Carolyn Sewell is a fabulous DC designer and illustrator. She has a two great series of postcards with hand drawn type; one set for her parents and one for her peeps. I’d feel so honored to receive one of her cards in the mail…hint hint. Here are some of my favorites:
And some of her awesome design work:
View more of her work here: portfolio // postcards to my parents // flickr
Gorgeous design work for Pino. I especially love the logo wall in the store. “Pino is a market place for unique, functional and innovative design objects. The idea for the concept camefrom the name of the shop, Pino, which means a ‘pile’ or ‘stack’ in Finnish. That is taken visually into the new logo and the design of the shop fixtures. The interior concept with a subtle colour palette works as a background for the fresh, colourful identity and products.”
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Tomorrow, March 18th I’ll be taking a moment of silence, this means no posting on my blog, in memory of the victims of Japan. This great initiative, For Japan With Love, was started by the lovely ladies of Utterly Engaged and Ever Ours. If you are a blogger please consider joining the cause and spreading the word.
Please join me in contributing by donating here—every little bit helps!
What an impressive rebrand! The original logo is very outdated and the rebrand, designed by the Buenos Aires office of Futurebrand, has transformed Peru’s logo into a modern and unique icon—full of character. I love the application of the new identity on these postcards along with the use of the Bree font family which was specially created for Peru by TypeTogether. This new look is sure to make Peru even more appealing!
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Dear Blank Please Blank and Sapling Press partnered to create a series of rib-tickling letterpress prints. View and purchase all 11 here.
via design work life
There seems to be a theme with all of these designs that caught my eye this past week; clean, simple, bold and vintage-inspired. They are all beautiful—hope they inspire you too!
Stag Provisions for Men by Caleb Owen Everitt
Fast Eddie’s Barber Shop identity by Richard Arthur Stewart via design work life
Will to Survive poster by The Neighborhood Studio via French Paper Sample Room
I’ve added some new items to my shop; lovely, one of a kind cake plates that are made from upcycled plates and coordinating bases. Check them out—they make awesome wedding, housewarming and mother’s day gifts, to name a few!
Lovely Textiles is a blog devoted to a lifelong infatuation with fabric. It doesn’t look like it is being updated anymore, but still remains a treasure trove of textile inspiration.
images: top: Shane Waltener middle: Single Crochet bottom: Joana Vasconcelos
Wordmarks from predigital lettering are recreated and available for download on the “the” project courtesy of Robb Ogle. Two of my favorites above.
Fonts in use is a great design resource that pretty much does exactly what the title says; it reveals the typefaces that are used in a variety of real world layouts.