Some beautiful typewriter ribbon tins plucked from this Flickr set. Wonderful vintage design at work here with some killer type. Too bad these days are gone, and we’ll never see design like this in Staples or any other office supply …
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Let’s start off the week with the work of illustrator Andrew Kolb. I came across Andrew’s work via Laughing Squid a little while back, just after he released his genius Space Oddity picture book, seen above. Love the idea and …
Some wonderful design work by Bob Noorda (1927 – 2010). I came across this feature and this one on the Display website a few days ago, excellent reads and selection of Noorda’s work. Great typography at work, limited color palette …
Some wonderful identity work from Istanbul-based designer Salih Kucukaga. Really enjoy the minimalist, utilitarian approach mixed with some distressed effects. Really eludes to a history behind these brands. And just look at that Black Goat logo. Beautiful. These are just a few samples. …
One thing Apple has been overtly consciences about since Steve Jobs returned as CEO in 1997 was brand control. Jobs killed off the cheap Mac clone market and simplified the product lineup. Aside from that, officially licensed merchandise such as …
Presented here are some of the posters created by Canadian graphic designer, Burton Kramer. If you have lived in Canada for any length of time you will have certainly seen his influence, most importantly being his CBC “exploding pizza” identity …
Back in 2002 or so I really got into the work of comic artist Ashley Wood. Sure, I liked Wood’s painting style at the time, the way he illustrated cool robots and good lookin’ ladies. But it didn’t stop there. …
I have some vivid memories of random computer books kicking around the local library around the time I was in High School. Most of them were about a decade old at that time, dating back to the early 80s. Many …