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Monthly Archives: April 2008

Chocolate Landscape - Wallpaper calendar design for May

April 30, 2008 – 1:10 am

My design was featured in Smashing Magazine’s desktop wallpaper calendar collection for May 2008. The download links for a variety of sizes are in the post on their website. There’s even versions without the calendar on it. It’s a cool idea, the only thing that bugs me is the watermark requirement. […]

By Richard | Posted in Personal Journal | Tagged Art, Downloads, Free, Graphic Design, Illustration, My Design, Wallpapers | Comments (2)

Sleeping Forest Studios - Beautiful wood designs (marquetry)

April 29, 2008 – 9:07 am

I saw this amazing wood business card holder on Etsy and I fell in love with it. I am a sucker for nicely presented woodgrain. I had just expected it to be painted on with wood stain, but the design turned out to be made from inlaid pieces of wood.

I looked at their […]

By Richard | Posted in Design Inspiration | Tagged Art, Etsy, Flickr, Illustration, Product, Sustainability, Wood | Comments (0)

Mark Aju/Osl - Urban vector illustrations

April 28, 2008 – 12:19 pm

Mark Aju/Osl is producing some very nice, minimal, urban inspired, vector illustrations. I especially love the typographic illustrations, but the cityscape drawings are worth checking out as well.

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Bolda Display - Nice rounded font in the making

April 27, 2008 – 12:07 am

Morten Iveland keeps teasing Flickr users with the new font he is working on. It’s a beauty, and I love the different ways he has shown it being used. I can’t wait until he finally finishes it up.
Other images: 1, 2, 3

By Richard | Posted in Design Inspiration | Tagged Flickr, Graphic Design, Portfolios, Typography | Comments (0)

Cansu Cender - Vector design and illustrations

April 23, 2008 – 12:19 am

I came across the vector illustration and typographic design work of Cansu Cender and thought it was pretty nice.

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Earth Day poster series - Fair Trade?

April 22, 2008 – 9:03 am

I recently designed a 3 part poster series for earth day. The idea is to get people to think about the things they take from nature and the things they put into it and decide if they are “trading fairly” with nature. It was made by taking my illustrations and printing them out, […]

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Mime alphabet book, and other vintage children’s books

April 18, 2008 – 12:58 pm

This vintage mime alphabet book looks awesome, I wish the whole thing was scanned in. It comes from an pretty sweet flickr set of vintage children’s books.

By Richard | Posted in Design Inspiration | Tagged Books, Flickr, Graphic Design, Illustration, Performance Art, Silly, Typography, Vintage | Comments (0)

Emma Smart - Scrabble toss pillows

April 17, 2008 – 2:33 pm

Emma Smart has a nice portfolio of crafts and design that she does. I thought the scrabble tile toss pillows were pretty neat.

By Richard | Posted in Design Inspiration | Tagged Art, Fabric, Graphic Design, Home, Nerdy, Portfolios, Silly, Typography | Comments (0)

SHCH Graphics Group - Intricate typography art

April 15, 2008 – 11:15 pm

The SHCH Graphics Group does breathtaking art that features beautiful flowing type designs. I love the way they stay minimal with color, it gives the line work the attention it deserves.