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Since implementing Custom Post Types I have found a number of useful articles that have helped me get the most out of them. Press This With Custom Post Types is one of the tutorials that has allowed me to modify the WordPress Press This bookmarklet …

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A veritable treasure chest of some 350 vintage travel posters, most dating from the 1920s-1940s, the “Golden Age of Travel.” from The Boston Public Library’s Print Department.

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The most frequently recurring question I get asked is, “What logo design advice would you give to a new designer wanting to try their hand at designing logos and brand identities?”

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Five Simple Steps – The Icon Handbook by Jon Hicks is finally available for pre-order, and will likely shop on or before January 30th 2012. If you are keen to get fully immersed with icon design, or iconography, then ordering Five …

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The Stendig Calender was first designed in 1966 by Massimo Vignelli and taken that year to the Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art.

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Using the Pantone Color Bridge system allows us to confidently choose any colour, and know how it will work and look across various platforms.

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Big fan of the work that both Riley Cran and Tyler Galpin put in over at Lost Type Co-Op website: not to mention the various designers who have contributed a number of typefaces for you to download. Although the typefaces …

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This is one of those branding treasure feasts that one stumbles on from time-to-time. When you think you have seen all the bestest stuff on the internet, and how on earth could there be more, another another real treat is …

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caterham f1 team logo design via imjustcreative

It was recently announced that Caterham will start the 2012 season under their own name. In 2010 they went under the name of Lotus Racing, then in 2011 it was Team Lotus. Due to lengthy legal proceedings with Lotus Renault …

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You may already be familiar with Aaron Kuehn’s typographic work if you have previously seen the Bicycle Typogram? Strategically placed words to form a bigger picture. Easy to give it a quick glance and move on, but just look at how the …

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I personally don’t think it’s by accident that much of Apple’s accessories seem to fall short in terms of apparent usefulness compared to their main hardware inventory; this leaves the door wide open for people like Casey Hopkins to come …

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Vesselidation produced these festive Special Edition silkscreened bottles of Southern Tier Brewery for their clients:

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This thing, Paramount Pictures 100 Years logo, looks incredible if you can get your hands on a 300dpi version at 3000px wide which the first image above is

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abacus insurance logo design

Abacus Insurance Brokers is a current logo design project that involved a significant brand update. This is the first of a number of logo specification sheets for the various logo styles created for Abacus. This first sheet focuses on version …

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The HP rebrand by Moving Brands is one I really do really like.

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Quite fancy the NeuYear calendar for my studio as pretty fond of that colour ink they have used, but also the calendar could be useful.


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