Brands in Full Bloom

A series of mixed media illustrations by Daryl Feril. Very well designed, colorful. And totally illustrates the look and the feel of each brand. I can totally see these as editorial pages or advertising on fashion magazine.

via behance

Merry everything!

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and EVERYTHING!

via madewell

Graphic design icon Massimo Vignelli died at 83

Massimo Vignelli, a graphic designer who was well regarded by his most notably design of NY subway map has died today at the age of 83. It's a sad day for all graphic nerds. His work is truly a finest example of modern classical era in graphic design.

“Massimo, probably more than anyone else, gets the credit for introducing a European Modernist point of view to American graphic design,” Michael Bierut, a partner at Pentagram, a leading graphic design firm, said.

Watch his past interview below. 

Massimo Vignelli from John Madere on Vimeo.

newyork city subway map from 1972, designed by Mr. Vignelli

american airlines identity and branding by vignelli associates, 1967

united colors of benetton identity by vignelli associates, 1995

heller packaging program by vignelli associates, 1968

knoll international poster by vignelli associates, 1966

photos via nytimes, designboom

200 years of graphic design in one poster

I'm a sucker for history and this very poster made me stop, look and even giggle(how geeky of me!). The poster depicted progression of styles in graphic design in past 200 years. I like how they include subculture like Pulp and Street Art Guerrilla. 

A Stylistic Survey of Graphic Design made by Pop Chart Lab. 

Here are some close ups. (below)

images via popchartlab

Comic Sans redesigned, and I still don't love it...

Australian designer Craig Rozynski has created Comic Neue, an "updated" version of much-hated Comic Sans. I appreciated the effort to make the type cleaner by straighten some legs. But in the same time it stripped down personality and quirk this font used to have. As designer I find this new version quite challenging to use since it's not quite "fun" or not quite "polished". It's something in-between. What do you think?

via mashable

download free version of this font here 

Weekend

via handcraftedinvirginia

Good smell comes from good perfume

via designlovefest

Thursday

via hollowedheart

Weekend

via ma-rzen

Dear friends

via designspiration

Vintage bus passes

Vintage Milwaukee weekly bus passes. Must have been a fun job to design these. 

via kindra murphy's flickr

typography by Eerik Marinovich

A San Francisco based designer and letterist, Erik Marinovich has made countless of stunning typography design. Each one is bursting with super uber dynamic movement.

more work here 

LOVE/HATE

Nice little graphic illustrated by Marco Goran Romano. It got nice contrast between nerdy geeky 3d types and western vintage. 

more from the artist here

Hand-Lettering Work by Jason Vandenberg

I always appreciate nice handmade work. 

via theinspirationgrid

Avantgarde sculpture

A cool type sculpture. It can be viewed from many different angles. 

Avantgarde sculpture by Damien Roach.

Pull & Bear typography animation

Fun typography animation for Pull & Bear store by sebasandclim. I'm loving the vintage vibe is just too cool!

Pull & Bear Visuals from Sebas and Clim on Vimeo.