Printed Matter

Printed Matter is a project about craft within the context of graphic design. It brings together digital and hand made, aiming to challenge the idea what a printed page can be. It is a book design project where book is…

Candace Lieck

Brad Surcey (who I’ve written about before) wrote in the other day to tell me about the work of his friend, Candace Lieck, and I am so glad he did. Looks like she worked on some of my favorite packaging…

Zutto

I’m amazed by the textural detail in these vector illustrations. Check out the rest of Zutto’s portfolio for more.

Short & Sweet

Really impressed with the portfolio of London-based designer Trish Papadakos. The branding for The Short & Sweet Co., in particular, really caught my eye. I love the simplicity of the design and slightly offbeat color palette, not to mention the…

ONE

This week has been so crazy that I failed to realize Monday was our official one year anniversary! I am truly amazed at how much has happened over the last year. It has completely surpassed my expectations. Thanks so much…

XTRABOLD

Designer Nelson Balaban, aka XTRABOLD, created these over-the-top graphics for an article of Computer Arts Projects. The illustration was designed for a tutorial opener about designing Soho Gothic.

Coffee Money Zines

One of Ray Fenwick’s latest projects are this series of Coffee Money Zines—”little books that act like arts grants”. You pledge $73.85, which pays for a month’s worth of coffee, the notebook and shipping; and Ray creates a one-of-a-kind zine.…

From A-Z

In case you haven’t heard, the folks over at Alphabet Bags have added some new designs to their shop. I’m sure the recession bag will prove to be extremely popular. But my favorites are still the punctuation marks, especially that…

Cardon Copy Show

Designer Cardon Webb (previously written about here) recently had a really fun exhibit up at the Type Directors Club. Cardon Copy is an experiment in redesigning self-distributed fliers found around his neighborhood. Definitely a huge improvement if you ask me—maybe…

Daily Candy

A little bit of news to share: I just joined Share Some Candy, one of my go-to resources for inspiration, as a curator. So in addition to this blog, I’ll be posting inspirational images at SSC whenever I can. It’s…

Thomas Allen

I discovered the work of Thomas Allen in this month’s issue of Fast Company, where the photo illustration below falls on the first page of the NOW section. The artist creates these amazing illusions with cutouts from paperback books. Unfortunately,…