Design Army

A couple of projects by the always-excellent Design Army: From CA: “There are many moves you can make in life, and in a city like Washington, DC, where everyone is watching, you have to be careful. The Design Army moving…

Haley Johnson Design

This week I thought I’d feature some favorite projects from the recent Communication Arts design annual. So I’m starting off with these two packaging projects by Haley Johnson (website under construction). Packaging design for Blue Q. From CA: “First diagnose…

GOOD Sheet No. 10

The tenth GOOD sheet—National Service—covers the topic of Volunteerism in the U.S. and can be found right here.

Lite Brite 2.0

Somehow I missed this when it made the blog rounds a couple of months ago, so I was extremely excited to come across it this week. Luminodot is a Japanese product that improves on the original Lite Brite with LED…

Monoblock + Live the Love

A month or so ago I came across the above poster designed by Linzie Hunter for Monoblock’s Live the Love exhibition and was immediately intrigued. The exhibition debuted the artwork from their designer notebook series, featuring designs by artists such…

Color Happy 14

I love Josh Cochran—especially the above illustration and its color scheme. A print of his has been on my wish list for quite awhile. Purchase your own or check out more of his work right here.

Amore

I love the work coming out of Sweden- and New York-based design firm, Amore. Aside from the examples below, they are responsible for the Malarcholocaterie packaging I posted about yesterday.

Type Love 24: Wood Type Impressions

Wood Type Impressions 2is a gigantic collection of wood type letters, numbers and ornaments. It isn’t actually a keyable typeface, but a compilation of high resolution layered images that have been distressed to varying degrees. The images below are just…

New From Threadless

Threadless announced this week that they are spinning off two of their popular t-shirt lines into their own sites: The Select Series and Type Tees. The Select series features curated, artist-designed t-shirts. The first collection, the RISD Collection, was put…

Behind the Times

Unfortunately my copy of the latest issue of GOOD Magazine sat barely opened for the last few weeks. The entire issue was focused on voting and the current election; so of course I missed some great stuff that would have…

Parisi

I love the branding that Parisi completed for these two residential buildings in New York City, The Laurel and 246 W17. More work right here.

Around the World for Twelve Months

Take a look at this project by Andrey Gordeev, illustrations created for a truck trading company’s calendar. I love the style and their unique perspective. View some larger images here, and more of his work right here.