Design Work Life: Cataloging Inspiration Daily

Never thought these words would come out of my mouth, but I’m really lik­ing JC Penney’s new brand. Seems like most of the Brand New com­menters enthu­si­as­ti­cally hate it, but I think it’s really appro­pri­ate for the audi­ence and def­i­nitely an improve­ment on what they’re using now.

Test your color match­ing skills with Color by Method of Action.

Check out images from Print’s 2011 Regional Design Annual online.

Occupy Design launches.

Each Tuesday James Victore will answer a ques­tion via YouTube. Check out the first one, “What’s the best way to keep you going dur­ing an all-nighter?” right here.

I just recently got into Portlandia, so I was excited to see DKNG’s poster design rep­re­sent­ing episode one of Season 2.

Meg Hunt recently posted a list of what she lis­tens to while she works, some of which I already lis­ten to reli­giously and some of which were new dis­cov­er­ies. Made me real­ize I’d love to do a sim­i­lar post here on DWL some time soon.

Anna Hurley opened up a print shop fea­tur­ing prints of her minia­ture illustrations.

Stampa is a “gallery of beau­ti­ful images” by a select group of curated artists, that can be pur­chased in print form.

Love this Ron Swanson themed illus­tra­tion by Ricky Linn.

Two Paper Dolls will be open­ing a show of let­ter­press prints cel­e­brat­ing the first ladies of the USA this Thursday in Philadelphia. More infor­ma­tion can be found right here.

The Ampersand Collection is a new series of prints fea­tur­ing — you guessed it — amper­sands by 10 dif­fer­ent design­ers and curated by 55 Hi’s.

Can’t-miss Videos: The Philosophy Behind Dress Code

Good Reads: An Important Time for Design