The use of watercolour in design has exploded in popularity over the last few years, just like brush script fonts, vintage script fonts , hand-drawn fonts and flat UI design. I just had a design job recently which called for watercolour textures so I had the pleasure...
Just like the popularity of hand-lettering and brush script fonts has exploded over the last couple years, so has the popularity of gold and glitter in design. In print design it's called hot foil where actual gold or silver foil is applied in the printing process to...
“The earth laughs in flowers.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson. What a beautiful quote. And how beautiful are these floral graphics? Spring is finally here and a person who loves gardening and who has been thinking about what to plant for months during the...
I played today with some numbers. Numbers alone are great, but match them with a nice color scheme and put them on canvas and something special happens. It's the magic of design. These are all pretty random, but I know if I kept the color scheme the same across them...
What's next in typography? HFJ reveals some very interesting info in one of their recently released talks by AIGA. Even though this talk was given in 2007 it is still very interesting to listen to if you want to know more about typography and how it affects us. You...
Just finished up on the new design of Caterpillarmanuals.com Repromanuals.com. They offer the world's largest selection of Caterpillar Manuals (Note: domain has changed as well as the logo and design). They currently offer over 3,000 different Cat manuals to choose...
Some new work I'm doing for Super Deluxe, a live music band based in Charleston, SC. They're one of the best Charleston wedding bands around. But they do more than just weddings, they're available for any live events and have played around the US and Mexico. I've...
Paula Scher looks back at a life in design (she's done album covers, books, the Citibank logo …) and pinpoints the moment when she started really having fun. Look for gorgeous designs and images from her legendary...
