Category: Designs & Inspiration

Bridal Shower Design Package

This past weekend was my friend, Rebecca’s bridal shower. It was a good time and a successful event I think. All the printed pieces I did to match the invitations came out great, which you can see in the photo. I’m going to try to buy a commercial license for the illustration in hopes to… Read more »

Rules for Combining Typefaces

I came across this article the other day and thought it would be a good thing to share you with you guys.The ability to successfully combine typefaces is clearly a valuable design skill. But with over 100,000 fonts to choose from, the task can seem daunting. The good news is that there are four basic… Read more »

Mets Visual Eye Candy

I’m loving the new graphic look for the Mets this season. Very bold and love the “ticket stub” look! And the funny animated commercials from SNY New York are too funny which feature the Mets commentators – Keith Hernandez, Ron Darling and Gary Cohen.

Graffiti Chic Inspiration

After a high-profile collaboration with singer Gwen Stefani, LeSportsac has drawn a steady stream of visual artists into its rip-stop nylon folds. This spring, Paris artist Fafi lends her graffiti-chic illustrations to LeSportsac bags for the first time, and Italian collective tokidoki has added two new prints for spring filled with geisha girls, hula dancers… Read more »

Cool Commercial

This new sports-themed TV spot for XM which is currently running during MLB games is totally cool. Love the little characters and how the XM logo is used throughout for branding. So clever!

i-candy

Here’s some cool eye candy from apple.com…check it out!

A Good Friday

Any Friday is a good Friday but today is really a Good Friday! He he he! =) So I got my Shutterfly scrapbook last night and it ROCKS!!! The quality is amazing and I can’t wait to print more books through them! I highly recommend using them and trying out the custom scrapbook option! I… Read more »

Bahama Mama!

I’m feeling so unmotivated and unproductive today and I really need to be!!! So hopefully some inpirational ads will help me and maybe you. Last year The Bahamas launched a rebranded look, logo and advertising campaign that I really loved. The subway ads were all around NYC which were very funny and graphically pleasing. I… Read more »

Be Inspired!

I’m really enjoying this Spring weather we are having and the extra daylight lately. Although my allergies are kicking my butt since it’s been warmer. My eyes are all itchy and red, my head is killing me from sinus pressure and I can’t stop scratching my eyes. Why isn’t my allergy meds working? Anyone else having bad allergies this… Read more »

Speaking of Type & Design

Since I talked yesterday about “Found Type” I remember somethings about type that I wanted to share with you. I took a design type class last year called “Gourmet Type” with Ilene Strizver and it rocked. The teacher was very experienced, knowlegable and fun which made the class very enjoyable. Check out her site for… Read more »