On top of greatly appreciating simple type against a clean background, I’m also a fan of objects with a ‘super obvious’ element to them. That being said, this little trash can at Urban Outfitters spoke to me. I’m going to have to add this to cart.

I heart Paper Source. I received their new catalog in the mail yesterday, and among many awesome new items, these mum stamps in particular caught my eye. I really like them as a graphic element. I’m a huge doodler and I’ve been drawing flowers similar to this in my notebook. Definitely a fan. Paper Source [...]

I was excited to catch the new Amazon Kindle spot today, done in the same vein as the previous one. Amazing art direction once again.

I’m totally using this post as an excuse to share my excitement over the new Sephora opening today in Chicago’s Block 37. I’m kind of obsessed with cosmetics, and I absolutely love this store. I think if I didn’t end up doing what I do, I would have ended up a makeup artist. Ads like [...]

I must say that I have been pleasantly surprised by the current campaign for Vick’s products. I feel as though it often difficult to do some cool work around medication. However, I think that the people behind the Vick’s creative did a pretty good job. The short spots have some humor without being really over [...]

I am a total sucker for paper goods, namely notebooks. I think it is completely justifiable to spend more than a couple of dollars on an awesome notebook. Yes, I know you can pick up a Mead spiral for 89 cents, and it will probably serve you just as well. But that’s no fun. I [...]

I was doing a little bit of font-related browsing around the web and landed at site for Betatype. It’s an independent type foundry run by Christian Robertson, an interface designer at Punchcut. As I started looking through the content, I noticed that I kept glancing back to the left panel of the page. It’s a [...]

I just can’t get over the art direction in this commercial for Amazon Kindle. It was directed by Angela Kohler and Ithyle Griffiths. They did a remarkable job with this stop motion style. The ad stars Annie Little, who actually also sings “Fly Me Away,” the song in the spot. I love that the whole [...]

I absolutely love this wallet by Eljl (pronounced EL-GEL), a design firm in Portland, Oregon. Such a great line, and the simple, clean craftsmanship reflects the typeface perfectly. I think it’s safe to say that most of us creatives tend to be font snobs. Anyone who has a good grasp on design is going to [...]

I’ve admired this work from David Weik for some time. Actually, all of his work is pretty awesome, so you should definitely check out that link. This CROP work for Corbis was done while he worked at Segura, another great source of design genius. I originally saw these pieces when Weik spoke to one of [...]