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Tag: Hand-lettering

Rebecca Mah: Culture Caps

Rebecca Mah: Culture Caps

Garth • May 30, 2014May 29, 2014
For her senior thesis, Tyler School of Art graduate Rebecca Mah created Culture Caps, a drop cap alphabet influenced by different regions correspondi...
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Alliteration Inspiration: Zoos & Zzz’s

Alliteration Inspiration: Zoos & Zzz’s

Garth • May 29, 2014May 28, 2014
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This weekâ€...
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Kelly Thompson: Design & Illustration

Kelly Thompson: Design & Illustration

Garth • May 28, 2014May 28, 2014
Kelly Thompson, a Texan designer/illustrator based in Seattle, has combined her southern spice and northwestern quirkiness into a wide range of notewo...
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Alliteration Inspiration: Wheels & Water

Alliteration Inspiration: Wheels & Water

Garth • May 22, 2014May 21, 2014
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This weekâ€...
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Jon Newman: Daydreams & Nightschemes Studio Launch

Jon Newman: Daydreams & Nightschemes Studio Launch

Garth • May 15, 2014May 14, 2014
Designer Jon Newman took the leap from the comfort of his day job at MTV to start Daydreams & Nightschemes, his own new studio. Among Jon’s ...
Design
Alliteration Inspiration: Veggies & Vacation

Alliteration Inspiration: Veggies & Vacation

Garth • May 15, 2014Mar 25, 2015
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This weekâ€...
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Ciara Phelan: Collages

Ciara Phelan: Collages

Garth • May 13, 2014May 11, 2014
Ciara Phelan, a freelance illustrator and textile designer in east London, recently launched her new website full of intricate collage work and other...
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Open Door Design Studio: Reinventing the Toilet Challenge

Open Door Design Studio: Reinventing the Toilet Challenge

Garth • May 9, 2014May 5, 2014
Who knew a toilet could be so beautiful? The team at Open Door Design Studio, in collaboration with Kohler, designed the remarkable exterior of Caltec...
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Casey Ligon: Hand Lettering

Garth • May 9, 2014May 9, 2014
The hand lettering work of Casey Ligon is a gorgeous force to be reckoned with as her talents span chalk, ink, vector and beyond. Her ability to work...
Design
Alliteration Inspiration: Universe & Umbrellas

Alliteration Inspiration: Universe & Umbrellas

Garth • May 8, 2014May 8, 2014
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This weekâ€...
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Alliteration Inspiration: Outdoors & Outlaws

Alliteration Inspiration: Outdoors & Outlaws

Garth • May 1, 2014Apr 30, 2014
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This weekâ€...
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Mike Lowery: New Work

Garth • Apr 29, 2014Apr 28, 2014
It’s no secret that we’re big fans of Mike Lowery here at DWL, and since he recently launched his new website with tons of saucy recent w...
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Alliteration Inspiration: Quotes & Quickness

Alliteration Inspiration: Quotes & Quickness

Garth • Apr 24, 2014Apr 23, 2014
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This weekâ€...
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Alliteration Inspiration: Jelly & Journeying

Garth • Apr 17, 2014Apr 17, 2014
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This weekâ€...
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Andreas Wikström Illustration

Andreas Wikström Illustration

Garth • Apr 10, 2014Apr 9, 2014
I’m thoroughly enjoying the work of Andreas Wikström, a graphic designer hailing from Sweden. There’s more to explore on his website, so ...
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Alliteration Inspiration: Icons & Imbibing

Alliteration Inspiration: Icons & Imbibing

Garth • Apr 10, 2014Apr 10, 2014
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This weekâ€...
Alliteration Inspiration
Sergi Delgado Illustration & Lettering

Sergi Delgado Illustration & Lettering

Garth • Apr 8, 2014Mar 31, 2014
If “rad” were a design discipline, Barcelona-born Sergi Delgado could teach a class on it. His illustration, lettering and typography wo...
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Alliteration Inspiration: Eggs & Eyes

Alliteration Inspiration: Eggs & Eyes

Garth • Apr 3, 2014Apr 3, 2014
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This weekâ€...
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Alliteration Inspiration: Reading & Royalty

Alliteration Inspiration: Reading & Royalty

Garth • Mar 20, 2014Mar 20, 2014
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This weekâ€...
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Bryan Patrick Todd: Banner Year

Courtney • Mar 18, 2014Mar 17, 2014
Bryan Patrick Todd recently opened his first solo show, “Banner Year,” which includes eight handcrafted banners featuring eight quotes se...
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Alliteration Inspiration: Coffee & Currency

Alliteration Inspiration: Coffee & Currency

Garth • Mar 13, 2014Mar 13, 2014
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This weekâ€...
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Isabel Urbina Book Covers

Isabel Urbina Book Covers

Garth • Feb 28, 2014Feb 27, 2014
The book cover designs of Isabel Urbina for Random House, New York are absolutely delightful examples of lettering, textures and illustrations combi...
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Alliteration Inspiration: Knowledge & Knives

Alliteration Inspiration: Knowledge & Knives

Garth • Feb 27, 2014Feb 27, 2014
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This weekâ€...
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Alliteration Inspiration: Plants & Pizza

Alliteration Inspiration: Plants & Pizza

Garth • Feb 20, 2014
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This weekâ€...
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Jen Mussari Lettering

Courtney • Feb 17, 2014Feb 17, 2014
I’m not sure how I have not come across Jen Mussari‘s lettering portfolio before now, but it is filled with all kinds of awesomeness. You...
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Alliteration Inspiration: Script & Skateboards

Garth • Feb 6, 2014Jan 30, 2014
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This weekâ€...
Alliteration Inspiration
Melissa Chaib Illustration

Melissa Chaib Illustration

Garth • Feb 5, 2014Feb 3, 2014
Melissa Chaib, a graphic designer and illustrator based in Mexico, has a cheeky illustration style that she pairs delightfully with hand lettering. I...
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Jon Contino: The Hidden Sea Packaging

Courtney • Jan 30, 2014Jan 30, 2014
I pretty much always buy wine based on its label (with the hope that it tastes good too), so I am all over this new packaging design for South Austral...
Design
Alliteration Inspiration: Fruit & Feathers

Alliteration Inspiration: Fruit & Feathers

Garth • Jan 30, 2014Jan 27, 2014
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This weekâ€...
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Alex Westgate Illustration

Alex Westgate Illustration

Garth • Jan 24, 2014Jan 20, 2014
Alex Westgate is a freelance illustrator and designer out of Toronto, ON. Though he’s only recently graduated from the Ontario College of Art &...
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Alliteration Inspiration: Dairy & Drop Caps

Garth • Jan 16, 2014Jan 15, 2014
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This weekâ€...
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Do Not Open

Courtney • Jan 14, 2014Jan 13, 2014
If, like me, you’ve been admiring Erik Marinovich‘s envelope handiwork via Friends of Type, you are in luck. Now, through his new project...
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Jeff Rogers: New Site

Courtney • Dec 26, 2013Dec 26, 2013
I’m late to the game on this one, but last month Jeff Rogers launched a beautiful new site. In addition to huge, crisp images of his work, he&#8...
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Caetano Calomino Lettering

Courtney • Oct 23, 2013Oct 20, 2013
An impressive collection of lettering samples by Caetano Calomino. Much more to see in his portfolio and on his Facebook page....
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Ethan Park: Unconventional Lettering

Courtney • Oct 18, 2013Oct 14, 2013
I’m loving these pieces of unconventional lettering and typography by UK-based designer Ethan Park....
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Spencer Heyfron and Angela Southern: This Is New York

Spencer Heyfron and Angela Southern: This Is New York

Courtney • Oct 14, 2013Nov 30, 2013
I am still a faithful print magazine reader, and New York Magazine has been one of my favorites ever since I moved to NYC almost 10 years ago. One fe...
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Danielle Evans: Food Type

Courtney • Oct 7, 2013Oct 4, 2013
Designer and illustrator Danielle Evans is running a fun little side type called Food Type, where she creates lovely hand-lettering specimens out of...
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Pentagram: Queens Metropolitan Campus Murals

Pentagram: Queens Metropolitan Campus Murals

Courtney • Sep 12, 2013Dec 1, 2013
I’m loving this series of colorful, hand lettered murals created by Paula Scher’s team at Pentagram for the Queens Metropolitan Campus. Lo...
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Bureau of Betterment: Quill Feather Illustration Series

Bureau of Betterment: Quill Feather Illustration Series

Courtney • Sep 4, 2013Dec 1, 2013
Over the past year, Mette Hornung Rankin, of Bureau of Betterment, created this beautiful illustration series featuring various quill pens alongside ...
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Tanamachi Studio: Puffin Chalk

Tanamachi Studio: Puffin Chalk

Courtney • Jul 18, 2013Dec 1, 2013
Check out these amazing new book covers that Dana Tanamachi created for Puffin Books, the children’s division of Penguin Books. Each one was des...
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Shauna Lynn Panczyszyn: Hand Lettering

Courtney • Jun 25, 2013Jun 25, 2013
Beautiful hand-lettering and illustration by Orlando, Florida-based Shauna Lynn Panczyszyn:...
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The Making of Design Fu Mural on Vimeo

Courtney • Jun 21, 2013Jun 20, 2013
Check out this incredible mural—don’t miss the video documentation!—that Yiu Studio created for their new office. The design fuses their lov...
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BVK + Timothy Goodman: CITGO Fueling Good Road Trip

Courtney • Jun 13, 2013Jun 12, 2013
BVK Milwaukee recently collaborated with Timothy Goodman on the CITGO Fueling Good Road Trip, which aims to promote CITGO through the good things t...
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Michael Mullan Illustration

Courtney • Jun 6, 2013Jun 5, 2013
Check out the beautiful illustration, lettering and pattern design work of Michael Mullan....
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Shantanu Suman: Horn Please Musical Boxes

Courtney • Jun 5, 2013Jun 3, 2013
As part of his Horn Please exhibition, Shantanu Suman created a series of beautiful music boxes to demonstrate the various horns found in Indian truck...
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Studio Muti: Highlife SA

Courtney • May 24, 2013May 23, 2013
Studio Muti recently designed and illustrated a cover for British Airways’ inflight magazine, Highlife SA. The design was inspired by things to...
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Vault49: (Sub)Prime Cuts Hand-Painted Saws

Courtney • May 22, 2013May 21, 2013
I’m loving these gorgeously hand-painted saws that were created by Vault49, a NYC-based “artistic collaboration, a playground, and a creat...
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Lettering by Ryan Hamrick

Courtney • May 20, 2013May 20, 2013
My friends at Mama’s Sauce recently pointed me in the direction of Ryan Hamrick, a Pittsburgh-based designer. And as expected, his portfolio did...
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Draw Your Own Alphabets

Courtney • May 10, 2013May 5, 2013
Draw Your Own Alphabets: Thirty Fonts to Scribble, Sketch, and Make Your Own is a new book by Tony Seddon that teaches you how to create your own cu...
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Chloe Allen: Neck of the Woods Project Lettering Project

Courtney • May 9, 2013May 5, 2013
Neck of the Woods is hand-lettering project by Chloe Allen, a current student at the University of Leeds. Each entry illustrates a local idiom, from...
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Andy Luce Updates

Courtney • May 1, 2013Apr 30, 2013
Earlier this year Andy Luce overhauled his portfolio, featuring lots of new work. Below you can see a few projects I’m especially loving, but be...
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Luke Skinner: Luxury Rap

Courtney • Apr 2, 2013Apr 1, 2013
As a personal project, UK-based designer Luke Skinner created Luxury Rap,  “a hand-lettered A-Z of fashion references in Hip-Hop.” More ...
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Ariel Wilson: Oak Grove Center Gym Artwork

Courtney • Mar 18, 2013Mar 15, 2013
Ariel Wilson recently completed an ongoing project at Oak Grove Center, a therapeutic treatment facility for at-risk kids. Over the past few months A...
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A New Site for Dan Cassaro

Courtney • Mar 7, 2013Mar 6, 2013
Dan Cassaro launched a brand new site this week, with lots of new work to see. Love the black and white stripes!...
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Erik Marinovich: Cincinnati Magazine Lettering

Courtney • Mar 7, 2013Mar 6, 2013
Erik Marinovich recently created this gorgeous lettering and set of numerals for Cincinnati Magazine‘s annual ‘Where to Eat’ issue....
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Alexander Purdy Promo Cards

Courtney • Mar 1, 2013Feb 28, 2013
I recently discovered the work of Alexander Purdy on Steady Print Shop‘s blog. I’m especially loving this series of promotional cards tha...
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Georgia Hill: Michelberger Reserved Plates

Courtney • Feb 19, 2013Feb 18, 2013
Berlin-based designer Georgia Hill created these gorgeous hand-lettered plates as a unique “Reserved” sign for the tables at The Michelbe...
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Ryan Feerer: Abi-Haus Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Feb 7, 2013Feb 6, 2013
Not only did Ryan Feerer develop the identity, collateral and interiors (which he collaborated on with Dana Tanamachi and Jeff Rogers) for this aweso...
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Bryan Patrick Todd: Everybody Matters Mural

Courtney • Feb 7, 2013Feb 6, 2013
In my experience, I’ve found that designers are generally a very compassionate group of people. Over the years working on DWL I’ve loved s...
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Olivia King: Hand-Drawn Infographics

Courtney • Feb 1, 2013Feb 1, 2013
Sydney, Australia-based designer Olivia King has a profound love for ink. So much so that she developed this multi-page, hand-drawn infographic as an ...
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