Letterheads
May 13th, 2010I very much enjoy this letterhead design by Anton Stankowski. The grid-based structure and asymmetrical layout create a really interesting visual. This letterhead is part of James Phillips Williams’ collection that he often features on his blog, Amass. Check out the site, it’s a keeper. He also owns another gorgeous letterhead that was designed by Herbert Bayer.
If you want more letterhead goodness, head over to the blog Letterheady. The site features a ton of excellent letterhead designs of well known figures like Babe Ruth and Henry Ford. My personal favorites are the letterheads of Houdini and Charlie Chaplin. I can surf this site all day long.
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Modern Publicity
April 26th, 2010Former Art Director of Monocle magazine, Ken Leung, has received a lot of attention recently on his new consultancy called Modern Publicity. And rightfully so, his work for Monocle is stunning. But personally I find the identity work for Vanity Fair to be the best piece in the portfolio.
Ken sent me some background on the project:
As a background to the project, I was commissioned by Graydon Carter at Vanity Fair to propose a redesign for the magazine – the brief was left open to see what I would come back with.
Given such an amazing opportunity, I envisioned the project as not just a magazine redesign but a complete brand relaunch, also proposing an accompanying corporate identity programme. I wanted the stationery to feel timeless, intelligent and reflective of the magazine’s heritage, whilst also being fresh and modern in it’s use of colour.
I think Ken accomplished exactly that. The identity has a timeless and sophisticated look, at the same time feels modern and minimal. Love it.
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Brooklyn Fare
July 17th, 2009Mucca Design has created a stunning package design for Brooklyn based gourmet store, Brooklyn Fare. The branding features a proprietary typeface by Mucca called Fare Serif that is used everywhere and a 4 color system. Another aspect of the minimalist branding that I love is the edgy, humorous tone of the copy.
You can see more of this project on the Mucca newsletters as well as the Eat Me Daily blog.
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Jamie Conkleton
June 11th, 2009Jamie Conkleton is a recent graduate of University College Falmouth and is extremely talented at such a young age. If you’re in London and need some fresh talent, definitely scoop this kid up.
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Tom Crawshaw
March 26th, 2009Here is some excellent work by UK based designer, Tom Crawshaw. Pictured above is a gorgeous wedding invite printed on 540gsm duplexed Cool Grey and Mid Green Colorplan.
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Matt Judge
March 9th, 2009After 3.5 years at SEA Design, the talented Matt Judge is looking for a new challenge. Definitely check out his portfolio, which is filled with excellent work. Matt is also one of the founders of inspiration blog Design Assembly.
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Buro Reng
March 4th, 2009An excellent collection of minimal, grid based design by Netherlands based Buro Reng.
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New Work by Xavier Encinas
February 13th, 2009The talented Xavier sent me an email about a bunch of new work that he’s added to his website. Definitely give it a look.
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Moa Moa
January 29th, 2009Superb work by Germany based designer Marko Puclin. Very clean and sophisticated work style which I love. I’m digging the huge images. I think everyone should do it up big.
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Dowling Design
January 16th, 2009Brilliant work by UK firm Downling Design. I particularly love the work they did for furniture designer Lamerton.
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Bendita Gloria
November 12th, 2008Quality portfolio by this Barcelona based studio. I personally love the their stationery pictured above that is printed in phosphorescent ink and glows in the dark. Nice!
