Design Work Life: Cataloging Inspiration Daily

Up There is a lovely short doc­u­men­tary about the art of hand-painted adver­tis­ing. This process amazes me; and I feel incred­i­bly lucky that I’m able to wit­ness some of the last exam­ples of the art form in action here in NYC.

The 2010 Feltron annual report is live! I’ve already pre-ordered my copy of the print ver­sion, which fea­tures 4 spot col­ors and gold foil. I’ve pur­chased it every year and it never fails to impress.

In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, I’m pleased to share Kate Spade’s B Mine gallery, a cat­a­log of e-cards made by var­i­ous artists and design­ers; as well FontShop’s 2011 edi­tion of Valentype.

Good reads: You Don’t Need a Designer by David Airey and Q&A: Starting a Business on Eight Hour Day.

The Manual, a limited-edition print mag­a­zine about design on the web, looks like a really great project. If you’re inter­ested you can become a backer on Kickstarter. (via swiss­miss)

The lat­est release in the 1200 posters series, by Mando Veve JooHee Yoon, is now live.