Navajo inspired

Lately we've been into this Navajo inspired pattern:

[image found here]

What do you think of this trend?

USPS reimagined

Matt Chase, a DC based graphic designer did a case study of a complete re-branding of the USPS and it's amazing:

 

I love how thorough this is... I mean, check out the uniforms! I know I'd going to the post office more if it looked like this!

Arrested Development!

Is anyone else excited about the reprise of Arrested Development?

This was created by the guys over at Fake Anything and it makes us really excited!

Tempt!

DBB Denmark designed these amazing cans for Tempt Cider:

 

Beautiful, no? Plus the elderflower and blueberry sounds delish!

Pretty Wedding Invites

Aren't these wedding invites the pretties?

[By Rifle Paper Co] [And here] 

 

[By Wit & Delight] [Featured on D*S but I don't know who designed it... Anyone know?]

What kind of wedding invitation design do you go for?

designers we love: eythink edition

We think Lindsay Eyth of Eythink is super awesome. Not only is her name clever so are her designs!

Check them out on her site here and her blog here!

Designers we Love: Danielle Kroll

Danielle Kroll has some of the prettiest illustrations and fonts:

 

 

 [both illustrations found here]

I love her 'What I Wore' blog posts too!

i need nice things

While browsing through Pinterest the other day I came across this giant 9 print and thought it was amazing. It's from a shop called I Need Nice Things which aims "to make contemporary art collectible, changeable and most important of all, affordable."

 

When we finally get around to decorating our studio you can bet we'll be checking out I Need Nice Things!

logo spotting

A round up of awesome logos we've seen around the web lately:

 

[via]

 

[via]

 [via]

client spotlight: one green street

Earlier this year we had the pleasure of working with One Green Street 'an organic lifestyle destination' in Houston. We love wandering around Sherry's shop and reading her posts! She's got tons of neat things like eco-friendly nail polish and facts about foxes/urban sprawl. If you're ever in the area, go!
Check out her blog design:

See her site too!

gradients

Gradients are sort of everywhere lately; from ombre hair to cakes. We sure think they're pretty! Check out this pretty centerpiece:

 [image from here]

Are you into it?

designers we love: jessica hische

It was hard to choose just one of Jessica Hische's projects, but isn't this one amazing?

We love her fonts and her sense of humor is pretty great too.

[images found here]

If you've never seen her work check it out here.

scripts

Happy Friday friends!

Isn't this book beautiful? 

[image from here]

We'd love to add this to our collection of design books.

Buy it on Amazon here. 

Anyone have big plans this weekend? We'll be moving into a new studio! Woohoo!

packaging pretty

Some of us in the crew don't even like mustard, but we're all pretty in love with this one. I mean...look at the typography. Good packaging sells.

[images from here and here]

happy friday: pink balloons!

Happy Friday! 

Can you believe it's nearly August already? It seems like time is flying by lately.

 

[image found here]

Anyone have fun plans for the weekend?

We're wrapping up some fun projects and will be back bright and early Monday with a new desktop calendar!

happy friday!

Just the other night I was scrolling through Pinterest and came across this beauty:

[image found here]

Gosh it's pretty. Makes me want to escape to Asia for a few weeks.

Hope y'all have a beautiful weekend!

Anyone have exciting, adventurous plans?

Client Spotlight: Rachel in Austin

One of our dearest friends Rachel in Austin was in need of a little blog sprucing so we hooked her up:

Are you as in love with the ombre/gradient background as we are?

Designers we love: Krisatomic

Kristina is a super awesome illustrator based in Brighton, England. We love her illustrations, sense of humor and cat Matilda.

 

This lady's got mad skills. 

weekend plans: austin austin texas

We have a full weekend of work and play in Austin this weekend. I love how that over laps so often these days.

Images from: Abby Try Again, Simon Walker and DeLovely.

Anyone else have big plans this weekend?

We sure hope it's a wonderful one!

July July July

Check it! A new desktop calendar!
We're a bit late with this one, but man did July sneak up or what!?

DOWNLOAD:

800x600

1024x768

1280x960

1440x900

1600x1200

1680x1050

1920x1200

2048x1536