Canteen Tequila

Posted on October 15, 2008October 15, 2008 Posted in DesignTagged bottle, glass, graphic design, packaging, product design, tequila1 Comment

Absolutely gorgeous product design by Kaleidoscope. That bottles makes me want to drink some Tequila!

Love Will Tear Us Apart Again – Third Edition

Posted on October 13, 2008October 13, 2008 Posted in Design, MerchTagged graphic design, joy division, limited edition, poster, screenprint2 Comments

Peter emailed me about his third and final version of his brilliant Love Will
Tear Us Apart Again poster. This final run is a very limited edition of just 75 silkscreen prints produced by K2 Screen and printed on 270gsm
Celloglas Mirri H metallic gray paper with ‘chalk white’, a
special ink for metallic surfaces that creates a strong contrast
with the holo-foil surface of the paper.

Ugmonk

Posted on October 13, 2008October 13, 2008 Posted in Design, Merch, TypographyTagged brand, clothing, graphic design, label, merchandise, t-shirt, Typography

Designer Jeff Sheldon has just launched Ugmonk, a clothing brand focused on providing high-quality products with simple, yet fresh graphics. Gorgeous tee’s.

Pantone 807

Posted on October 9, 2008October 9, 2008 Posted in DesignTagged color, fall, fluorescent, graphic design, pantone, poster, Typography4 Comments

Soulellis Studios has recently printed up this fall 2008 events poster for Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art and Planning. Their work for the university is simple gorgeous and inspiring. What interests me the most is how they’ve been using the fluorescent Pantone range for most of the work. Once printed, the colors are spectacular and really bring extra life to the designs. The print in the photo above is using Pantone 807 which is a vibrant purple.

I love it. So much so that I’m going to use one of the colors for a 2009 calendar that I have in the works. So stay tuned for that.

The History of Visual Communication

Posted on October 8, 2008October 8, 2008 Posted in Design, Grid Systems, International Typographic StyleTagged graphic design, grid system, International Typographic Style, minimalism, modernism, Swiss4 Comments

Here’s an excellent site that walks you through the history of visual communication, giving you a glimpse of the different styles through-out history. My favorite section, obviously, is the Modernism section which covers the Swiss Style and includes some nice galleries of work by Max Bill, Armin Hofmann, Fridolin Mueller and Josef Müller-Brockmann.

Via The Serif

Replica Typeface

Posted on October 7, 2008October 7, 2008 Posted in TypographyTagged font, grid system, type, typeface, Typography2 Comments

I’m loving this new sans-serif called Replica by Norm. It was designed on a strict grid system and is available in the following weights: Regular, Italic, Light, Light Italic, Bold and Bold Italic. You can get the entire family for around $450 USD from Lineto.