Thisisdisplay.org

Keep­ing on with my look back at the greats of design his­tory, I wanted to post about a great resource I found today. I’m sure it is old news to most design afi­ciona­dos but Thisisdisplay.org, or Dis­play, is a curated …

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Alvin Lustig

I love design from the first half of the 20th cen­tury. It is the period that marked the birth of mod­ern adver­tis­ing and design. For some rea­son, maybe because I wasn’t pay­ing atten­tion, I don’t remem­ber learn­ing a whole lot …

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&Co Wine Design

This is some great wine design. I love the sim­plic­ity of the col­ors and restraint in the actual design of the labels. The typog­ra­phy is excel­lent. I love to see clas­sic ser­ifs paired with con­tem­po­rary sans-serifs. Espe­cially with strik­ing contrasts …

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Alphaposters from Happycentro

I had just recently res­tum­bled across these Alpha­pos­ters from Hap­py­cen­tro and remem­bered just how much I enjoy the con­cept and imagery. I espe­cially like the “f” poster with the map illus­tra­tion. Old maps are the greatest.

Tavis Coburn

Tavis Coburn is an illus­tra­tor who’s work is inspired by vin­tage prints, comic books and Russ­ian avant-garde. His port­fo­lio has sev­eral strik­ing por­trait illus­tra­tions as well as nar­ra­tive and con­cep­tual pieces. His por­trai­ture is what really stands out to me. …

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Don’t sin. Use type wisely.

Check out this awe­some poster by Jim God­frey titled “Typo­graphic Sins.” I need this as a con­stant reminder next to my desk, although I don’t think I rou­tinely break many of these rules. Hope­fully there are no sins on this …

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