Colby Nichols

Colby Nichols is a Portland-based designer and illustrator with some sweet hand-lettering skills—I’m loving his work for the Wolf Am I zine, in particular. I’d also like to take this opportunity to start a petition that each font be developed…

Recession Cards

I think the last thing anyone wants to hear right now is another comment about “this economy” or the “current financial climate”. But I think this response from Ogilvy is fresh and clever. They designed a series of undersized business…

Design • Taste

I’m a huge fan of all of Victionary’s publications, but I’m especially excited about their latest release. Design • Taste is all about one of my favorite topics, graphics and interiors for cafés, bars and restaurants. The book is currently…

Feel Good Anyway

Feel Good Anyway is a Portland-based design studio with an energetic, motion graphics-heavy portfolio. But it was one of their identity projects, for Laika, that initially caught my eye.

Expression of Joy

I finally got around to seeing I Love You, Man over the weekend (love Paul Rudd). And I usually try to avoid the commercials before the show, but this time one of them caught my eye. BMW gave artist Robin…

Shameless Self (Sorta) Promotion

Another week, another shirt.woot derby. This week’s theme is nice and ambiguous — enough that Brian decided to take a crack at it with “Ambitious Air Horn.” For those not in the know, Brian is my fellow Seamless Creative compatriot,…

Keith Tyson

These nature paintings by British artist Keith Tyson are incredible. His site is interesting too—a little too fussy for my jumpy attention span, but cool nevertheless. via But Does It Float

Typographic Movie Posters

These simple yet clever typographic movie posters by Able Parris are great. Technically they are rough drafts, but they look just fine to me. A fun design exercise that came out of a typical movie night at home. Love that.

Flickr Find: Pilllpat

Prepare to waste your day sifting through this amazing inspiration resource—a treasure trove of great French vintage goodies. You can also find her collections on a number of blogs: Le ramoneur de Bourg Agence eureka des chapeaux grenouille plus

Lisel Jane Ashlock

There’s something really dark and beautiful about the work of Lisel Jane Ashlock, one of the illustrators from SVA’s MFA Illustration program. The details are just amazing.

Wayne White

Not sure how I stumbled upon the work of Wayne White, but he’s definitely an artist I’ll be paying more attention to from now on. He is best known for work that takes old (and typically unattractive) thrift store paintings…

Diego Bellorin

Designer Diego Bellorin, who works out of Barcelona, invited me to a circle on Bēhance the other day and I was so glad he did. His work relies heavily on geometric forms and layering, which he executes beautifully. I especially…

Stripes!

I have an ongoing obsession with diagonal stripes. Well, stripes in general. But especially diagonal ones. So here’s a little round-up of what’s caught my eye lately. (Strangely enough the majority are yellow.) In any case, click on each image…

Signs & Wonders

The objective behind Signs & Wonders, a photographic project by Soul Creative, is to capture signage, architecture, typography and urban elements with a vintage aesthetic. The color and compositions are gorgeous. Can’t wait for the prints to become available.