Beatles Flow Chat

Ah, flow charts. Like Venn Diagrams, they're provide and excellent template for cheeky design. I saw this on ffffound this morning, then just now and felt like I had to post it. It's a very nicely done chart, with clean lines and a simple monochromatic color scheme.

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Stylish Forecast

I love this minimal and elegant way of reporting the weather. I especially love the image they use for a rainy day. As they don't have Minneapolis available (yet), I have London bookmarked... I'm just all too wistful for the city.

HOW'S THE WEATHER

Wishlist- Tiny Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Look at these gorgeous little goodies! I have mentioned before that I have a great love of chairs, and today on Mod Cloth I have found these. Scaled down versions of iconic chairs from probably the best and coolest era for design. I would, of course, love to have all of them.

The only downside is that you can't choose which chair you buy--each one is supposed to be a surprise, which I think is silly if you want to collect them all. And this is true for any place you want to buy them from (unless you intend to buy the set of 9)

There are 5, count 'em FIVE volumes of this dynamic collection. So be sure to snatch them up now before they're obsolete.

BUY

Album Covers- Spoon

UK Police Adverts

I just found this on Flickr, and had to share. Obviously to residents of the UK... Or perhaps to people who have BEEN to the UK, this is nothing new. But despite my strong love of all things British, I have never been... It's fun to see little bits of England here and there--and especially things pertaining to design.

If there are two things I love, it's Graphic Design and the UK.

Anyway, this is great, and strongly recalls the Keep Calm and Carry On posters of old.. I think that's probably what they were going for. It's modern propaganda to be sure. Well done, Britain.

Album Covers- Keane

As long as I'm on a geometry kick right now, I thought I'd feature Keane's latest album cover, which is nice and clean. Not sure what it is about triangles and polygons lately, but I'm really drawn to them.

The eyeballs are, you know, a little weird. But I'll let it slide. Such a departure from their last album cover, which was also beautiful for different reasons (and designed by Sanna Annukka)

Wind Power?

I was drawn immediately to the cool graphic but THEN I saw what it was for and I had a great moment of comprehension. Great poster!

BIBLIOTHEQUE DESIGN

Seven Days

I don't know why this took me so long, but I have to talk about "Seven Days", which is the work of Christina Couceiro. She's got a fantastic, consistent style. It's well suited to a wide variety of subject matter. Very smart indeed. I'm certainly a fan.

SETE DIAS

Love What You Do

My whole self did the "aww" thing, you know, tilting the head to one side, angling the eyebrows into sympathy mode. It is a fantastically thought out poster and a cute one too. And at the core, the truest of true statements.

VIA SWISSMISS

The Ampersand

A whole blog... Dedicated... To the Ampersand. My FAVORITE type character.
Fab.

THE AMPERSAND

Album Covers- Muse

Gives me a strong sense of 70's Sci Fi book covers. Can't stop looking at it, it's just so beautiful and artistic. Probably one of the best album covers I've ever seen.

"our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life, necessary for everyone in a civilized society."

I have always felt this way about design (as long as I've been sober to it at least) but I've never been able to articulate it as finely as this. It's a beautiful sentiment. A bit snobbish, but you can't have good taste without being a bit stuck up...

BUT DOES IT FLOAT

words to live by

23PSI

Hello! Lucky

I have to gush about this group that does letterpress. Not only is their work beautiful, but their site is fantastic! They have a full section dedicated to their inspiration as designers. And on top of it all it's stylish and cute and whimsical and romantic. If I wasn't planning on doing my own wedding invitations, I would be giving these guys a call.

HELLO! LUCKY

Vintage Travel Posters

There's a whole wonderful series of these over at DESIGN OBSERVER

Wood Block Print

I'm not entirely sold on the design, but the phrase is pretty damn true.

MARK ANDREW WEBBER

Invasion!

Nice!

DOUBLE STANDARDS

Archivo Cover Series

SEE THE PROJECT

Custom type

Custom typography for each page in the booklet of Margaret Bergers album, Pretty Scary Silver Fairy.

VIA

Daily Drop Cap

The Daily Drop Cap is an ongoing project by typographer and illustrator Jessica Hische. Each day (or at least each WORK day), a new hand-crafted decorative initial cap will be posted for your enjoyment and for the beautification of blog posts everywhere.

DAILY DROP CAP