geek love...

The web-designing geek in me NEEDS this shirt.
Although, in all honesty, I'd probably just end up sleeping in it.
Maybe a framed print of the phrase would be better?
I smell a project...

available for pre-order here.

embrace...

I want this poster.

by Paul Thurby, available here
via Illustration Friday

you can buy me...

So it's decided that whoever find me this poster/painting will win my heart forever...

One of my favorite songs from my favorite Beatles-era (sorry dad & brother, I know you guys are more of a yellow-submarine-period fans)... seriously though, this rocks my socks more than anything I've ever posted on this blog before.

that is all.
xx

via whoa-nellie

this pretty much...

sums it up.

via fadetodirtgrey

kids are smart...

xoJessie

via runaway gallery

envirotype...

"Please let us grow up"
Cool type treatment via Violet Voice

skinny ships...

I've recently fallen in love with another design blog: Grain Edit (follow them on twitter here). They posted a great bit on Richard Perez yesterday and I just had to share - his use of color and typography is great!







Visit Richard's site here - skinnyships.com

seven lovely ligatures...

I just came across a post on Lovely Package about Demèche candles. While I haven't had the luxury of smelling these beauties, their type-treatments alone have me oooh-ing and ahhh-ing...

Available in gluttony, lust, pride, greed, sloth, anger and envy.

impressive letter press...

The ever-fab, miss Keyse just sent me a link to Beast Pieces and this Save the Date struck my fancy...





Love the wood grain and itty-bitty type!

typogasm...

Gosh I love me some good type treatments :)
Would like to browse this book in person...
(The Readies via Typography Served)

dear santa...

I was adding/subtracting things form my amazon wishlist the other day and figured - hey if I want them, you might too! Enjoy :)









1. The Design Entrepreneur: Turning Graphic Design into Goods that Sell
2. Bust Magazine Subscription
3. Inside Africa
4. Fingerprint: The Art of Using Handmade Elements in Graphic Design
5. New Vintage Type
6. India Color
7. Type Addicted
8. Graphic Simplicity (english version obvi)
9. Tuscany Interiors
10. 1080 Recipes
11. Safari Style
12. Domino: The Book of Decorating
13. Selling Graphic and Web Design
14. Talent is Not Enough: Business Secrets for Designers

gimme some type...

So I've spent the last 8 hours photoshopping different mascaras onto models and, well, need a break...



Now you can show the word your absolute design-geekiness by wearing probably the only cool typography tank out there.

omg i need to go home. i need to get outside.
o n e m o r e h o u r...