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Category Archives: Design


Olly Moss Does Star Wars

Olly Moss Does Star Wars

YEEESSSS! Holy shit these are incred­i­ble. Check out some of the best posters ever designed for the Star Wars tril­ogy, cour­tesy of Olly Moss.

Happy Holidays from Coolfire Media

Happy Holidays from Coolfire Media

The Hol­i­days are near and all of us at Coolfire Media would like to wish you the best with our fes­tive addi­tions to the web­site. Check out the fun fea­tures added in total CFM style!

Ambassador Scotch Ads by Division of Labor

Ambassador Scotch Ads by Division of Labor

I just came across these pretty hilar­i­ous ads by San Francisco-based Divi­sion of Labor. I enjoy these ads for var­i­ous rea­sons. I love scotch. I love the back­wards think­ing of most everyone’s grand­par­ents and the sto­ries that result. But most …

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Some Newness from The Heads of State

Some Newness from The Heads of State

Finally, the unveil­ing of the new site by the geniuses that call them­selves The Heads of State. The work these guys pro­duce is qual­ity. From illus­tra­tions to posters to iden­tity works, their style remains the same: sim­ple, concept-driven and really, …

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Arcade Fire Posters: Europe

Arcade Fire Posters: Europe

More incred­i­ble gig posters for Arcade Fire brought to us by the won­der­ful Bur­lesque Design. They have not done a poster for Arcade Fire yet that failed to be aston­ish­ing. The deci­sion of which one to pur­chase is get­ting harder …

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Local Talent: Brad Gutting

Local Talent: Brad Gutting

While wast­ing some time with some casual read­ing I came across the web­site of a local designer/artist named Brad Gut­ting. Gutting’s site con­sists of sev­eral gor­geous prints cre­ated from a com­bi­na­tion of in-camera film effects mixed with some dig­i­tal color …

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Excellent New Paintings from Oliver Jeffers

Excellent New Paintings from Oliver Jeffers

I really can’t stress enough how much I like the paint­ings of Oliver Jef­fers. His oil paint­ings are very true to life but they still con­tain a very unique char­ac­ter­is­tic. I am not sure if it is the brush­strokes, use …

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New Print from Scott Hansen

New Print from Scott Hansen

Scott Hansen, aka ISO50, just released a new print for pur­chase. As usual, it is quite gor­geous. The style is sim­i­lar to a lot of his recent work with very min­i­mal yet strik­ing graphic work with super sub­dued typog­ra­phy. The …

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The Art of Hermann Zapf

The Art of Hermann Zapf

This is a truly inspi­ra­tional video for any­one inter­ested in the art of let­ter­ing. I am rethink­ing my wed­ding design ideas already. It might be fun to get out the pens and ink bot­tles again and try to use some …

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Aaron Horkey and Jay Ryan Art Print

Aaron Horkey and Jay Ryan Art Print

This is one of the great­est things I have ever seen. From two of my favorite poster design­ers, Aaron Horkey and Jay Ryan, comes this won­der­ful cre­ation. It is a thir­teen color screen­print! I recently told my fiancé to stop …

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