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I have no problem craving a good pencil over a good pen any day of the week. I am currently using some natural wood pencils courtesy of a Veer promotional package which are perfect. If I can’t find replacements for …

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t-shirt expresss logo idea sheet

This is my latest project and is quickly becoming a favourite. Need to stress these are the first round of preliminarily ideas to be thrashed out so it is most assuredly early-days. There is, however, always a chance that the final design …

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The James Bond Penguin Cover Prints were initially released in 2008 as a celebration of the centenary of Ian Fleming’s birth.

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scottish arts countil and quark logo

I know from personal experience that during a logo design project one of my main recurring thoughts I have is, “does this design exist elsewhere?”.

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broke bike alley business card

Is this a selection of bike tools fashioned into a business card, or a business card fashioned into a bike tool for Broke Bike Alley?

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The Coffee Co•Op Brand Identity by Jake Dugard has taken my breath away; this is some seriously cool creative talent.

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Vintage Science & Tech Adverts is an astonishing collection of print advertisements going way back to the 50′s and 60′s.

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Anna Debenham points out over on 24Ways.org that many websites may require, or would benefit from, a detailed front-end style guide.

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stumbleupon logo redesigns

BrandNew have dibs on a review of the new StumbleUpon redesign. I’m not totally convinced myself.

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Now these letterpressed Code PHP Cards by Matt Raw on ETSY are pretty fabulous if you are, or know of, someone who appreciates the PHP way of life.

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Once again Christian Annyas puts together a mammoth post this time on Airline Logos From China and Hong Kong.

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These Landmark Building Logos From Around The World have been doing the rounds the last few days. Initially found on Quipsologies who sourced it from CreativeRoots, but there is still no specific designer credit. Tried doing a Google image search, but nothing …

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So who, when they first saw this magnificent 9/11 Memorial logo, actually took a blind bit of notice to the typography and realised it’s formed from two fonts, and not one? I didn’t.

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The Little Printer by BERGCloud has to be one of the cutes, and really rather desirable, inventions of late. It doesn’t just look cute though as the real work application for this little printer are very real.

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Given my recent adventures with the new responsive web site redesign for imjustcreative; this collection of books by A Book Apart seems quite a wonderful deal.

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I can’t believe how true this Being Creative Sticky Comic’s strip is.


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