When the second issue of CARSON magazine arrived on my doorstep last week, I had assumed that the crossed out title on its cover was just another one of David Carson’s tongue-in-cheek graphic jokes. But, there’s more than meets the eye: CARSON has just been rechristened as Untitled. Why the magazine shifted from CARSON to [...]

As a designer, one of my biggest influences has always been Swiss poster design, with a particular focus on those that were created from the 1950s through the 1970s. When I look back at these designs, it’s very clear that they are timeless in part because of their simple compositions, bold yet clean type and [...]

Oh, Bodoni. I was first introduced to Bodoni during my first year of graphic design classes and it has become one of my go-to serifs in the years since. I love Bodoni so much that at one point I even made shirts and posters honoring its curves! Anyway, enough gushing! Gingko Press just sent me [...]

I’m loving the photography of Ramiro Chaves which has a subtle beauty in its stillness. Of particular interest are his images of old, decaying sign letterforms.

CARSON is a new bi-monthly magazine by, you guessed it, David Carson. To date, he’s won over 170 awards for his work and it’s no surprise, considering how groundbreaking his design was considered in the 90s. I can still remember seeing issues of the magazine he art directed at the time, Ray Gun (1992 – [...]

A few weeks back, I received a special promo in the mail from Veer that really got my attention — a rainbow colored package containing five sheets of dry transfer lettering. The catch? Each sheet featured a font available exclusively at Veer. I’ve had a mild obsession with dry transfer letters since I discovered them in [...]

One of my favorite design studios is Non-Format. Their work manages to always be sleek, slick and of-the-moment without feeling overly trendy. As I was perusing their recent work, I came across The Sanahunt TImes, a fashion newspaper for a luxury concept store in Ukraine. This is an interesting exercise in type — even though I [...]

My hotel nightstand in Paris, February 2011 Up until I was in Paris, I hadn’t bought a CD in 5+ years. Being a minimalist, I try to keep all my music digital beyond my well-loved record collection. But, that all changed when I stumbled into the holy grail of Parisian cool, Colette. Feeling more like [...]

One of my favorite corporate identities belongs to Saks Fifth Avenue. Launched in 2007 and designed by Michael Beirut and Pentagram, the logo was actually based off another that Saks had used back in 1973. Of the logo solution, Beirut says, “We took the cursive logo, redrew it with the help of font designer Joe [...]

In honor of Valentine’s Day yesterday, I thought I’d share one of my favorite all-time ads from Moschino. Originally posted back in 2009, classics never go out of style. Joey & I had a really low-key night since I’m leaving for New York soon and still packing and wrapping up projects. We had drinks and [...]