian avant-garde movement, and ...
Friday Fun
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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 rest right ...
Color Happy 8
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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...
2009 Calendar Wishlist Part 2
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For some reason the calendar selection seems to be better than ever this year. (And starting earlier than ever, as well.) So here are a few more I’ve ...
Giants!
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Love this series (especially the color palette) by Pietari Posti, an ongoing personal project that currently includes 11 images. Hopefully he will eve...
Type Love 16: Priori
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I just recently received Emigre‘s latest type catalog (sign up to receive your own copy here) in the mail, which reminded me how extensive their offer...
Home Sweet Home
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Tara Donne is a New York-based photographer focusing on travel and portraits, and food. I especially love how she organizes her portfolio into categor...
I’m Listening To Con’t.
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I just had to add one more album to my list because I’ve been listening to it non-stop for the last two days, Adele, 19. So good. Images from adele.tv...
Eve Duhamel
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I feel like this artist’s work comes from a place of pure, fearless creativity—childlike, uninhibited and brave. See more right here. via FormFiftyFiv...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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For some reason I’ve never set foot inside a Brooklyn Industries store, but I might have to make a point to now that I’ve discovered these great t-shi...
Thank-you and Welcome!
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Wow. I just saw that Holly over at decor8 has featured me as the blog of the week! It is such a huge honor for my little site to be selected by such a...
Action Method Online
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I’m a huge list maker and therefore I’m a pretty avid user of “To Do” programs. I’m always trying to figure out ways to be more organized and efficien...
Unmentionables
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Shine Box Print produces custom booklets—mini and large (similar to Moo). But I never realized they also offered a few readymade booklets, including t...
Chris McNally illustration
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Beautiful watercolors from illustrator, Chris McNally. (Check out the type, especially on that map!) His current site is in the process of being updat...
Noodle Gun
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Noodle Gun is an online horizontal publication featuring artwork by various contributors. Purely visual in content, there is very little explanation a...
Chocolate Mail
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Designer Toby Ng was faced with a brief that challenged him to redesign something that needed improvement. And his ingenious solution was to create li...
Solid Gold
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This fallish weather is putting in the mood for warm metallics. So here are a few favorites I found on etsy recently. substudio Hinge Series, $12 for ...
The GOOD Sheet
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I’ve been a subscriber of GOOD Magazine since it started. In case you’re not aware, it’s a publication “for people who give a damn” whose subscription...
I’m listening to…
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I thought I’d join in with decor8 and many other bloggers who’ve already commented on this post by letting you all know the current bands I have on my...
Jewel Tones
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The rich colors, textures and patterns of Jane Churchill fabrics and wallpapers are insanely gorgeous. If I could immediately move in to one of these ...
Color Happy 7
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Today I’m in the mood for bright pops of color set against gray, a this pattern by Helen Dardik fits the bill. See more of her work on her blog or at ...
Target in the City!
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Image from Apartment Therapy Maybe this is old news, but I just found out—Target will be opening a few “Bullseye Bodegas” around the city starting on ...
Beautiful Work from NNSS
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I’m in love with this identity project from Argentinian design firm, NNSS. The designers describe their work for MG54 Naturaleza Digital, a digital-de...
ADC Young Guns
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For those of you in the New York area, the Art Director’s Club is hosting a really great event next week. They recently announced their 50 picks for Y...
Last Week’s Mail
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I’ve been meaning to share these two packages I’ve received in the last week or so. Recently I was lucky enough to win a free print from the lovely Sh...
Type Love 15: Device Type
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This week I’m liking lots of distressed type—something I almost never use in my work, but always admire. The collections below are designed by Device ...
Local Learning
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Image of 3B Letterpress – EDGY Collection by The Type Junkie. $12 for a 5″x7″ print on etsy. As I’ve mentioned before, I love school. There are so man...
Fashion-inspired
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I’m don’t really consider myself someone who is into “fashion”. Don’t get me wrong, I am definitely into shopping for clothes, but I don’t really get ...
T-shirt Wednesdays
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This week I came across Ugmonk, a new site whose mission is “to provide high-quality products with simple, yet fresh graphics”. They currently have a ...
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 be printing...
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 to partic...
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 card, I...
Neither Fish Nor Fowl
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Love the design and illustration work of Jim Datz—especially the handdrawn type (surprise, surprise)....