Holiday Archives - Design Work Life

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 week�...

States of Matter: 2013 Holiday Cards

Courtney • Dec 27, 2013Mar 7, 2016

I’m loving States of Matter‘s holiday card design for 2013, a lucky wooden rabbit. My favorite detail is how the shape of the accompanying...

Alliteration Inspiration: Texas & Togetherness

Garth • Dec 26, 2013Dec 25, 2013

Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This week�...

Tom Froese: River Rock Casino

Courtney • Dec 25, 2013Dec 24, 2013

A lovely holiday series by Tom Froese for River Rock Casino. Get 300+ Fonts for FREEEnter your email to download our 100% free "Font Lover's Bundle". ...

Planet Propaganda: 12 Days of 6 Words for the Holidays

Courtney • Dec 24, 2013Dec 24, 2013

Planet Propaganda chose to celebrate the holiday season by creating 12 Days of 6 Words for the Holidays. As fans of the Six-Word Memoirs® project, ...

Mike Smith: A Vague Christmas Card

Courtney • Dec 24, 2013Dec 24, 2013

Mike Smith’s quirky advent calendar-themed design for the Vague family is by far my favorite Christmas card I’ve seen this year. Check ou...

Westwerk Design: Yeti Spotter

Courtney • Dec 23, 2013Dec 20, 2013

For this year’s holiday card, Westwerk Design went the non-traditional route and created Yeti Spotter, an interactive contest. The team sent ou...

Last Minute Holiday Greetings

Courtney • Dec 17, 2013Dec 16, 2013

If you’re still on the lookout for a fun holiday card to send this year (fashionably late) I have a few suggestions for you. Alex Perez designed...

Brad Woodard: NOEL Letterpress Holiday Card

Courtney • Dec 6, 2013Dec 5, 2013

If you’re still on the lookout for this year’s holiday card, Brad Woodard‘s newest design may fit the bill. The NOEL holiday cards w...

An Uncommon Goods Gift Guide Giveaway!

Courtney • Nov 26, 2013Dec 1, 2013

Uncommon Goods is one of my absolute favorite online retailers. They offer a wide selection of unique products that you can’t find anywhere else...

Holiday Kaleidoscope Luxe Postcards

Courtney • Nov 25, 2013Nov 26, 2013

One of the latest additions to Moo.com’s Luxe Project is this set of Holiday Kaleidoscope postcards designed by Armin Vit and Bryony Gomez-Palac...

The 2013 Design Work Life Gift Guide is Here!

Courtney • Nov 18, 2013Nov 18, 2013

Woohoo! The 2013 Holiday Gift Guide is here! You can flip through clicking on the image above or following this link. A special thanks to this year&#8...

2013 Gift Guide Call for Submissions and Sponsorships

Courtney • Oct 2, 2013Oct 3, 2013

It’s that time of year again! The DWL Gift Guide development is underway on our end, and we need your help to make this year’s guide even ...

States of Matter Holiday Promotions

Courtney • Jan 22, 2013Mar 7, 2016

States of Matter has a tradition of sending out creative holiday promotions to their clients. Below you can get some insight into their thinking strai...

Happy Holidays

Courtney • Dec 24, 2012Dec 24, 2012

We’re taking off this week to spend time with friends and family for Christmas. We’ll be back and raring to go first thing in January. Bes...

Hanna Konola: Christmas Calendar

Courtney • Dec 21, 2012Dec 21, 2012

Finnish illustrator/designer/artist Hanna Konola is currently in the process of adding to her Christmas calendar, a daily illustration project. Despit...

Bond: Merry Xmas Interactive Card

Courtney • Dec 19, 2012Dec 19, 2012

Bond developed this fun interactive Christmas card game for the University of The Arts Helsinki. Take a minute to play with the greeting for yoursel...

Jenny Bowers: Bloomingdales Holiday

Courtney • Dec 17, 2012Dec 18, 2012

I’m loving the colorful holiday decorations that Jenny Bowers developed for Bloomingdales this season. Get 300+ Fonts for FREEEnter your email t...

Dominic Flask and Rory Harms: 12 Days of Christmas

Courtney • Dec 12, 2012Dec 18, 2012

I’ve been enjoying following Dominic Flask and Rory Harms’s illustration project, 12 Days of Christmas. They have been publishing their o...

Noise 13: Holiday Cards

Courtney • Dec 11, 2012Dec 18, 2012

Check out Noise 13′s new line of holiday cards. You can choose to buy one of three series of three, each with its own theme, or the entire set o...

Petra Börner: Cosmos Stationery

Courtney • Dec 10, 2012Dec 18, 2012

If you’re looking for a non-traditional card option this holiday, you may want to check out Petra Börner’s graphic, black and white Cosmo...

Trigger Communications: Holiday/Apocalypse Advent Calendar

Courtney • Dec 6, 2012Dec 18, 2012

Trigger Communications has sent out a unique and engaging holiday promotion this year: We know December can get overwhelming, so this year we’ve se...

Andrew Bannecker: Gap Cares Design

Courtney • Dec 4, 2012Dec 18, 2012

Have you seen Gap’s new gift cards for the holiday season? This year when you purchase a gift card, 2% of the proceeds go to the non-profits CAR...

The Etsy Holiday Shop + Mama’s Sauce

Courtney • Nov 30, 2012Dec 18, 2012

Have you guys heard about the Etsy Holiday Shop? It’s up and running now through December 8th in Soho, and they have all sorts of fun things goi...

Monkey Ink Design Gift Wrap

Courtney • Nov 29, 2012Dec 18, 2012

Holiday pop culture fans will love Monkey Ink Design‘s gift wrap inspired by Home Alone and Christmas Vacation. I don’t know about you bu...

The Hungry Workshop Holiday

Courtney • Nov 29, 2012Dec 18, 2012

I’m loving The Hungry Workshop’s selection of holiday cards, which can be purchased as a set or individually. Check them out in their shop...

Etsy Finds: Normans Printery

Courtney • Nov 26, 2012Dec 18, 2012

I recently discovered that the New Jersey shop Norman’s Printery also operates an Etsy store: The Trading Post. Head on over to check out th...

Hello Black Friday

Courtney • Nov 23, 2012Jan 16, 2014

In case you’re planning on doing any shopping today and looking for ideas, I just wanted to stop in and suggest that this year’s Gift Gui...

The Best Part: Day and Night at Christmas Print

Courtney • Nov 21, 2012Dec 18, 2012

Just in time for the holidays, Jason Dean of The Best Part has released a new Christmas edition of his glow-in-the-dark Day and Night print. Pick one...

2012 DWL Holiday Gift Guide

Courtney • Nov 16, 2012Jan 16, 2014

Woohoo! The 2012 Holiday Gift Guide is here! You can flip through clicking on the image above or following this link. A special thanks to this year&#8...

Erin Jang for Paperless Post

Courtney • Nov 13, 2012Dec 18, 2012

Exciting news! The latest in the line of amazing designers to collaborate with Paperless Post is none other than DWL favorite Erin Jang. Today marks t...

Sad Santa by Tad Carpenter

Courtney • Oct 23, 2012Dec 18, 2012

Just in time for the holidays, Tad Carpenter has written and illustrated a new book. Sad Santa is a story about Santa’s annual holiday blues—...

2012 Gift Guide Call for Submissions and Sponsorships

Courtney • Oct 15, 2012Jan 16, 2014

As usual, the approaching holiday season has completely snuck up on me. Aside from needing to personally get a move on with my shopping, it also means...

Elizabeth Olwen: Pattern Design

Courtney • Oct 5, 2012Dec 18, 2012

I am in love with the pattern designs of Toronto-based surface designer Elizabeth Olwen. Much more to see right here. Get 300+ Fonts for FREEEnter you...

Monday Quick Links: 06.18.12

Courtney • Jun 18, 2012Jan 16, 2014

I’m guest judging (along with some other lovely ladies) the Joy to the World Holiday Card Challenge at Minted. Check out all of the submissio...

Ludlow Kingsley: LK Year End Report

Courtney • May 4, 2012Dec 18, 2012

What a great year-end project by Ludlow Kingsley, the 2011 LK Year End Report: Every early December, it starts up again. “Should we send out a h...

RoAndCo: RoAndCordials Holiday Promotion

Courtney • Mar 28, 2012Dec 18, 2012

Each year New York-based studio RoAndCo designs a special holiday gift for clients, friends and collaborators. For 2011, the team worked with the the...

One Trick Pony: Alcoholidays 2011

Courtney • Mar 26, 2012Dec 18, 2012

Check out 1 Trick Pony’s recent holiday promotion: “Alcoholidays” is One Trick Pony’s annual self-promotion that celebrates awesome client...

Pentagram: Today I’m Feeling Turquoise

Courtney • Mar 5, 2012Dec 18, 2012

This past year Pentagram put a really fun and unique spin on their Holiday card with the development of Today I’m Feeling Turquoise, an interac...

NB Studio: This Year…

Courtney • Feb 8, 2012Jan 16, 2014

This Year… is an annual piece by NB Studio sent to clients and friends as an alternative to the typical holiday card. Each year they focus on a par...

New Valentines from The Hungry Workshop

Courtney • Jan 17, 2012Jan 16, 2014

If you’re looking for a non-traditional Valentine’s Day card this holiday, look no further than The Hungry Workshop‘s two new design...

Monday Quick Links: 01.16.12

Courtney • Jan 16, 2012Jan 16, 2014

Good morning readers! Just a quick reminder about the DWL Content Survey, which is open through tomorrow: if you’re still interested in giving u...

Monday Quick Links: 01.02.12

Courtney • Jan 2, 2012Jan 16, 2014

Happy New Year Readers!!! I hope you had some time to relax and recharge over the holidays. We have lots of exciting things in store for 2012 and we c...

Courtney • Dec 23, 2011Dec 18, 2012

We’re signing off to celebrate Christmas and New Year’s with friends, family and a whole lot of relaxation. Happy Holidays and thanks for ...