Friday Footnotes
1. Walt Disney World Badgehunting I love Allan Peters' Badgehunting blog posts
Starting an Etsy Shop: Some Humble Words of Advice
I am not an Etsy expert, but I wanted to share a few thoughts that I have come to realize over this past year. And I am sure if you went in to creating a shop after doing some market research, a lot of this would be already known to you. But I just jumped into running my shop, feet first with a blindfold on
Friday Footnotes
Guys, I used to religiously post these Friday posts
Friday Footnotes
1. A Map of the World Book I'm kind of obsessed with maps, especially maps as art. I've even posted a whole blog on the maps and globes we have around our house (I think our collection has doubled since that post too!). Anyway, I am loving this book of maps that has been illustrated by a variety of designers. While Google Maps and GPS systems have become our tools of choice for navigation, contemporary maps have evolved into platforms for cutting-edge illustration, experimental data visualization, and personal visual storytelling. See more images and purchase the book here. 2. Newsprint Vendors Thoroughly enjoyed this post on Nubby Twiglet
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1. Lettering Index Feeling so very thankful to Brad Woodard for sharing this wonderful lettering resource! The Letter Index is a jackpot of letters and words in a variety of styles from script to logo to hand made. It's just amazing. Quite often I'm asked to write out someone's name and just my handwriting will be used for their logo. That's quite a lot of pressure on my little pen and me, so this will be a hand resource to look up interesting and new ways of adding flourishes to make their letters a little more unique. I'm going to start pinning some right away! See my Handwriting, Lettering and Calligraphy board here. 2. The Hidden Sea For another jaw dropping typo-centric piece, I'm loving Jon Contino's new type and illusration work for The Hidden Sea‚ it's just gorgeous! I'm already a big fan of Jon Contino, especially his other nautical inspired designs, but this just blows them out of the water (pun intended)
Evernotes Every Friday
1. Typography Wrapping Paper Okay now that Thanksgiving is over, how wonderfully cool is this type-centric wrapping paper?? Found via designworklife
Evernotes Every Friday
1. Gulp Milkshake I think the majority of graphic design students have to illustrate an action word, making that word into an image of itself
Evernotes Every Friday
1. The Type Deck These are the most beautiful playing cards I've ever seen! Now that I've learned how to play poker—have I shared about that yet, Internet?—I've been on a playing card spree. Mostly just collecting them as souvenirs during our trip. Anyway, these gorgeous cards have already been fully funded on Kickstarter but you can still get in with a pack for putting up $15 toward the start of the project. Found via Mr. Cup. 2. Our City, Our Home Mural Hand painted on brick
Evernotes Every Friday
1. Pixelist Inspired by Jess' guest post last week, I love this concept of turning iPhone/Instagram images (pretty low resolution for prints) into custom paintings! Their Indiegogo (like Kickstarter) was fully funded, sign up to be notified for more information! Found via swiss-miss. 2. Hugo's Oh yes, would totally buy hot sauce that sets their business cards on fire to look cool