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Baron Fig: The Poster Project

Garth — Tue, 20 May 2014 15:00:32 +0000

Baron Fig, a small business making “sketchbooks and notebooks for thinkers,” just launched a lovely new side project simply titled The Poster Project, featuring a collection of inspiring posters created by thinkers around the world. The posters employ a simple color palette that unifies the series and puts the focus on each inspirational quote while each design style […]

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Vicki Turner: Drop in the Ocean

Garth — Tue, 06 May 2014 15:00:57 +0000

With tons of plastic waste filling the globe’s oceans, Vicki Turner set out to do something about it. The result: Drop in the Ocean, a limited edition art print series beautifully depicting oceanic scenes in Vicki’s bold, colorful style. The 100 limited edition, signed and numbered prints are available at Vicki’s online store with 10% of each […]

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Dimas Forchetti: Personal Project GIFs

Garth — Thu, 01 May 2014 15:00:29 +0000

I’m loving the delightfully clever GIFs that designer Dimas Forchetti has put together as part of an ongoing personal project of random creation and animation. Sometimes it’s nice to let your brain go for a walk and see where it takes you, and as you’ll see in the Dimas’ GIFs below, it can take you to some […]

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Chris Dedinsky: Monster Alphabet

Garth — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 15:00:40 +0000

Halloween may be months away, but I’m in love with Chris Dedinsky‘s personal project Monster Alphabet, a screen printed poster featuring illustrated monsters for each letter of the alphabet. Chris’s illustration style and use of texture come together perfectly for this piece, and I can’t get over his monster choice and clever execution for each letter.

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Little: Ephemera

Garth — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:00:13 +0000

We recently featured Little‘s lovely identity and collateral work for Fair State Brewing Cooperative, and now I’m quite taken by Ephemera, where Little has found a beautiful way to unleash their stash of one-off projects or fun internal pieces that would otherwise have no home on the site. Ephemera is a refreshing view on how to put […]

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Gabby Lord: The Great Fifty

Garth — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 15:00:02 +0000

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 invitation” for her 50th birthday party, Gabby channeled her wit, love and design chops into The Great Fifty, a micro-site/print invitation for the occasion. What better excuse for a side project […]

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Adam Turnbull: Ten Cent Dime

Garth — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 15:00:50 +0000

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 project for Adam to “illustrate my response to daily life, situations and people I come across here in New York,” alongside enjoyable written commentary. The project is in its second year […]

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Naomie Ross & Daniel Renda: Pastosa Ravioli Co.

Courtney — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 16:00:53 +0000

As a personal project, designers Naomie Ross and Daniel Renda set out to rebrand Pastosa Ravioli Co., an NYC shop whose pasta they both grew up eating. Their intent was to transform the shop’s image from that of a generic corner deli to a gourmet italian food store, and as a result the new brand feels more upscale, authentic, handmade and […]

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Studio JQ: Weather Dashboard Design

Courtney — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 16:00:29 +0000

Jonathan Quintin, of Studio JQ, is currently working on a self-initiated project that immediately caught my eye: a weather dashboard that will display the world’s weather. His aim is to keep the design clean while adding personality to the locations through common phrases that complement each one. I know there are tons and tons of weather apps […]

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Matt Stevens: Carolina Panthers Daydream Rebrand

Courtney — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 16:00:03 +0000

I’ve always been a fan of Matt Stevens’s side projects (and envious of his productivity levels!), so it’s no surprise that I’m loving his latest personal work, a daydream rebrand for the Carolina Panthers. As a fan of the team, Matt decided to imagine the brand’s evolution as if it were established in 1955 as […]

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Telegramme: Hawt Sauce

Courtney — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 18:00:35 +0000

Telegramme recently updated their portfolio with a ton of new projects that span various design disciplines. One that particularly caught my eye is their work for Hawt Sauce, a self-initiated collaboration with Holloway Kitchen. Holloway produced a small batch of extra thick hot sauce and Telegramme took care of the logo, packaging and promotional materials. […]

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Michael George Haddad: Zodiac

Courtney — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 16:00:07 +0000

If you’ve been a reader for a little while, you may remember Michael George Haddad‘s self-initiated project, Mid-Century Canada. Well he’s back at it again with a new project in a similar style, this time tackling the signs of the zodiac. He’s created a full set of designs to represent each sign, in both black […]

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Unfamous Pirates

Courtney — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 13:00:21 +0000

In honor of International Talk Like a Pirate Day—yup, it’s a real thing—I’m happy to share a fun side project by James Abercrombie, a designer and illustrator, and Karla Jean Davis, a filmmaker. Unfamous Pirates from Arrr! to Z is “a book-in-progress about the most fearsome and fumbling swashbucklers to ever fade into complete obscurity.” Inspired […]

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Haikuglyphics

Courtney — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 19:00:32 +0000

Haikuglyphics is a collaborative side project between designer Anne Ulku and haiku-writer Michael Derus. The project began in January of this year and features a weekly typographically illustrated haiku. You can purchase prints on Society6. via Eight Hour Day

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Jeremy Loyd: Branding Bad

Courtney — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 17:00:04 +0000

I’m loving Jeremy Loyd‘s new side project, Branding Bad, in which he creates a logo for each of the eight final episodes of Breaking Bad (which I’d argue is the best show on TV—currently anyway). I’m definitely looking forward to seeing what he comes up with for this past Sunday’s, “Rabid Dog.” Follow along right here.

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Tyler Adam Smith: 100 Books that SHOULD be written

Courtney — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:00:36 +0000

As part of SVA’s Masters of Branding program, the students are each currently participating in a self-initiated project that spans the course of 100 days. One current student, Tyler Adam Smith, chose to work with the theme of “100 Books that SHOULD be written,” where each day he conceptualizes a book that he wishes to be written […]

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Luke Skinner: Luxury Rap

Courtney — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:00:44 +0000

As a personal project, UK-based designer Luke Skinner created Luxury Rap, “a hand-lettered A-Z of fashion references in Hip-Hop.” More to see right here.

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Reagan Ray: Signs of Austin

Courtney — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:00:51 +0000

Since many fron the design community are currently living it up in Austin at South by Southwest (jealous!), I thought it apropos to post this personal project by local designer Reagan Ray. Reagan is currently on a mission to illustrate his favorite vintage store signs around Austin, and according to his portfolio, he has about […]

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Michele Rosenthal: Criterion Affection

Courtney — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:00:46 +0000

I just came across this really fun personal illustration project by Michele Rosenthal, Criterion Affection. Through the project, Michele is visually documenting her goal of watching every film in The Criterion Collection (which includes over 600 titles currently) with an illustration and accompanying commentary. Follow along right here.

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Michael Haddad: Mid-Century Canada

Courtney — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:42:05 +0000

Mid-Century Canada is the personal project of designer Michael Haddad. He chose to design a logo for every province in Canada in a graphic vintage-inspired style. Get a closer look right here.

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Ty Mattson: Homeland-Inspired Vintage Record Covers

Courtney — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:59:26 +0000

If you’re not already watching Homeland, you should be. Plain and simple, it’s just great TV. What’s also great—better than great, really—is this new self-initiated project by Ty Mattson. Inspired by the series as a favorite of his, as well as by the recurring jazz music theme employed throughout, he created this series of Homeland-inspired […]

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Bond: Santa Claus Rebrand

Courtney — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:21:20 +0000

For Icon Magazine’s re-design section, Bond bravely took on Santa Claus. Faced with the challenge of a dwindling number of believers, they gave Santa a bit of a facelift and provided him with some new brand guidelines to “help boost his credibility.” Here’s what they came up with:

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Orion Janeczek: Sauvie’s Hard Cherry Packaging

Courtney — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:00:06 +0000

I’m loving this self-initiated packaging project from Orion Janeczek. His inspiration for Sauvie’s Hard Cherry, an organic soda, was Sauvie Island, a small agricultural community north of Portland, Oregon.

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Jenny Volvovski: From Cover to Cover

Courtney — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:00:07 +0000

As I mentioned earlier in the week, I am very much interested in designers’ personal projects. So naturally, my interest was piqued by From Cover to Cover, a project by Jenny Volvovski (one third of the design team at ALSO) where she redesigns the covers of the books as she finishes reading them. In order to keep […]

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Braden Wise: Good Day CA Revisited

Courtney — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:00:39 +0000

In celebration of the project’s publishing in the CA Typography Annual, Braden Wise has posted a whole new series of his Good Day CA postcard designs. Below are a few of my favorites, but you can check out a whole lot more right here.

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Jeremy Payne: Project49

Courtney — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:00:07 +0000

Project49 is a self-initiated poster series by Jeremy Payne based on the San Francisco 49 mile scenic drive, which he walked and photographed in its entirety. Each screen printed poster will commemorate one of the 49 miles; so far 6 are complete.

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