Personal projects are sure to appear on many a designer’s New Years Resolutions list—mine included! To ring in 2014, I talked with kickass illustrator Tuesday Bassen about her bevy of side projects: a yay-ladies zine, a small press, and a…
I know the holidays are over, but I had to share one last holiday project until next season—Dan Cassaro‘s work for Old Navy’s latest holiday campaign. I’m a big fan of holiday design that strays away from the typical visuals—red…
For their New Year’s resolution, The New York Times is launching a beyond ambitious redesign of their future web experience and their first since 2006. Offering a new experience, the requisite press release promises a “cleaner, more engaging user experience”…
Designer Shauna Luedtke, who is currently the Art Director at Fairgoods, designed these beautiful save the dates for her own wedding, which is coming up next summer. Each card is laser etched on oak and doubles as a magnet. Can’t wait…
Stay Gold is one of Decade Type Foundry‘s newest releases. A vintage-inspired display script, the typeface includes a series of swashes, stylistic alternates, automatic ligatures and swash letterforms. Check it out at MyFonts.
1001 pt is a new print shop that features a selection of A2 typographic screen prints, each one showcasing a letterform set in precisely 1001 points.
Though I don’t live there any longer, being a Queens resident for almost ten years means it will always hold a special place in my memory, which is why Paul Soulellis‘s Queens typeface immediately caught my eye. The result of a…
Username: fatmumslim Name: Chantelle Ellem Info: Creator of the Photo A Day challenges. Blogger. Photo-taker. Chantelle Ellum is an Australian blogger who likes to: eat cake, laugh, sing (badly), explore, dream big, shop + take photos of clouds. Her Instagram feed, fatmumslim, follows…
The last couple of months have seen quite a few new site launches, including one for talented illustrator and designer Danielle Kroll. Designed by Jessica Comingore, the site features some new projects, as well as a new shop design with…
Kelli Anderson’s standing desk Ikea hack (above) is absolutely incredible. Check out all of the behind the scenes construction details on her blog. Nicholas Blechman chose The Best Book Covers of 2013. via Quipsologies If you’re looking to stock up on gift…
Heydays recently did a massive portfolio update (with a beautiful new site, by the way), and their work for Bolivar was one of the projects that caught my eye. An Oslo-based restaurant serving South American cuisine, wine and cigars, the…
Etsy shop of illustrator Sue Jean Ko offers a selection of colorful greeting cards for all occasions. Each card design features a retro composition of happy characters and scenes screen printed by hand in bright neon colors. Below are a…
It’s rare to see music packaging these days, so I was pleasantly surprised to stumble upon Anti Grandpeople‘s recent work for Rumble in Rhodes. The packaging was created for the second single from their upcoming album, “Grace and Nuance”. The…
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This week’s thematic combo: noodles & numbers. NOODLES If your New Year’s resolution involves losing a few pounds and gaining…
Some short and sweet words of wisdom from Jamie Tworkowski, as part of CreativeMorning’s recent series on Bravery. Check out the entire talk here.
I’ve always been a fan of Matt Stevens’s side projects (and envious of his productivity levels!), so it’s no surprise that I’m loving his latest personal work, a daydream rebrand for the Carolina Panthers. As a fan of the team,…
From landscapes, to portraits, to wedding photography, Jessica Tremp always capture spontaneous moments that evoke pure and genuine emotion. And the depth of saturated color in her images is just plain gorgeous. I can’t stop looking. via Quill and Fox
It’s that time of year again! I don’t know about you but I love end-of-the-year “Best of” lists. So below I present to you a selection of my twelve favorite typefaces released this year. They are in no particular order…
