Ampersanderson

I love this poster by Matthew Anderson for Chek (designed at Hyperakt). You can see the rest of the identity system right here.

Life is Beautiful

I finally got around to seeing Slumdog Millionaire the other night (which was completely amazing by the way, best movie I’ve seen in a long time). And normally I get extremely irritated by the fact that I’m not forced to…

T-shirt Wednesdays

“Destee-Nation Shirt Co. collects authentic t-shirts from cultural icons and independent businesses along the West Coast and Hawaii.” Clicking on any of the shirts on their site leads you to the story behind the business and a description of why…

Red Black Brown calendar

In case you’re still in need of a 2009 calendar, this one by Red Black Brown looks pretty awesome. I love their description: “Six designers, three Asian restaurants, twelve crumpled fortunes, twenty-four crossed fingers and one letterpress.” Each month is…

Wattis

A fun identity system by Stripe for Wattis Institute for the Arts. You can see more photos, as well as the rest of their portfolio, right here.

Foiled

These exquisite business cards were designed by New-York based agency, Nothing:Something. All of their work is gorgeous, but I’m loving the foil detail and thickness of these cards for photographer, Charlotte Jenks Lewis. They’re extremely decadent and rich-looking—I would love…

Serena and Lily

I’ve mentioned great design for children’s products before (here and here), but I have yet to mention Serena and Lily, a perfect example. Their cheerful, modern designs come in sophisticated color palettes and fun patterns. And in addition to their…

Juan Camilo

Juan Camilo makes these really impressive typographic sculptures. You can see a couple of them below: “Flavor” constructed out of cigarettes, “Gold”, constructed out of french fries, and “Enjoy” constructed out of nails. Make sure to check out each project…

The Brooklyn Circus

Fun hand-lettering for the Brooklyn Circus by Jon Contino. You can see more of Jon’s work on his blog, and don’t miss this great interview on LetterCult.

Studio on Fire 2009

The 2009 edition of Studio On Fire’s annual letterpress calendar is now available. This year’s theme, the Hair & Fur edition, features a color palette of red, green, yellow and black and designs by Studio On Fire, Adam Garcia, Brian…

Leftloft

Leftloft is an Italian design firm with quite a range of work in their portfolio, from type design to environments. One project I was particularly drawn to is the branding of Car Sharing Italia. via Graphic Hug

Chocolate Research Facility

This project for Chocolate Research Facility by Asylum, a design firm out of Sngapore, is amazing. I wish I had future plans to travel there so that I could see the facility for myself. 100 flavors of chocolate?! What could…

Type Love 28: Atlantik

Atlantik is a typeface that is made up of 213 individual wave ornaments to be used in 6 sets, providing endless design possibilities. Released by Fountain, the typeface was the result of a poster designed to introduce Harbour Museum Hamburg.…

Younga Park

I was immediately drawn to the work of Younga Park when one of her prints—A Brooklyn Morning—was featured on 20×200 awhile ago. So of course I picked one up. And recently I decided to take another look when I was…