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Month: February 2010

Edmundson | Martin

Courtney • Feb 26, 2010Feb 25, 2010
Edmundson | Martin is a Florida-based freelance design team with a combined nineteen years of experience. Russ and David specialize and excel and bran...
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Yummo

Courtney • Feb 26, 2010Feb 25, 2010
I’m not sure how Tad Carpenter finds such amazingly fun projects to work on, but he’s done it again. Yummo is a frozen yogurt and smoothie shop geared...
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Color Happy 69

Courtney • Feb 26, 2010Mar 20, 2011
I’m really loving the incredibly sophisticated color palette of this oversized Map of the Future infographic. If you’re interested in the background o...
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Celeste Prevost

Courtney • Feb 25, 2010Feb 25, 2010
Celeste Provost is a Minneapolis-based designer with quite the portfolio. All of her work, which ranges from identity and branding to web to packaging...
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Rebecca Ward

Courtney • Feb 25, 2010Feb 25, 2010
This geometric neon installation was created by artist Rebecca Ward for Kate Spade in Tokyo with gaffers tape. I am just amazed at what creative poten...
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Type Love 82: Adelle

Courtney • Feb 25, 2010Sep 14, 2012
Adelle is a modern slab serif by Type Together. It was created with editorial use in mind, but I think it’s versatile enough to use in a whole slew of...
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Something Pressed

Courtney • Feb 24, 2010Feb 24, 2010
Something Pressed in a new North Carolina-based letterpress operation. Right now they only have a couple of pieces for sale in their Etsy shop. But ju...
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Unless Someone Like You

Courtney • Feb 24, 2010Feb 24, 2010
I discovered the work of Unless Someone Like You via simple + pretty and immediately fell in love with her style. The pieces below were designed for a...
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Feltron in Progress

Courtney • Feb 24, 2010Feb 24, 2010
Swayspace is currently painstakingly letterpressing the 2009 Feltron Annual Report, which as you can imagine is no simple letterpress job. Here are a ...
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In Other Words

Courtney • Feb 23, 2010Feb 22, 2010
In Other Words is a self-initiated project from student Patrycja Zywert. The primary goal of the was to explore the effects of textspeak on human lang...
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Typographica Cards

Courtney • Feb 23, 2010Feb 21, 2010
Laura Palese recently sent over these typographic notecards she designed, which are now available at Amazon. The book of 24 cards includes various des...
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doe eyed

Courtney • Feb 23, 2010Feb 21, 2010
I’m loving the textures, patterns and layering of these posters by doe eyed....
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The Chalk Walk

Courtney • Feb 22, 2010Feb 21, 2010
Katie Sokoler decided to inject some color into her neighborhood by tracing footprints on the sidewalk in brightly colored chalk. The Brooklyn-based p...
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Ryan McCullah

Courtney • Feb 22, 2010Feb 21, 2010
Ryan McCullah is one of those multi-talented creatives I envy who excels at not only multiple facets of design, but also in illustration and photograp...
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A Beautiful Idea

Courtney • Feb 22, 2010Feb 21, 2010
A Beautiful Idea, a new project from the lovely and talented Evie S, aims to make a big impact on the world through art and handmade goods. Through th...
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Monday Quick Links: 02.22.10

Courtney • Feb 22, 2010Sep 14, 2012
My favorite recent find, Fav4, let’s you pick your 4 favorite sites and use it as your browser start page. They have quite an extensive list to choose...
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Crystals & Lasers

Courtney • Feb 21, 2010Feb 24, 2010
If you happen to be in Paris in the next couple of weeks, I would make MWM Graphics’ Crystals & Lasers a definite stop. Matt W. Moore’s first ever sol...
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Diogo Montes

Courtney • Feb 21, 2010Feb 21, 2010
I don’t normally enjoy navigating sites that are extra flash heavy, but I can certainly appreciate how far Diogo Montes has pushed the medium with thi...
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Jim Tierney

Courtney • Feb 21, 2010Dec 14, 2012
I’m loving the rich colors, graceful hand-lettering and vintagey feel of these book covers by Jim Tierney....
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Studio Makgill

Courtney • Feb 21, 2010Feb 21, 2010
I’m usually the type of person that likes a lot of color, but sometimes a slick, simple black and white design will catch my eye. Case in point, The L...
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ryadia

Courtney • Feb 19, 2010Feb 19, 2010
While browsing through Flickr these impressive design proposals for the Computer Human Interaction Conference, by ryadia, caught my eye. I love that i...
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Color Happy 68

Courtney • Feb 19, 2010Mar 20, 2011
This is such an amazing shot from the Neon Boneyard in Vegas. Definitely on my must-visit list for the next time I’m out West. photo by Pam Sattler...
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Alex Varanese

Courtney • Feb 18, 2010Feb 18, 2010
When looking through Alex Varanese’s work, it’s clear that he has a point of view. His projects are thoughtful, deliberate and beautifully executed. I...
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Type Love 81: Graphik

Courtney • Feb 18, 2010Sep 14, 2012
Helvetica is one of those polarizing typefaces—most people either love it or hate it, no in between. If you’re on the more negative side of that debat...
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Phillipe Nicolas

Courtney • Feb 17, 2010Feb 15, 2010
I’m impressed by everything in Phillipe Nicolas’s type-heavy design portfolio. However, more than anything, I was really drawn to these deceptively si...
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Mrs. Lilien

Courtney • Feb 17, 2010Feb 15, 2010
I’m loving the fun and colorful styling of Mrs. Lilien, “designer + stylist extraordinista”. According to her blog—a must read—“Mrs. Lilien styling ho...
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Chloé Fleury

Courtney • Feb 16, 2010Feb 15, 2010
I have a soft spot for San Francisco—I’ve only visited there once, but I immediately fell in love with it. So when I saw these three dimensional poste...
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Base Art Co.

Courtney • Feb 16, 2010Feb 15, 2010
As you all probably know, I’m a big fan of gig posters. So when Base Art Co. sent these sophisticated designs over last week, the decision to post the...
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Monday Quick Links: 02.15.10

Courtney • Feb 15, 2010Dec 18, 2012
Today’s quick links are brought to you a bit late on account of today’s holiday. We’ll be back tomorrow with regular posting. Enjoy the rest of your d...
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The Birds and the Beasts

Courtney • Feb 12, 2010Feb 8, 2010
The Birds and the Beasts shop sells illustrated and typographic cards, prints and other paper goods. These posters are particularly fun....
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Color Happy 67

Courtney • Feb 12, 2010Mar 20, 2011
The vibrant color palette of this 100% Berlin poster was created by Kristina Brusa....
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Introducing: Seamless Paperie!

Courtney • Feb 12, 2010
Big News! I’ve mentioned before that I wanted to create a home for our design work for weddings and special events. And today we’re excited to officia...
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Lucia Gaggiotti

Courtney • Feb 11, 2010Feb 8, 2010
Today I’m enjoying the wide range of packaging designs created by Lucia Gaggiotti. via simplesong...
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Type Love 80: CamingoDos

Courtney • Feb 11, 2010Sep 14, 2012
CamingoDos is a squarish, modern sans serif available at FontShop....
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Dan Judge

Courtney • Feb 10, 2010Feb 10, 2010
Philadelphia-based Dan Judge makes some pretty great posters. More can also be seen on Flickr....
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Out of Print

Courtney • Feb 10, 2010Feb 7, 2010
Out of Print “celebrates the world’s greatest stories through fashion”....
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Wee See

Courtney • Feb 9, 2010Feb 7, 2010
I am not a parent, but I hope to be some day. And when that happens, I’d imagine Wee See is exactly the type of thoughtful, well-designed product I’d ...
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Picture Book Report

Courtney • Feb 9, 2010Feb 7, 2010
Picture Book Report is a new visual blog that will feature illustrated book reports by various artists. Here’s the story according to the site: Pictur...
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Live Now: A Community of Happiness

Courtney • Feb 8, 2010Feb 7, 2010
I’ve mentioned Eric Smith’s awesome Live Now project before, but it’s now expanded into a whole new community. Check it out for stories, interviews, a...
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Jeremy Gardner Stationery

Courtney • Feb 8, 2010Feb 8, 2010
I always love checking my Google reader to find that Beast Pieces has updated. Every new project they feature exemplifies how they push the boundaries...
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Monday Quick Links: 02.08.10

Courtney • Feb 8, 2010Sep 14, 2012
On my wishlist: this clean and colorful world map print. Check out this awesome tumblelog of iPhone polaroids. Letterwerk has released a new cut of Ca...
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Color Happy 66

Courtney • Feb 5, 2010Mar 20, 2011
During the airing of Mad Men, illustrator Dyna Moe creates a weekly desktop wallpaper based on each episode. The scene below was a particular favorite...
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The Rainbow Roll

Courtney • Feb 4, 2010Feb 4, 2010
Maybe this isn’t a new thing, but I certainly haven’t seen it before. Sway Space decided to create a line of business cards for kids so that parents c...
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Type Love 79: Arctic

Courtney • Feb 4, 2010Sep 14, 2012
Arctic is a headline family created by German designer Henning Skibbe. Interestingly enough, his background is in graffiti, which as you can see infor...
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Pattern Plus

Courtney • Feb 3, 2010Feb 1, 2010
One of the many projects of designer/illustrator Jess Neil is Pattern Plus. The idea behind the interactive project is simple; users submit a brief qu...
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Nick Maggio

Courtney • Feb 3, 2010Mar 20, 2011
This gorgeous photography by Nick Maggio was taken on an iPhone, believe it or not....
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David Maisel

Courtney • Feb 2, 2010Mar 20, 2011
These breathtaking aerial photographs are part of David Maisel’s Terminal Mirage project. Here’s a little background from the site: In his project Ter...
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Shaz Madani

Courtney • Feb 2, 2010Feb 1, 2010
London-based designer Shaz Madani has had the opportunity to work on some really great projects for Topshop, as evidenced by these portfolio pieces. W...
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Monday Quick Links: 02.01.10

Courtney • Feb 1, 2010Sep 14, 2012
Check out the first issue of the The Only Shape magazine, a publication focused on creativity. McFancy a project by the Cool Hunter. Smashing Magazine...
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