I’m a bit of a fanatic when it comes to using the red cross in design. Aveda did a fantastic job of taking a huge amount of information and organizing it in a way that is easy to navigate. The use of white space in advertising is very refreshing as well. You can view all [...]

Sean Ward (Sean can be found at seanward.net): I remember my Dad wheeling the TV set over to the table so we could watch the Thriller video. That was the only allowed exception to the ‘no TV during dinner rule’ in my house. Nubby, what is your oldest or most formative Michael Jackson memory? Nubby [...]

Thanksgiving, trips to IKEA, virtual meetings, surprises in the mail, catalog design, the haunted mansion and mountain getaways…another action-packed week is officially over! Teamwork! Dark gray walls, ebony floors, a huge fireplace and a few well-placed pieces of taxidermy…slowly but surely, our living room is starting to feel like the haunted mansion. The white sixties-era [...]

• Freelance Feed serves up bite-sized bits of freelance-related information on a daily basis. • AOL has just rolled out is new brand identity. What do you think? In this case, should the simplicity be mocked or celebrated? In their defense, they were smart to drop the dated Web 2.0 reflections. • If you’re trying to [...]

This weekend, I went to an estate sale and got this priest’s shawl (along with some other religious paraphernalia). My house is essentially full of crucifixes and taxidermy. Thanks to my brother for the photos. Dress, Forever 21 Shawl, vintage Wedges, Camilla Skovgaard Beret, Forever 21 Helvetica Edition Moleskine Tights, H&M Watch, Nixon Tweet This [...]

I was taking a peak at ModCloth this weekend and they have so much good stuff right now! As you can probably tell by my favorite picks, I am on a HUGE uniform-inspired kick. I can’t quite decide whether I want to be a waitress, join the military or fly the friendly skies! Items: Pan [...]

I’ve said this a million times, but U.S. Elle always has the best design, month after month. I love their constant use of crazy lines…so so so good! You can view all of The Typofiles on Flickr here. Tweet This Post

Recently, I have been inspired by the following: Black, pretty girls and skulls. Most of these images have been gathered over the years in corners of the internet far and wide, so if any belong to you, let me know and I will credit them. Readers: What is inspiring you right at this moment? Tweet [...]

I started off my week with no solid plans. I thought I’d spend most of it sitting at my desk, pacing myself through client work and watching Dr. Phil. And now, it’s Friday and I’ve been going nonstop, doing agency work (and barely home). It’s funny how that happens but I guess it should be [...]

Ampersand print by Conor & David • If you’re an obsessive lover of type, you must read this article. “I think sometimes that being overly type-sensitive is like an allergy,” said Michael Bierut, a partner in the Pentagram design group in New York. “My font nerdiness makes me have bad reactions to things that spoil [...]