Monday Quick Links: 09.05.11
Good morning readers! It’s Labor Day here in the States, so I am taking off after the Quick Links. There’s more to come tomorrow, so stay tuned… This week marked the launch of the Wood Type Revival Store! As one…
Partners In: Cockrell Printing Calendars
I’m loving the work of Partnersin, a two-person deisgn and illustration studio “focused on cultivating ideas that are honest, hands-on and have a heart.” These calendar designs for Cockrell Printing Company are especially great.
Ping Zhu Illustration
Ping Zhu’s illustration style features sweeping, expressive brushstrokes that bring so much life to each image. Love.
Color Happy 144
How fun is this illustration from a vintage Esquire cookbook?? Discovered in the stream of Annie Internicola.
Menus for Chez Panisse
Menus for Chez Panisse is an essential book for anyone who loves the art of letterpress. The book chronicles the artistic relationship between Alice Waters, the founder of Berkeley, California’s Chez Panisse, and artist Patricia Curtan, who began hand-printing the…
Perky Bros LLC: Peter and Reid Wedding Invitation
I’m a big fan of the work of Nashville-based Perky Bros. In addition to their work for business clients, I am also loving this wedding invitation suite that they created for friends Peter and Reid. The pieces feature a fresh…
Type Love 157: Magnola
I’m really loving the curved lines of Magnola, a display face by Eimantas Paškonis that features lots of interesting ligaures and swash variants for every letterform. And it’s only $8!
Red Square Agency Rebranding
Red Square Agency took an approach with their rebranding that reflects both their personality and their history. The backs of their business cards and letterheads are actually puzzle pieces that fit together to form an image of the founder of…
Birdsong Gregory: Sheffield & Sons Branding
Charlotte, North Carolina-based agency birdsong gregory developed the brand for Sheffield & Sons as a memorable private label for Bloom Grocery’s angus beef program. The project involved everything from identity design to packaging and signage. Sophisticated design is starting to…
Collection: Off to the Races
FOUND: 1. Horse Bit Socks, 2. Unused Equestrian Stamps, 3. Vintage Kentucky State Souvenir Drinking Glass, 4. Teal Modern Horse Cushion, 5. Vintage Gold Horse Cufflinks, 6. Avoca Plaid Throw, 7. 4×4 Fine Art Horse Photo.
Radio Illustration Collective
Radio is a South Africa-based illustration and design collective made up of Brad Hodgskiss, Byron Meiring and Gert Schoeman. Based on the impressive range of work in their portfolio, some of which you can see below, they are definitely a…
Tom Froese: Eccentrification Tour Web Site
The Eccentrification Tour Web Site by Tom Froese is a certainly a feast for the eyes. He says it best: When a 22-person, tall-bike-riding family going on a road trip called The Eccentrification Tour asks you to create their web…
Departement: Motor Flame Artists Branding
This sophisticated identity was created by Montreal-based Departement for Motor Flame artists, a visual effects studio. The suite features different papers for each piece and lots of gorgeous blind embossing.
Danielle Kroll Design, Illustration and Lettering
There are so many beautiful pieces of work in Danielle Kroll’s portfolio that I just couldn’t choose only one to feature. Below you will see a selection of her design, illustration and lettering work, but I highly recommend an additional…
Etsy Finds: Handy Maiden
Etsy Shop Handy Maiden makes these adorable miniature ceramic critters—most are under two inches tall. Each one is sculpted and hand-painted individually so that no two are alike, and there’s much more to choose from right here.
Allison Cole for Pink Ghost
Independent publisher Pinkghost will soon be releasing a new series of Artist Chubby Books, which are thick books filled with hundreds of both lined and blank sketch pages, plus 10 postcards by the featured artist. I’m particularly loving Allison Cole’s…
Studio8: Wired Magazine Typeface
This flexible, three-dimensional typeface was created by Studio8 for Wired. Fingers crossed that some day down the line they offer it up for public consumption. Gorgeous. via Type Token
Magpie Studio: Imagine the Possibilities
I know these have been featured elsewhere, but I can’t get enough of Magpie Studio’s Imagine the Possibilities, a promotional poster series for paper manufacturer Robert Horne. Between the bold, colorful illustrations and poignant quotations, they are right up my…