jergot+gotroch matchboxes

Even if this project is not particularly your style, you will surely be impressed by the sheer scale of it. For a recent music video for the Navigators—which you can see below—jergot+gotroch, aka Pavel Fuksa, created 178 unique vintage-inspired matchbook…

Type Love 86: Eames Century Modern

I’m cheering on House Industries for their latest and greatest release (and the newest addition to my typographic wishlist). In their own words: Eames Century Modern is a typographic workhorse that honors the Eames aesthetic while offering unprecedented functionality. An…

Neverend

Bobby over at Kitsune Noir just keeps topping himself. First it was the Desktop Wallpaper Project, then the Poster Club, and now Neverend, this amazing series of clocks. The on-going project will feature laser-etched artwork on solid birch, and for…

Pavlov Visuals

I’ve stayed away from featuring T-shirts for awhile, but Pavlov Visuals—who specializes in artist merchandising—has designed some really great ones. Check out the rest of the huge set here.

Boys’ Adventure

Coralie Bickford-Smith is perhaps most well-known for her Clothbound Classics Series one and two. However, I’m also really impressed with her art direction for the Boys’ Adventure series, where she worked with lettering artist Stephen Raw and illustrators Neil Gower,…

Vitamin E

I continue to be impressed with the quality of images some people are able to produce on the iPhone—as an owner myself, I know how difficult it can be. Which brings me to Vitamin E, the personal project of Eric…

A Map in the Dirt

A Map in the Dirt is a short story by Utah-based artist, Jess Smart Smiley about a group of animals trying to escape a common threat. The striking black and white illustrations were all done with ink and a brush…

hatch Happy Easter

It’s that time of year again—hatch has launched their 3rd Annual Egg Coloring Contest. I always enjoy seeing how they rebrand the contest from year to year. You have about 19 days left to participate by either submitting an egg…

Monday Quick Links: 03.22.10

The new travel poster series from The Heads of State has already been featured all over the place, so I won’t do a long post here. But that doesn’t stop me from wanting the entire set. So in the off…

W+K Studio

There’s some great work coming out of W+K Studio in Portland. They have a well-stocked shop featuring their handmade goods, which includes posters, totes and t-shirts. I just received their 2010 Goodness Calendar in the mail the other day so…

Kari Herer Botanicals

Photographer Kari Herer has a background in both graphic design and fine art; and her varied experience definitely comes through her in work, which ranges from still life to portraits to commercial. I’m especially drawn to her botanical prints with…

Brandt Botes

Check out the “Creativity Can:” campaign for Design Indaba by South African-based designer Brandt Botes. Here’s a little bit about Design Indaba in Brandt’s own words: Design Indaba is an international design conference and expo attended by some of the…

Daniel Kent

When Pennsylvania-based designer Daniel Kent sent in his work I was immediately impressed, from the very first project I viewed. In particular, though, I’m really loving this campaign designed to unite the community of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Type Love 85: Farnham

Farnham is a typeface that was designed by Christian Schwartz for Font Bureau in 2004. The confident serif was based on the work of “Johannes Fleischman, a german punchcutter who worked for the Enschedé Foundry in Haarlem, Holland in the…

Cake Sale

Sweets and typography are one of those combinations I can’t ever resist. So I’m loving this album artwork created for The Cake Sale, an album featuring collaborations between Irish and international singers and songwriters, by AAD.

Zeus Jones

Zeus Jones is a Minneapolis-based design firm that produces consistently smart, polished and beautiful work, no matter what the medium. Their pool of talent is extremely impressive—I’ve actually posted about two of their employees, Brad Surcey and Celeste Provost before.…

Hand Drawn Type Collection

On my wishlist: the Hand Drawn Type Collection from You Work for Them. Below are just a few of the 12 OpenType fonts that are part of the set, and each one is based on an original hand drawn alphabet.…

Lego Boardroom Table

Legos were one of my favorite toys as a kid, so I’m completely envious of the people that get to work from this Lego Boardroom Table every day. The work of art was conceptualized and meticulously assembled by Dublin-based abgc…