New Website!

Just a quick note to announce that I have a new portfolio website! I'm now housing my art and design projects on the main site, and this will just be my blog. Feel free to look around the new site—there are some new projects up there! And you'll notice that the blog has a new design as well.

Elizabeth Porcher Jones Stationery

This stationery designed by Stitch Design Co. for calligrapher Elizabeth Porcher Jones is so lovely! The type is beautiful, and I really like the colors.

I wouldn't have thought of pairing light turquoise and navy blue, but it's an interesting and classy combination.

I like the way this stationery looks refined but also modern.

What do you think?

HT: Design Work Life

#GoVote

Some great design here from the #GoVote campaign. I'll be voting today!

HT: Design Work Life

Adrian Johnson: Camera Illustrations

I love these camera illustrations by Adrian Johnson.

No. 1

Vintage cameras are cool to begin with, but I think the interesting color choices and angles make these pieces all the more intriguing.

No. 2

What do you think?

Andre Meca: London Guide

This London Guide by Andre Meca is fantastic. I love design like that this that uses typography simply and skillfully.

The style is vintage-looking, which adds another interesting element.

Overall, this project provides a guide to London that is unusual, fun, and creative. I'd sure love a copy.

The alphabet theme is also interesting. I love the way all the booklets look when they're in a row—the letters and colors are great!

HT: AisleOne

Playtype Posters

I found these type posters by Playtype on Design Work Life, and I love the color combinations, composition, and overlapping letters.

I like the way the letters are oversized; it makes the eye focus more on the aesthetic quality of the type than on what the letters mean, if anything—which is an interesting concept.

And of course the colors in this one are great. Gray and yellow are my favorites!

What do you think of these typography posters?

Typographische Monatsblätter Archive

1960 Issue 11

The Typographische Monatsblätter Archive website is a collection of magazine covers from a German design magazine.

1966 Issue 5

There is some stellar design to be seen here; lots of wonderful Helvetica and great composition and layout.

1968 Issue 2

Between its Cover Index and Older Issues pages, this archive holds magazine covers from 1932-1990.

1970 Issue 6/7

The amazing thing is that most if not all of these covers were created without modern computers. The skill and patience of designers of yesteryear amazes me!

1982 Issue 5

And I love how many of these designs still look good today. To me, that's one of the keys to great design. It's not going to go out of style in several decades.

1985 Issue 5

If you'd like, take a look at the whole archive. There are a few covers in the 1970's that I wouldn't endorse, but besides that, most of them are very innocent and type-based.

1987 Issue 5

HT: Grain Edit

1989 Issue 5