Kevin Cantrell recently released the second of seven posters in his “7 Days” series, Águas. This new poster features the same style of gorgeous lettering as the original, Luminares, and is printed in 6 different foil printed color variations. Pick up…
Jeremy Pruitt, aka Thinkmule, recently contributed a deck design to AIGA Colorado’s Bordo Bello, a skateboard art show that’s been on view annually since 2008. His submission loosely celebrates the state of Colorado through 17 individual logos (22 were designed…
The creative minds behind Kern and Burn, 100 Days of Entrepeneurship have just launched the site for their first book, Kern and Burn: Conversations With Design Entrepreneurs. In the book, co-authors Tim Hoover and Jessica Karle Heltzel feature interviews with 30 designers about their…
Draw Your Own Alphabets: Thirty Fonts to Scribble, Sketch, and Make Your Own is a new book by Tony Seddon that teaches you how to create your own custom fonts. The book includes 30 unique alphabets paired with instructions on how to…
I’m loving Cat Neligan‘s illustrative interpretation of Edward Lear’s The Owl and the Pussycat.
Neck of the Woods is hand-lettering project by Chloe Allen, a current student at the University of Leeds. Each entry illustrates a local idiom, from places all over the world, and pairs it with its meaning and relevant backstory. Follow along right…
Take a look at Chicago-based designer Lashun Tine‘s work for the 2013 Diaspora “The Art of Blackness” exhibition. (See the 2012 edition right here.) A bit of background: As the Art Director and Public Relations Chair for The MetroBoard of the…
I’m loving this series of bright, summery patterns by illustrator Amy Walters.
Tomato is a new discovery for me, but it was actually produced in 2005 by Canada Type. This curvy display face is actually an expanded digitization of an early 1970s Franklin Photolettering film type called Viola Flare. The complete family features various sets of alternates,…
Poppin is definitely a favorite brand of mine, so I was excited to see the work Kathryn Brylinsky (who currently works in house fo them) has developed for the brand. One project that stood out in particular, is the Free Stuff page…
For Michael de Pippo’s recent nuptials, he designed a super fun suite of materials around the theme of Love at First Flight. The theme, which was inspired by their initial meeting at Toronto Pearson Airport on Christmas Eve, was carried through the wedding’s packaging,…
Check out We Heart Trees, KNOCK’s 2013 campaign in celebration of Arbor Day, a site that asks users to design their own virtual trees while also pledging to be more conscious of their paper usage. For every pledge, KNOCK donates one…
In case you missed the launch of Instagram’s new logo last week, see below for Mackey Saturday‘s new and improved version. I also happened to stumble upon Mackey’s portfolio entry for the project, which includes detail shots of the process…
The Mood Series, by Riccardo Casinelli, combines cheerful colors with not-so-cheerful messages in this dimensional typography. Love the contrast.
I can’t get enough of the graphic illustration work of Guatemalan artist Muxxi. The colors! These particular pieces are a new series of symmetrical experimentations, entitled We Are Magical.
Weekly Crop is a new year-long illustration project started by Jim Mezei. Each week four designers and illustrators will interpret the same topic, resulting in 208 pieces that showcase 52 topics from four different perspectives. It features the work of Adrian Forrow, Jim Mezei,…
Hofstede Design recently launched a new website featuring quite a few new projects. In particular, their modern and playful—love the cat chasing the bird—signage for 83/87 Chapel Street caught my eye. via Collate
For her graduate thesis, Sabrina Smelko wrote and illustrated VOA, a science fiction novel focused on the concepts of death, power and justice. If you’re interested you can purchase a copy of VOA for yourself on Blurb.
