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Phaeton from Veer

notsonippy — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:15:53 +0000

A recent addition to my font library has been the beautifully ornate Phaeton by Kevin Cornell. A gorgeous collection of letterforms, catchwords, swash variants and ligatures. Read more about the making of it here.

Helvetica Cookie Cutters

notsonippy — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:50:17 +0000

For the design concious baker. From Beverly Hsu.

Brighten the Corners

notsonippy — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:35:17 +0000

Just discovered these posters by London and Stuttgart agency Brighten the Corners. To celebrate their 10th birthday they created 3 posters which including the creme de la creme of client emails from the past 10 years. Some of them had me laughing out loud.

My favourites include:

Hello. Attachment?!
Any other graphics or general fun that you can think of including would be great.
I don’t know what kind of ‘resolution’ is needed for this, but obviously it has to look crisp.
Foreword – can you please replace this with something a bit more salesy?

Some of their other projects that I really love include branding and a website for Holy Mountain and a series of posters featuring Italian sayings for the Italian Cultural Institute.

Studio Makgill

notsonippy — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:14:50 +0000

Lovely clean print identity work from Studio Makgill. I also love the the GPC Visa Annual Report – how to create something visually stunning on little or no budget. Inspiring stuff.

Emmi

notsonippy — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:48:31 +0000

Emmi Salonen is one of my favourite graphic designers. I have long been an admirer of the clean graphic style that she combines with such clever, but simple (if that makes sense?!) concepts. I particularly love her brochure and document designs.

I can’t believe I haven’t posted anything of hers on here already, so here are a few of my favourite pieces of hers.

Louise Fili

notsonippy — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:49:05 +0000

I love the elegant, beautiful graphic style of Louise Fili – former designer for Herb Lubalin.

Tyler Askew

notsonippy — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:13:01 +0000

Was reading the interview with Tyler Askew on It’s Nice That and thought this logo was so clever. Brilliant design.

It’s a visual palindrome – look at it upside down and it reads the same.

Young Scot Annual Report

notsonippy — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:53:12 +0000

Really love Frame’s infographic style for the Young Scot Annual Report and the header typeface they’ve used.

Martin Brown

notsonippy — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:25:23 +0000

Amazing portfolio of work from this Australian designer, currently working at Marilyn & Sons in Melbourne, but moving to London in the new year. I particularly some of the university projects he has included.

Recipease

notsonippy — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:46:56 +0000

Love the brand identity and packaging that’s been created for Jamie Oliver’s Recipease by Williams Murray Hamm.