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Graphic Design
Designer Jason Alejandro

Designer Jason Alejandro

One of the best parts of going to a book store is looking... more >
One of the best parts of going to a book store is looking at the covers. A book cover needs to be simple, intelligent and needs to give the viewer an idea of what's inside. Once the book is opened the typeface, spacing and use of imagery all need to contribute and add to the...
Designer/Artist Elaine Fong

Designer/Artist Elaine Fong

Over the past month and half I've received some great submissions to the... more >
Over the past month and half I've received some great submissions to the site. One these is Elaine Fong. I'm so glad she sent me a link to her work. Elaine is a graphic designer and art maker who absolutely loves color and isn't afraid to play. A lot of her work is autobiographical, which...
RGB Carnovsky

RGB Carnovsky

I wish I could remember were I found this so I could give... more >
I wish I could remember were I found this so I could give the site credit but I can't. The RGB exhibition is just amazing. Aside from the concept, which is great, what really brings the work to an the amazing level is the scale. Who wouldn't want to see giant amazing creatures drawn realistically...
New From Emil Kozak

New From Emil Kozak

Spring time is almost here. I posted about Kim Rosen's Surf board a... more >
Spring time is almost here. I posted about Kim Rosen's Surf board a few posts back and thought why not follow it up by dropping by, designer, Emil Kozak's site. He has a lot of new work since my last visit. I especially like the blue cube pattern and the black and white bird shapes....
Kelli Anderson

Kelli Anderson

I recently came across the work of Kelli Anderson, an amazing experimenter/designer/photographer with... more >
I recently came across the work of Kelli Anderson, an amazing experimenter/designer/photographer with an intelectual sense of humor that had me taking double taking as I poured through her work. Kelli studied art history, which makes perfect sense after viewing her portfolio. She is also interested in grids and the organization of information.
ORDINARY.co

ORDINARY.co

ORDINARY.co is the portfolio of Public School member Matthew Genitempo. I've been thinking... more >
ORDINARY.co is the portfolio of Public School member Matthew Genitempo. I've been thinking a lot about 1 color printing and ORDINARY.co has some great examples. It just goes to show you don't necessarily need color to make a great piece of artwork. Aside from the great design work I like the layout of Matthew's site....
Natural Artwork by Leif

Natural Artwork by Leif

Leif is an artist based in Melbourne. He's done work for Modular Records,... more >
Leif is an artist based in Melbourne. He's done work for Modular Records, Sony Music, Warner Records and so on. He's also exhibited work in Berlin, The Netherlands and Sydney. Lief manipulates, mirrors and collages images. Nothing new really; but he does it better than anyone else I've seen because of his sense of restraint...
Men's T's From Meghan Burch

Men’s T’s From Meghan Burch

Some of you may have seen this on Facebook already. Meg has some... more >
Some of you may have seen this on Facebook already. Meg has some new T's in her Etsy Shop for men. One of the things I respect about my wife's work, aside from being intelligent, simple and well designed, is that she does it all herself. She doesn't send her designs away and have them...
Eulogy Magazine

Eulogy Magazine

Eulogy is the first magazine devoted to death. Sounds kinda morbid, but it's... more >
Eulogy is the first magazine devoted to death. Sounds kinda morbid, but it's really not. The magazine explores the lives of people, how they lived and how they died. I like the general layout of the website, and appreciate the brighter colors that thoughtfully counter a visitor's initial reaction to reading the name of magazine....
Broken Macbook Air Email

Broken Macbook Air Email

My friend JF sent this to me, it's a screen shot he took... more >
My friend JF sent this to me, it's a screen shot he took of the new MacBook Air email promo that he received last week. I build a lot of html email at my job, almost two per day, and even with a considerably smaller budget than Apple, I still manage to test every email...

Crap Logo Yourself

Short post. Click this link. If you’re familiar with new Gap... more >

Short post. Click this link. If you’re familiar with new Gap logo debacle you’ll get a kick out of it.

Display Modern Graphic Design

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Display Modern Graphic Site

Display, organized and designed by Kind Company,  is a collection of modern, mid century design books, periodicals, ads and ephenera with the purpose of documenting, preserving and providing access to original materials. There is even a bookstore. I’m defiantly heading back…

The Jagged Orbit

Forest Drama

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Forest Drama

The Jagged Orbit, named after the science fiction novel The Jagged Orbit, is a project by art director Pierrick Calvez and is a study in the aesthetics of nature, evolution and fiction through collage and painting. I really…

I Don’t Like the New iTunes Logo

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new itunes logo

Like a lot of people, after downloading the new iTunes 10, I was surprised at the new design. Over all I think the design is a step backwards. It just all feels so… PC/Microsoft. Why copy the design of

Helvetica the Documentary

It’s hard to count the times I’ve started to watch a documentary film on a... more >

It’s hard to count the times I’ve started to watch a documentary film on a topic that I’m interested in only to become uninterested just over half way through. I’m am becoming quite a fan of Gary Hustwit though. Unlike a lot of documentaries Hustiwt’s films don’t seem long…

Statistician Edward Tufte

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The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

My boss let me barrow The Visual Display of Quantitive Information by Edward R. Tufte. I was so amazed by the book I thought I would do a little more research on the author. Edward R. Tufte is a…

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Jacob Nescobedo

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new pattern by Jacob Nescobedo

Dark Night of the Soul Image

Broken Bells Poster

Jacob Nescobedo is the illustrator/designer behind the great shape driven Broken Bells...

Hoist Your Feast Pants

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Magical Tingles Await your insid body

hoist your feast pantsDragon Noodle Co Ad

My friend at work pointed these ads out to...

Sol Lewitt Wall Drawing Project

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cube wall drawing

close up of wall drawing with graphite

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