Recent Posts Tagged With 'designers'

• ISO50 Interview

  Posted on Monday December 14th, 2009 at 08:15 in illustration, contemporary, usa, designers, features, interviews

  For this exciting addition to the Grain Edit interview series, we kept it local — seeking out one of San Francisco’s finest, Scott Hansen, aka ISO50. My first acquaintance with Scott came in the spring of 2005. The pre-Grain Edit crew had he...

• A Friend of Mine

  Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 02:46 in contemporary, designers, typography, graphic-design, found design

  A Friend of Mine is Melbourne, Australia based design studio that is turning out some fancy work. This identity system for The Modern Flower Co. is so snappy — I love seeing the system work across multiple pieces. Plus, typography integrated into ...

• Mark Weaver

  Posted on Thursday November 12th, 2009 at 20:45 in contemporary, usa, designers, typography, graphic-design, found design

  I’ve always been impressed with Mark Weaver’s continuously fantastic collage series Make Something Cool Every Day. Firstly, making something like this every day is a great project — I love when designers make their personal work public...

• Mihail Mihaylov

  Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 23:18 in illustration, contemporary, designers, typography, graphic-design, found design

  Funkadelic! There is some serious soul in this typeface from Bulgaria-based designer Mihail Mihaylov. I’m such a sucker for bold type — I love the juicy, drippy, saturated feel of these letters. I can’t quite tell if the type is sprout...

• Dan Cassaro / Young Jerksmouse

  Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 04:48 in illustration, contemporary, designers, typography, posters, graphic-design, found design

  Brooklyn-based Dan Cassaro is the front man, ring leader, and typographic skipper of Young Jerks — his no-nonsense moniker. Making your way throughout the aisles of Dan’s portfolio, you’ll notice typography gracing posters, logos, book...

• Daily Drop Cap

  Posted on Friday October 23rd, 2009 at 04:03 in illustration, contemporary, designers, typography, found design

  Are your initial caps lacking luster? Is your first letter feeling timid? We all know how tough it can be being a capital on the internet — so much pressure. But there’s good news! The Daily Drop Cap can really give your nervous caps a secon...

• Fernando Volken Togni

  Posted on Friday October 16th, 2009 at 03:42 in illustration, contemporary, designers, typography, graphic-design, found design

  Very fun work from Brazilian illustrator Fernando Volken Togni. The color palettes for these illustrations are perfect — they draw me right in. I love Fernando’s simple, super graphic, super bold, and super tasty illustration style. That pea...

• Mikey Burton

  Posted on Friday October 9th, 2009 at 00:45 in contemporary, usa, designers, logos, typography, posters, graphic-design, found design

  It’s great when you find that one designer that can wear various design hats. Such is the case with Philadelphia’s Mikey Burton. Looking through his portfolio, I’m impressed with the amount, style and conceptual range of his work. T...

• Neither Fish Nor Fowl interview

  Posted on Tuesday October 6th, 2009 at 16:18 in illustration, contemporary, usa, product reviews, designers, features, interviews

  (Photo by Anna Wolf) Let’s travel to the boogie down borough of Brooklyn, New York — home to the colossal rides and hot dogs at Coney Island, the beautiful Central Library, and one of my favorite illustrators Jim Datz. For those who are in th...

• Tom Messenger

  Posted on Friday September 18th, 2009 at 03:33 in illustration, contemporary, designers, typography, graphic-design, found design

  Tom Messenger, a designer and illustrator from London, makes one of the best t-shirt prints I’ve seen. I love his bold stripes, buttons, colors, and breast pocket details. Tom’s work has great texture and personality to it. His range of c...

• Eric Smith / I Draw All Day

  Posted on Friday September 4th, 2009 at 05:32 in illustration, contemporary, usa, designers, typography, posters, graphic-design, found design

  I love the portfolio from Washington-based Eric Smith. Mr. Smith’s work seems to represent his friendly, optimistic personality quite well. Based on his monikor (I Draw All Day) and portfolio, one can assume that Eric does, indeed, draw all day...

• Jenny Grigg

  Posted on Friday August 21st, 2009 at 01:31 in contemporary, designers, typography, graphic-design, found design

  These book covers from Australian designer Jenny Grigg are absolutely superb. I love how she uses texture and composition to make such playful and compelling work. I want to touch and feel these books as much as I want to read them. There’s a ...

• We Are The Friction

  Posted on Friday August 14th, 2009 at 02:29 in illustration, contemporary, designers, typography, graphic-design, found design

  This second edition of Sing Statistics, “We Are the Friction” looks to be quite spectacular. I really, really can’t wait to get my hands on it. Way back when, for the first issue of Sing Statistics, it was just Jez and Lizzy. Now t...

• The Public Works

  Posted on Friday August 7th, 2009 at 09:01 in illustration, contemporary, galleries, usa, designers, graphic-design, design events

  Public Works looks to be a sweet gallery show and speaker series. It’s happening in Chicago, and focuses on those designers who have contributed to the independent art and music scenes there. You can find it at the Andrew Rafacz Gallery, includ...

• A. Micah Smith / My Associate Cornelius

  Posted on Friday July 24th, 2009 at 09:29 in illustration, contemporary, usa, designers, typography, posters, graphic-design, found design

  Upon viewing the work of Micah Smith, aka My Associate Cornelius, I 1) greatly enjoy the Bottle Rocket reference within the name, and 2) love the work. One of the things i enjoy about Micah’s work is the range and personality found in it. There...

• A Quick Interview with Christopher Simmons

  Posted on Wednesday July 15th, 2009 at 06:19 in books, contemporary, usa, designers, interviews, graphic-design

  Examining some possible layouts. We recently received news from long-time Grain Edit friends, MINE™, about their new book in the works, tentatively titled The Good Design Book. This book is aimed at those with a critical eye and an interest in how ...

• Nobrow Issue 1: Gods & Monsters

  Posted on Friday July 10th, 2009 at 02:10 in books, illustration, contemporary, designers, typography, graphic-design

  Cover illustration by Stuart Kolakovic Nowbrow Press‘ recently sent over their spectacular first issue, Gods and Monsters. Twenty four talented illustrators and designers have been carefully selected to create work around a specific theme. I lo...

• Dirk Fowler / F2 Design

  Posted on Friday July 3rd, 2009 at 03:23 in illustration, contemporary, usa, designers, typography, posters, graphic-design, found design

  Like many, gig-posters provided my first introduction to graphic design. The images seemed to perfectly articulate the ideas and spirit of the bands I was so obsessed with. During a recent “Best of the Best of Poster Designers” conversati...

• HypeForType

  Posted on Friday June 26th, 2009 at 01:55 in contemporary, designers, typography, fonts, found design, grahpic-design

  Si Scott’s Hunter HypeForType is looking good. It’s a best of, it’s a who’s who, it’s a one stop typographic super shop featuring lots of inspired designers and typographers making great looking type. Under the supervisi...

• Jeff Canham

  Posted on Friday May 29th, 2009 at 04:39 in illustration, contemporary, usa, designers, typography, found design

  Jeff Canham’s typographic compositions are like tidal waves of cool; they’re like the Mavericks of type. His use of icons with a variety of type styles give the work excitement, depth, and sophistication. I love the sign painted feel and ...

• Chad Hagen: Nonsense Info Graphics

  Posted on Friday May 22nd, 2009 at 03:21 in contemporary, usa, designers, graphic-design, found design

  What is this graph measuring? Stalagmite height? Point source density? Christmas tree farm growth? We don’t know, but they sure do look good. Chad Hagen has made a great collection of “Nonsense Info Graphics” and put them in a set o...

• Paul Sych / Faith

  Posted on Friday May 15th, 2009 at 05:43 in contemporary, designers, graphic-design, found design, typgraphy

  I’m really impressed with these typographic treatments from Paul Sych. Each one of them is totally sublime and refreshingly unique — they break out nicely from the common type trends going around. On one hand the work is very playful and ...

• Cookie / Made in England

  Posted on Friday May 1st, 2009 at 03:17 in contemporary, designers, typography, posters, graphic-design, found design

  Simon Cook (aka Cookie) is a designer, illustrator, sock monster maker, occasional traveler, and super hiker. His work is packed to the gills with fun. I love looking at a designer’s portfolio and seeing their personality and excitement evident...

• Dress Code interview

  Posted on Monday April 20th, 2009 at 05:34 in contemporary, usa, designers, features, posters, interviews, graphic-design

  Welcome to the latest addition to the Grain Edit interview series. But wait, there’s a twist! We sneaked a book review into the mix as well. I know, very tricky. Our latest interviewees are Andre Andreev and Dan Covert. They’re from New Y...

• The Art and Illustration of Kevin Dart

  Posted on Friday April 10th, 2009 at 13:29 in art, illustration, contemporary, usa, designers, typography, graphic-design, found design

  Very happy to run across the work of Kevin Dart this morning — he has some serious talent going on. His rough textures and sketchy illustration style combine so nicely with the clean 60’s style graphics and type. His work feels like a per...

• Tim Gough interview

  Posted on Wednesday April 8th, 2009 at 14:20 in illustration, contemporary, usa, designers, features, posters, interviews, graphic-design

  (Photo credit: Adam Wallacavage) The next addition to the Grain Edit interview series takes us to Philadelphia: City of Brotherly Love, home of founding father Ben Franklin and the Liberty Bell, and double agent Tim Gough. A man of mystery, by day, T...

• New Work From Wink!

  Posted on Friday April 3rd, 2009 at 12:27 in contemporary, designers, typography, graphic-design, found design

  Wow! Super snappy new work from Wink. Wink is always on-point design-wise, and this is no different. Their latest work is for Rebel Green, a new aesthetically conscious and eco-friendly company with products aimed at reducing and reusing. I love the ...