Monday Quick Links: 10.11.10

First, how could I not mention the Gap logo debacle? There were an overwhelming amount of articles, but here are a few highlights: Brand New’s Follow-up: Gapgate; An Exclusive Interview with the New Gap Logo on Fast Co. Design, Gap…

Playlab

I originally posted about Mind Design last year so it had been awhile since I checked out their portfolio. As it turns out they’ve been continuously churning out great work—no surprise to me. There’s so many great things to see,…

Dexter Posters

Well, Ty Mattson has done it again! Turns out the internet has already exploded with these, but I couldn’t resist a quick feature. I’m not even a fan of Dexter—haven’t given it much of a chance as of yet—but I…

Lucy Stephens

Another set of book covers that caught my eye recently is this series designed by Lucy Stephens. I’m loving the juxtaposition of the graphic portraits and hand-drawn type.

Daniel Justi

Brazilian designer Daniel Justi has a knack for patterned and illustrated book cover design. He’s also working on a new typeface which I’m intrigued by—see a preview right here.

Type Love 112: Tee Franklin

Tee Franklin was commissioned by Vogue UK for their redesign in 2001. This new version of the classic typeface Franklin Gothic contains a wider variety of weights, from Bold to Ultra Light, and I’m especially loving those ultra thin ones.…

FAMILY

And to round off the food/travel/hospitality theme for the day, here is a sweet, simple identity for the Vanilla Cupcake Kitchen, designed by FAMILY.

Planet Creative

As you can see I have hospitality-related branding on my mind this week. So to continue with the theme, here are two interesting restaurant brands conceived by Stockholm-based Planet Creative. (Sidenote: I’m really enjoying the fact that some studios are…

Nelson Associates

I’m posting about travel-related art and design over at Hard Feelings this week, and in my research I came across a ton of great brands for luxury hotels. One in particular that stood out to me was The May Fair…

Gwen Lee

Here are a selection of colorful, expressive illustrations from the portfolio of Seoul-based Gwen Lee. via where the lovely things are

Cosmo Sapiens

Paris-based creative studio, Cosmo Sapiens, completed this identity for Sailor Roman, who is the official tattoo artist for the studio. I really like the sketchy, hand-drawn style of both the identity and the tattoos themselves. Check out Sailor Roman’s blog…

Kelli Anderson

I posted about Kelli Anderson awhile back, and I was immensely impressed when I discovered her work back then. But I was recently made aware of her newly designed site and blog, and that increased tenfold. The site itself features…

Foreign Policy

Fair warning: this is one of my longer posts in terms of the volume of imagery being featured. When Foreign Policy—who I am a big fan of (and have posted about before)—sent over a few new identity projects I just…

Touchable Sound

Touchable Sound, the latest release from Soundscreen Design, is an exploration of the almost 25-year history of 7-inch records from the USA. The book features over 300 record designs and 600 bands, a few of which you can see below.…