NovemberNov 30 Monday 09
B-word Typeface
I’m totally in love with this typeface designed by Studio 8. The typeface is based on an old typewriter sample, designed for the soon-to-be-launched identity of literary website ‘Blazingword’.
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Major Lazer ‘Keep it Going Louder’
This is probably one of the most disturbing music videos I’ve ever seen, but a really interesting video nonetheless. The video was for Major Lazer’s ‘Keep it Going Louder’ track, and was directed by Eric Wareheim. This gets a big WTF in my book.
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Matchbox City
I love this idea of decorating matchboxes to become a small Renaissance city block. The illustrations were designed by Sweden based design studio Happy Forsman & Bodenfors.
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Luke Rudolf
Very interesting art work from London based artist Luke Rudolf. These ‘portraits’ are a trip. Check out his site for more work.
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Flydende Lava
Extremely clean work from Flydende Lava Studio (Daniel Siim), Denmark. I’m diggin’ the clean use of color and geometric type. There’s a very bold style that I feel comes off very clearly. More work below the fold.
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NovemberNov 29 Sunday 09
Weekend Choons #20: The Mixtape Club
So every month I been listening to some awesome mixtapes over at The Mixtape Club. Each month they feature different mixtapes made by creative professionals from all over. This month was exceptionally good, I must have listened to all of them at least twice. Seems …
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NovemberNov 26 Friday 09
Happy Thanksgiving!
I just want to take the time and wish everyone a very happy Thanksgiving. I hope everyone one ate way to much, I know I did. I probably wont be posting that much until Monday because I’ll be enjoying this five, yes five, day weekend. Let the lazy fest begin!
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NovemberNov 24 Tuesday 09
15 Uses For Newsprint
I came across this really fun project from The Pencil Factory, a small designer/illustrator collective based in Brooklyn, NY. 15 Uses For Newsprint is a collection of design and illustration work from various artist from all over. The piece has a lot of charm to it, …
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Autoknit
I’m kinda feelin’ this cool looking pattern typeface called Autoknit. It features three weights, each with a different moiré looking pattern. Oh yeah, and its free courtesy of LuxTypo.
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Hey Ho
France based design studio Hey Ho has some great clean and minimal graphic design work. Simple grid and type at its very best. More images below the fold.
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Jez Burrows
Designer and illustrator Jez Burrows recently launched his new portfolio site with a bunch of amazing work. I love how clever and simple his work is. More of his work below the fold.
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Muji + Lego
Japanese retailer Muji has teamed up with Lego to create a new series of toys which combine lego’s plastic blocks with paper. I’ve been a Lego fan for as long as I can remember, I think this looks extremely fun and creative. Shown here is just one of four sets …
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Carl Krull
Danish artist Carl Krull recently hit me up about a new animation he did entitled “Walker”, which was made for a campaign focused on traffic safety. Its about 17 seconds but I thought it was very well executed, I also really loved the style of it.
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NovemberNov 23 Monday 09
Peter Borg
Peter Borg has some really great print work. I thought these recipe cards for making muffins were pretty clever. Check out more work below the fold.
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Stefan Sagmeister on Design Matters
Stefan Sagmeister is one of my favorite graphic designers simply because of his interesting approach and way of thinking. His recent interview on Design Matters with Debbie Millman was very inspiring. He talks about his philosophies on happiness and how it influences …
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Monday Quotes: #12
Would you consider yourself happy? I guess I would, but what’s happiness really? Is it something having money or good health? Is it an In-N-Out burger or all you can eat sushi? Maybe it was hooking up with that unexpected someone. For me happiness usually comes to me …
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NovemberNov 22 Monday 09
Weekend Choons #19
I’m not really sure why I love Om-Record’s podcasts so much. The lineup of artists they feature have such a unique sound that makes for some really good listening while at my office or just lounging around at home. Here’s another great mix from Berlin based DJ …
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NovemberNov 20 Friday 09
FF Duper
FF Duper,designed by Martin Wenzel, is a highly typographic handwritten family for professional use with over 5,700 glyphs. It consists of Regular, Bold, Regular Italic, and Bold Italic weights and has a really cool OpenType loop feature which means every time you type …
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Xavier Barrade
Really impressive design and illustration works from Paris, France designer, Xavier Barrade. I remember seeing the first poster as part of Fleuoron’s Democracy project and thought it was really clever. More images below the fold.
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Joachim Jirou-Najou
French designer Joachim Jirou-Najou has some really cool concepts. I’m really feelin’ his wood bookcase and his really interesting wall furniture. Check out more stuff on his website.
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