Design Work Life: Cataloging Inspiration Daily

For the month of August, a series of guests will be fill­ing in on DWL with daily posts. Today’s posts come to you from Brad Surcey of Zeus Jones. For more from Brad, be sure to fol­low him on Dribbble and Twitter. Enjoy!

There is a feel­ing in the work of Mary Francis Foster that is hard to pin down. It’s authen­ti­cally rural, but doesn’t resort to tired Southern clichés. It’s ele­gant, but also unapolo­get­i­cally pow­er­ful. It’s sub­tly epic, but intensely per­sonal at the same time. She chooses words with an upright hon­esty that com­mu­ni­cates mean­ing far beyond their lit­eral inter­pre­ta­tion, and there are just enough unex­pected ele­ments in the lay­outs to keep you guess­ing. She has an aes­thetic that feels all her own. In fact, the only thing I can accu­rately com­pare it to is lis­ten­ing to some­one like Neko Case or Gillian Welch.

Be sure to check out her blog and fol­low her on Dribbble to see from Mary Frances.