Student Work: Beau Monroe: Concannon Packaging
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Caste: Citizen Identity and Collateral
I love everything about Caste’s design for Citizen, a menswear boutique in Victoria, BC—from the carefully crafted flourishes to the quirky postcard copy (“preferred author”) to the black and white color palette.
Etsy Finds: Brittany Burton Prints
I’m loving the small selection of prints in Brittany Burton‘s shop, which, according to the illustrator, is dominated by “patches of floral fluff and people with too much attitude.” Pick up a piece for yourself right here.
Acre: UNLEASHED! 2011 Identity and Collateral
Unleashed! is a recent identity project of Singapore-based studio Acre: Taking our design direction from M.O.D’s sophomore performance of going beyond the boundaries of dance genres, UNLEASHED! 2011 is defined by letters challenging ordered borders. The idea of breaking news with graphics…
Dan Cassaro: GOOD Magazine WPA Posters
For their most recent issue, GOOD Magazine commissioned Dan Cassaro to create this series of six full page illustrations inspired by WPA poster art. Love the result.
2011 La Marzocco Year Book
This beautiful, limited edition book is the result of a collaboration between Jon Contino and German studio, Sven Hoffmann. Developed for La Marzocco, an Italian espresso machine manufacturer, the book was created as a gift for clients and partners. The resulting design,…
Jon Contino: Good Times Lettering and Illustration
Last week Jon Contino relaunched his site with a new design and lots of new work. While there is plenty of inspiring work to see, this project, illustration and lettering for Good Times restaurant, was one that particularly caught my…
Monday Quick Links: 03.12.12
The Curator’s Code, “a standard for honoring attribution of discovery across the web”, is a new project from Maria Popova, Kelli Anderson and Tina Roth Eisenberg that should be of particular interest to blog readers and publishers. Though I haven’t had enough…
Studio Constantine: Stationery and Promotional Materials
Studio Constantine recently revamped their printed materials. Here’s a bit about how they arrived at this solution: We wanted our own printed materials to demonstrate the best-case impact achieved by intelligent and strategic use of a two colour production process…
Riikka Sormunen Illustration
I can’t get enough of Rikka Sormunen’s illustration work—she has such a lovely way with color, texture and composition. You can see more of her work right here. via BLDGWLF
James Reeve: Lightscapes
Feast your eyes on James Reeve’s striking Lightscapes series. via The New Minimum
Color Happy 167
Jacqui Lee created this lovely illustration for the Postcards to Alphaville project.
Mucca Design: Teplitzky’s Identity and Collateral
I’m a big fan of Mucca Design and the work they produce, but I am especially loving the work I spotted recently for Teplitzky’s, a diner-inspired restaurant in Atlantic City. via Art of the Menu
Hannes Beer: All Day Everyday Project
I’m incredibly impressed with the results of Hannes Beer‘s All Day Everyday Project. A few favorites are below, but you can check out the entire series on Flickr or his blog.
Vladimir Stankovic: Entomology
It would be putting it lightly to suggest that I have a strong aversion to bugs of any kind. So it’s a testament to Vladimir Stankovic’s illustration skills that he managed to illustrate the creatures in such a beautiful way even…
Type Love 181: Frontage
To my delight, layered type systems seems to be popping up everywhere lately. Frontage, the newest version I’ve spotted, features five separate layers including a “bulb” layer. Pick it up at You Work For Them.
lg2boutique: Agropur Annual Report
I started out my design career with a heavy focus on print design, so I love when a well-designed annual report pops in my inbox—they’re few and far between these days. This one by lg2boutique, is an excellent example. For a…
Marc Shur: Sign Language
Marc Shur maintains Sign Language, an impressive set of vintage signage photographs (as well as their locations) on Flickr—definitely a great inspirational resource.