Game of Thrones enthusiasts will appreciate this poster featured on FPO last week.

I think it’s still a little too early to purchase 2013 calendars, but I’m loving what I can see of NPR’s latest edition.

The Reading Edge Series is a group of fonts optimized for small sizes on screen by FontBureau—awesome.

Microsoft launched a new logo.

Scout is a new location scouting iPhone app by Fiction. I’ve tried it out myself and I definitely think it can come in handy in all sorts of situations. Check it out.

This video documenting the making of the incredibly limited edition Ugmonk X DigiConSoo Ampersand Table is fascinating.

Good Reads: Connecting the dots: How my opinion made it into the New York Times today, Finding Your Tone of Voice, Why It’s Good that the Internet Is Changing Our Brains.

Last week Skillshare launched hybrid classes, which are project-based and collaborative, and open for anyone to enroll from anywhere. Read more about it at Fast Company.

I’m loving Rifle Paper Co’s new 2013 Cities Calendar.

Karim Zariffa created these two impressive promotional videos for Air Canada’s 75th anniversary: Costumes and Planes.

StartUp is a new event from The Art Directors Club that showcases creative people who left the ad industry to become entrepreneurs. Get the details here.

Good advice in poster form.

James Edmondson launched this handy little tool for previewing his fonts: The Type Tester.

Good Reads: Never Use Black, The Great Discontent: Seth Godin, Scott Stratten’s Tips For Becoming A Presentation Sensation

David Airey’s new book, Work for Money, Design for Love, is now available for pre-order.

I featured one of these in last week’s Collection, but I thought they deserved another mention: Out of Prints sells vintage original Pantone Letraset posters in a wide variety of colors.

Speaking of Pantone, I recently discovered they they offer a series of desktop wallpapers for all of your devices. Check them out here.

This is New York Now shows you Instagram photos taken in NYC in real time.

Fields Notes launched the limited edition Game Day series, which also marks their first foray into publishing with Field Notes Brand Books. The first release is a story by Kevin Guilfoile entitled A Drive Into the Gap, “a true story about fathers and sons, baseball and memory, and the improbable journey of a bat from one of the most iconic moments in the history of the game to the bedroom of a 12-year-old boy.”

Two Paperdolls and Neenah Papers just launched The Beauty of Engraving: “a virtual gallery of engraved paper, a resource for engraver contact information, and a place to learn more about the craft. The site is geared towards the graphic design crowd, or people who are looking for a great and interesting way to print their work.

Tad Carpenter created this excellent how-to guide for Adobe Illustrator CS6.

Good Reads: The Creators of “Workaholics” on Keeping the Stupid and Weird in Your Creative Process, How to Set Goals and Motivate Yourself to Actually Achieve Them, Managing Email Realistically.

We also finally made it to the Museum of the Moving Image, which was even better than expected. If you’re at all a fan of television, film or pop culture, I would definitely recommend a visit.

The internet map is “a bi-dimensional presentation of links between websites on the Internet.”

I’ve been more into the Olympics this year than I have in the recent past, so I’m really loving Jay L. Clendenin’s recent photography project. Over a period of four weeks he photographed 2012 Olympians in two ways—with his modern DSLR camera and in black and white with a 4-by-5-inch field camera and a 100-plus-year-old Petzval lens. Take a look at the juxtapositions right here.

Facebook Stories is a collection of videos and written and illustrated stories that share extraordinary ways people have used Facebook.

I’m looking forward to the first ever Designers & Books fair here in New York this fall.

AIGA has completely revamped its membership structure.

Good Reads: The Terrors & Occasional Virtues of Not Knowing What You’re Doing, Besting Behance: A Guide to Creative Networking.

While we’re on the subject of posters, check out this awesome pair that DKNG created for Dave Matthews Band. I’m not a huge fan myself (though I was way back in high school), but I have to say the design is pretty awesome. They’re currently sold out so you won’t find prints in the shop, but the process video alone is worth a watch.

Check out the templates that Sean Adams created for Moo’s new Luxe Business Cards: Ships Ahoy!, Sad Places, and Pattern and Colour. I’ve never used Moo myself but I’ve heard really great things.

99% becomes 99U.

Uppercase Magazine has launched a crowd funding project that will enable them to publish The Typewriter: a Graphic History of the Beloved Machine. Lend your support right here.

Media Temple put together a great video profile of Eight Hour Day.

These are Things launched a brand new site last week. Get a glimpse into their process right here.

Good Reads: Mike Monteiro on Handling Clients, Good design is invisible: an interview with iA’s Oliver Reichenstein, One More Time: Typography Is The Foundation Of Web Design.

I have my eye on these security pattern paper bags from Present & Correct.

Your Logo is Not Hardcore.  Side note: I have to say I really do like some logos that employ this trend, but I never understood why it blew up to such a huge degree. More often than not it’s used in situations where it doesn’t make sense conceptually.

Kelli Anderson reveals her process for the OFFBOOK logo.

Take the Good Fucking Design Advice pledge.

Feast your eyes on some vintage lettering goodness: The Handpainted Signs of Old Atlanta.

A List Apart published their summer reading issue.

A great proposal for US Olympic posters.

I walked by and admired these gigantic, hand-painted movie advertisements every day for years, so it’s amazing to read about the process.

Good Reads: The Personality Layer, Are You Giving Your Users Positive Feedback?

Gum Cards is “an ever-expanding set of limited edition, screen-printed trading cards focused on artists and designers who are rocking our creative industry and, in my humble fan opinion, deserve their own trading card.” Help them get funding here.

I download apps for my phone all the time, use them once and never look at them again. I don’t see this happening with Brewster, an incredibly well-designed personalized address book. Download it here.

Jessica Hische created an awesome Type rug out of Flor tiles.

FPO announced the winners of their 2011-12 competition.

Tobias van Schneider put together an incredible proposal for an email client. I really hope this gets implemented in some way; I’d be first in line to buy it.

The prints from Lab Partners recent San Francisco-themed exhibition are now available in their shop.

Good Reads: The Busy Trap, How to Say No Like a Boss, Tattly = 1 | Things I’ve Learned.

Christoph Niemann’s latest Abstract Sunday piece is great (as usual): You Like Me. You Really, Really Like Me.

Helpful flowchart: How to Retinafy Your Website. (via swissmiss)

Super fun time-waster: The Swiss Poster Generator.

And another: Typewich—sandwiches and type, how can you go wrong?

Michael de Pippo completed a fun new poster for Pixar’s new movie, Brave. It will be a Comic-Con exclusive print that’s limited to 300 copies

Tips for a Finely Crafted Website.

Good Reads: One Minute with Simon Walker, Cheryl Strayed: On “Binge Writing,” Doling Out Advice & Finding Clarity, Great Brands Are About Fusing Product And Service. How Do You Do It?.

The invitation website that Jessica Hische and Russ Maschmeyer created for their wedding is easilythe most epic wedding invitation in the history of wedding invitations: http://jessandruss.us/.

Love these silkscreened skylines by Kate McLelland on The Fox is Black.

Jason Dean of The Best Part just opened up a brand new shop selling an awesome selection of gig posters from a wide variety of artists, The Rock Market.

You can now purchase work from Yes Cinncinnati’s recent show Primaries, featuring works created by various artists using only the primary colors.

Watch as Park & Co. creates a typographic mural out of 25,000 pills!

If you’re in the LA area, Gallery 1988 will opened an Arrested Development tribute show this past Friday, entitled There’s Always Money in the Banana Stand. Love it—if I were on the correct coast I would be there.

This week Matt Stevens provided some insight into his design process over on his blog, which was great to see. Check it out: Part 1, Part 2.

Good Reads: Before You Hit Send: A Few Honest Tips for Job Seeking Designers, Conquer Big Creative Projects Using Past, Present, and Future Focus, Why Account Managers Shouldn’t Prevent Designers From Speaking To Clients.

Wondering Around Wandering is Mike Perry’s new Kickstarter project. It will be three-month free community exhibition and event space where he will be conducting workshops, screenings, gatherings, open discussions, and more. Head over to his project page to learn more and lend your support—22 days to go.

Speaking of Kickstarter, they’ve now launched a new live stats page so that anyone can track a projects’ funding.

If your screens need a pick-me-up, you can download some colorful wallpapers from Herman Miller.

Aaron Draplin on The Great Discontent. (Can I tell you how much I love this site? Between the layout and the content, it is just beyond awesome.)

Fast Company explored New York’s most hidden spaces: its rooftops.

Good Reads: Work, Life and Side Projects, Fluid Type.