james

It’s not just because he’s my boyfriend that I think his portfolio is awesome. Really. See his brand new site here.

free!

I was browsing one of my favorite graphic design firms, Fwis, today and came across this free downloadable pinhole camera they just designed for Corbis (yeah, the stock photography people.) Print and build with a few things you probably have lying around the house. How cool is that.

shameless self-promotion

I’ll admit it, I’m pretty proud of myself for this. It’s my first packaging design project!! I haven’t been doing graphic design for very long, so I still get excited each time something I make turns into more than just a document on my computer desktop. These are self-promotional projects, so none of them were actually realized, although we are thinking of giving our clients the wine as gifts. My boss gave me free reign on these pieces so coming up with the concepts, design, and then printing and making everything in house for the photo shoot was really fun.

aqua + orange + simon johnston

I’m digging this piece by Simon Johnston, especially the color palette.

have you been checking out ok great?!

Cause you should be!

(image above stephane bucco)

studio 18 hundred

Studio 18 hundred rocks.

a new project!

I’m so excited to announce the launch of a new project I’m a part of. OK Great is a design blog that my coworkers and I have started, and I’ll be a regular contributor. So check it out! Oh, and be sure to click on the OK Great header for a little toy….

something spring-like

Delish reminded me that I was overdue for a visit to Pentagram’s website, where I found this piece which just looked so much like spring I had to post it. Here’s to 80 degree weather (come back)!

paste magazine redesign

Oh where to begin with the Paste Magazine redesign. This is the first time Paste has done a redesign since it’s inception in 2002, and I absolutely love it. I read that the design firm who did it was Metalcap Design, but frustratingly, I was unable to find a web presence for Metalcap. (If you were the designer for Paste, wouldn’t you have a website to brag about how awesome you were?! Am I missing something?) Well, anyway, if you aren’t into music you ought to pick up an issue just for the color palette (on the right). I guess we can look forward to a redesign of Paste’s website as well.

*UPDATE* Hey thanks, Andrew Parker!  It’s Metaleap design who works with Paste, and you can check out their portfolio here.

environmental design + emerystudio

I’m not even sure how to define environmental design. I was thrilled when I opened the latest issue of Communication Arts and saw a big article (with lots of gorgeous pictures, of course) of some fantastic environmental design. I’m not talking about environmentally friendly design. I’m talking about the combination of graphic design, interior design, architecture, installation art, and landscape design into THE coolest field out there. Up top, work from emerystudio in Melbourne. Up above is the Seven Yarra marketing suite.

Above, the Australian Racing Museum. Isn’t that 88 great?

Above, temporary street decorations for the City of Melbourne’s 2006/2007 holiday season. The lettering was digitized and cut from sheet metal, fixed to a stainless steel frame, and backlit from below.

Above, Eureka Carpark.

Chuck Palahniuk cover

Another great Chuck Palahniuk book cover (left). This one is for the book Rant, and it was done by Jacob Magraw-Mickelson which makes it even greater. Cause what’s not to like about Jacob Magraw?

morning breath

A fun portfolio from morning breath. (Via the last people.)

mogollon

Mogollon is a graphic design firm in NY with a great portfolio.

craig oldham

I got a kick out of Craig Oldham’s article handywork. Via typeneu.

ths’ awesome website

I heard about ths via the blog The Last People, and spent a long time looking through all of the amazing print work (not to mention the great handmade books). But, what really impressed me is ths’ web work, like The Sound of Animals site above. I think it’s so cool when someone can apply that kind of handmade aesthetic to the web.