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Month: January 2009

Studio Kluif

Courtney • Jan 30, 2009
Studio Kluif has an amazing package design portfolio. via the the Dieline (where the first image was also found)...
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Sophie Henson

Courtney • Jan 30, 2009Jan 26, 2009
Designer/Illustrator Sophie Henson has so many great pieces in her portfolio. See more here and here....
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Hello Health

Courtney • Jan 30, 2009Dec 14, 2012
Update: Hello Heath owner Jay Parkinson commented to let me know that the current advertisements were actually the result of a collaboration between d...
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Regime

Courtney • Jan 30, 2009Jan 30, 2009
This typographic illustration was produced by Jonathan Barnbrook for for a special edition of the Guardian G2 supplement, celebrating the inauguration...
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Color Happy 23

Courtney • Jan 30, 2009Mar 20, 2011
Bugaboo Daytrips is a site created for parents by Bugaboo International, makers of fancy schmancy strollers. They’ve created individually designed day...
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Andy Gilmore

Courtney • Jan 29, 2009Jan 26, 2009
I’m fascinated by Andy Gilmore’s work....
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Standard 8

Courtney • Jan 29, 2009Jan 26, 2009
I’m enjoying the identity created for Standard 8 by Browns Design...
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Type Love 32: Typonine

Courtney • Jan 29, 2009Sep 14, 2012
Typonine is a Croatian type foundry with a small but quality offering of typefaces, including the two sophisticated serifs below. Marlene Amalia...
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Long Live Domino

Courtney • Jan 29, 2009Dec 14, 2012
In case you haven’t heard the disappointing news, Domino magazine announced yesterday that it has folded. I’ve been a subscriber since the beginning, ...
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99%

Courtney • Jan 28, 2009Dec 21, 2010
More exciting news for today! The genius that is Bēhance has just added another amazing program to their portfolio of great ideas—the 99% Conference. ...
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Good Graphic Designer

Courtney • Jan 28, 2009Jan 26, 2009
Take a look at the portfolio of Jose Antonio Contreras. He worked on one of my favorite Mucca projects, Schiller’s Liquor Bar ....
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Hellovon

Courtney • Jan 28, 2009Jan 26, 2009
London-based illustrator Von creates beautifully expressive and textured artwork. See more on his blog and pick up a print at his shop. via OK Great...
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El Banco Deuno

Courtney • Jan 28, 2009Dec 21, 2010
Gorgeous new brand identity for El Banco Deuno by Saffron. More images right here. via Brand New...
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Uppercase Magazine!

Courtney • Jan 28, 2009
What exciting news! The multi-talented Janine has launched a quarterly magazine for the “creative and curious” (which is especially exciting for me co...
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T-shirt Wednesdays

Courtney • Jan 28, 2009Jan 25, 2009
Grid Systems, $24.95 at You Work for Them...
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Silvia Pavarini

Courtney • Jan 27, 2009Jan 25, 2009
Beautiful watercolor illustrations by Silvia Pavarini. via Creature Comforts...
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Little Bee

Courtney • Jan 27, 2009Dec 14, 2012
I love the book cover design for Chris Cleave’s novel, Little Bee, which comes out next month. Anyone know who the designer is? Update: The author him...
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Leigh Wells

Courtney • Jan 27, 2009Jan 25, 2009
I came across the work of Leigh Wells in the current issue of Readymade, where her hand-drawn scripts illustrated their feature on house parties. And ...
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Type in Use

Courtney • Jan 26, 2009Jan 25, 2009
Typotheque has quite an extensive section of samples of their fonts in use. Below are a couple of examples of Fedra Sans....
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Design and Design

Courtney • Jan 26, 2009Jan 24, 2009
“Every day since 1 January 2008, the home page of DesignAndDesign.com is entirely dedicated to two projects, one in graphic design and the other in pr...
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WE=TROUBLE

Courtney • Jan 26, 2009Jan 24, 2009
Last week Tiny Showcase featured work from their September 2008 exhibition at Secret Project Robot in Brooklyn. WE=TROUBLE invited sixteen artists to ...
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New from Marimekko

Courtney • Jan 23, 2009Dec 14, 2012
A few favorites from Marimekko’s new Spring 2009 fabric collection. Check out the full line right here. ....
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Color Happy 22

Courtney • Jan 23, 2009Mar 20, 2011
The image below is from the Easy Graffiti Photoshop brush set sold through Media Slap....
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Every Little Counts

Courtney • Jan 22, 2009
I’m loving the Winter Collection of typographic tees by Every Little Counts. Each one features hand-silk-screened lyrics from popular love songs—just ...
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Treat Zone

Courtney • Jan 22, 2009
I just came across these amazing prints via Maquette and I had to post about them. Each one is gocco printed on a 5″x7″ sheet of vintage wallpaper. I ...
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Type Love 31: Cadena

Courtney • Jan 22, 2009Sep 14, 2012
Cadena...
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Fontcase

Courtney • Jan 21, 2009
I received an email last night announcing the release of Fontcase 1.0, a font management tool for the Mac that allows you to tag and control your font...
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T-shirt Wednesdays

Courtney • Jan 21, 2009Jan 19, 2009
A couple of fun shirts from Urban Outfitters… NEAL by Neal Sperling Twist Tee, $58 Nylon Tee by Federico Gutierrez Schott, $28...
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Random Resources 01.20.09

Courtney • Jan 20, 2009Jan 19, 2009
All about grids… The Grid System “The ultimate resource in grid systems.” Everything you ever wanted to know about grids can be found here. gridr buil...
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danku

Courtney • Jan 20, 2009Dec 21, 2010
I passed by this restaurant recently and was drawn in by the identity. danku, which means “thank you” in Dutch, is “an international fast food restaur...
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01.20.09

Courtney • Jan 20, 2009Dec 21, 2010
Today is the day! If you’re not lucky enough to be in DC for the festivities, you can take a look here for more information....
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Steven Harrington updates

Courtney • Jan 19, 2009Jan 19, 2009
Fun deck designs from Steven Harrington’s newly updated website....
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See Scotty

Courtney • Jan 19, 2009Jan 15, 2009
I’m loving this poster series by Scott Reifsnyder. The series was created for Young at Heart, an online dating service targeted to the romantically ad...
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Menu Pages Redesign

Courtney • Jan 19, 2009Jan 19, 2009
Last month when I attended The Dinner Party, one of the projects Matteo Bologna—of Mucca Design—presented was their redesign of Menu Pages. At the tim...
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Celebrate

Courtney • Jan 19, 2009Dec 18, 2012
Image of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Landmark Memorial in West Palm Beach, Florida is from wallyg’s photostream I hope all of you get to take a few mi...
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Hoboken Pie

Courtney • Jan 16, 2009Jan 15, 2009
I was instantly drawn to this identity system when I saw the website on Typophile the other day. Designed by the Decoder Ring Design Concern (also a g...
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Elizabeth Garvey

Courtney • Jan 16, 2009Jan 15, 2009
Somehow these intricate drawings by Elizabeth Garvey feel both carefully planned and completely spontaneous. More right here. via yay!everyday...
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The Bazaarium

Courtney • Jan 16, 2009Jan 15, 2009
William Staehle’s Silhouette Masterpiece Theatre has been around for quite awhile, but I wasn’t aware of their online shop until yesterday. You can pu...
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Color Happy 21

Courtney • Jan 16, 2009Mar 20, 2011
I’m loving the color palette of this desktop wallpaper designed by Nate Williams. Download more right here....
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Kat Macleod

Courtney • Jan 15, 2009Jan 15, 2009
I’m loving these illustratations by Kat Macleod, for a set of pillowcases sold at Third Drawer Down. They appear to be a combination of flat printing ...
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I Wish I Lived in Mpls

Courtney • Jan 15, 2009Jan 14, 2009
Because Studio on Fire is having a BBQ! More info here....
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Type Love 30: Quantico

Courtney • Jan 15, 2009Sep 14, 2012
Quantico is a display face designed by Mad Type, and is available for purchase at You Work for Them and My Fonts....
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Ampersand

Courtney • Jan 14, 2009Jan 11, 2009
I love this desktop wallpaper by Margot of Pitch Design Union. Great color scheme....
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T-shirt Wednesdays

Courtney • Jan 14, 2009Jan 10, 2009
A couple tees from Design By Humans that I’m currently liking… Syntax, $20 The Hat I Found, $25...
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Amazing, As Usual

Courtney • Jan 13, 2009Jan 13, 2009
Nicholas Feltron has released his 2008 annual report. Take some time to look through all the infographic goodness, and pick up the print version right...
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Gig Posters Volume 1

Courtney • Jan 13, 2009Jan 11, 2009
In an exciting announcement, the music lover’s go-to resource for concert posters—Gig Posters—has recently announced the launch of their first book, G...
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Just My Type

Courtney • Jan 13, 2009Jan 10, 2009
More vector type, this time from Formconspiracy. Just My Type features seven free fonts, including the ones below....
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FWIS Type

Courtney • Jan 13, 2009Jan 10, 2009
“type.fwis.com is a playground for typographic experiments by Fwis (and friends).” The goal of the site is to release one new (and free) typeface a da...
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Lenka Packaging

Courtney • Jan 12, 2009Jan 11, 2009
James Gulliver Hancock has done some amazing illustration work for singer/songwriter Lenka....
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Amy Bennett

Courtney • Jan 12, 2009Jan 11, 2009
How cool are these works by Amy Bennett? The paintings, which resemble scale models, are “glimpses of a scene or fragments of a narrative.” You can re...
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The Book Cover Archive

Courtney • Jan 12, 2009Dec 14, 2012
Be prepared to waste a ton of time on this site. The Book Cover Archive features over 800 examples of excellence and creativity in book design. And on...
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Patterns by Telegramme

Courtney • Jan 9, 2009Jan 6, 2009
Love. via FormFiftyFive...
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We’re on Facebook!

Courtney • Jan 9, 2009Apr 5, 2011
We’ve finally gotten around to making a page for ourselves on Facebook! So head on over and join the network. And take a look at this post on Mint for...
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Far, Far Away

Courtney • Jan 9, 2009Jan 5, 2009
So I’m on a bit of a fabric kick today. Of course, I don’t need to buy any more fabric until I make some things with the gigantic stash I currently ha...
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Jay McCarroll fabric

Courtney • Jan 9, 2009Jan 5, 2009
I may be the last to know about this but I was super excited to see that Project Runway Season 1 winner, Jay McCarroll, has released two lines of fabr...
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Color Happy 20

Courtney • Jan 9, 2009Mar 20, 2011
I’m loving the color palette of Meet a Man From Another World by illustrator, Lee Woodgate. You can check out the rest of his portfolio right here and...
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My Fonts Gets a Makeover

Courtney • Jan 8, 2009
The beta version of the new (and long overdue) My Fonts site has been up for a little while. But I just got an email yesterday about the design of the...
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Shannon Taggert

Courtney • Jan 8, 2009Mar 20, 2011
I’m a sucker for lens flare, so the unique portraiture of Shannon Taggert immediately caught my eye. She is amazingly talented. Check out the rest of ...
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Kyle Vanhorn

Courtney • Jan 8, 2009Jan 5, 2009
These are the awesome business cards of letterpress printer, Kyle Vanhorn. Take a look at the rest of his printing work here, or pick up some paper go...
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Type Love 29: Hannah

Courtney • Jan 8, 2009Sep 14, 2012
This new playful and laid-back font from You Work for Them was designed by Travis Stearns and includes three different versions with varying widths. D...
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