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Awesome Idea : MagCloud
MagCloud is a great new(er) site where one can publish, print, and sell your very own magazines for very little money, and this looks like a fantastic idea. The site is free to join, and free for people to buy. You just upload the PDF of your magazine and these guys print and ship to...
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Awesome Books : Dear Gretchen
Visualizing with handmade paper graphs the frequency of words, topics, and phrases in notes from childhood, Dear Gretchen is a fancinating and visually stimulating book put together by Gretchen, INC. Amazing. Check it out. PS: Her site is beautiful as well. Cheers!
Illustration Thursday: Andy Miller
Based in the UK, but originally from “a small town in Indiana” (WOOTWOOT), Andy Miller does great work. Reminiscent of childhood illustration but with an honesty that is hard to come by sometimes, I’m just totally digging his work. And he is this week’s feature for Illustration Thursday. Here’s more of favorites: Yellow Bird Project...
Grain Edit : Frank Chimero Interview
Frank Chimero, one of my favorite contemporary illustrators and designers, has a great interview over at Grain Edit. Talking about his inspiration for work, his history as an artist, and working at Missouri State (whoop whoop Springfield!), it’s a great interview. He also goes through the development steps he used for the newest addition to...
Web Wednesday : Design Inspiration
I’m an obessive collector. I’ll admit that. But what I’ve found as I’ve work in the design arena/read design blogs, is that almost everyone in this business is as well. That almost everyone has a folder filled with brochures or a binder full of magazine ads. And this is comforting. So this week’s Web Wednesday...
Illustration Thursday : SUPERmarket finds
So there is this awesome site called Supermarket that works sort of like Etsy, and is the home to a bunch of really, really talented artists, craftsmen, and the like. Naturally, I’m on their e-mail list, and what did arrive in my inbox but their newsletter, including all of these awesome illustration pints! So, here’s...
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Etsy Tuesday : Neilsen Handmade Physics Journal
This. Is. Awesome! Using discard books and recycled paper, these journals from Neilsen Handmade are handcrafted, collaged, and stitched to make some pretty snazzy pads of paper. I just love the layout of this cover, the title, and that spider web type stitching at the bottom. Fantastic!
Vintage Cereal Boxes at Target
Quipped over at Speak Up, General Mills is re-releasing a bunch of their vintage cereal boxes for a retro feel at Target. According to TheDielIne.com, they released boxes for Cocoa Puffs, Golden Grahm, Weaties, Trix, etc. These are awesome and a great idea! Though I do wish they could just lay off the “Vintage T-Shirt”...
Illustration Thursday: Craig Ward
THIS IS INCREDIABLE! This “Guess Who? Flowchart” print/illustration by Craig Ward over at Words are Pictures is freakin’ awesome! His work bring together typography and illustration to do some amazing things. More after the jump:
Design : Graphic Therapy
From the dude that brought you the artwork for Beck’s “Modern Guilt” record, I bring you Graphic Therapy. David Calderley is the artistic genius behind some really awesome work and you can view over at Levine/Leavitt. Their site is also pretty sweet and simple. Cheers! (Found via It’s Nice That)
Illustration: Aesthetic Apparatus
Aesthetic Apparatus is a design due out of Minneapolis curning out great pieces in identity, printed posters, mostly of the band persuasion, including Cake, Spoon, the Hold Steady, and more. Awesome work. Check it out! PS: There will not be a “HOW TO Friday” this week. I am going out-o-town beginning at 3EST today, and...