Best of the Week 5/15

It’s been one HOOT of a week! In this roundup we some interesting topics such as: owls, ugly money, landscape typography and some out of the ordinary type inspiration. Enjoy!

Owltastic

Owltastic

Owltastic

Do you guys know who Megan Fisher is? Shes a designer for a tiny (and talented) webshop called Simplebits and a freelancer. Check out her recently redesigned and rebranded site! Great job Megan!

Re-design the US Dollar

Re-design the US Dollar

Re-design the US Dollar

Think Create Blog proposes that the American dollar is ugly (I wholeheartedly agree) and needs to be re-designed. If the Swiss and Europeans can do it on a (sort of) regular basis then we should as well.

Google Maps Typography

Google Maps Typography

Google Maps Typography

Check out this series of images found within google maps. Typography is all around us!

Vintage Checks

Vintage Checks

Vintage Checks

Check out the detailed type of these vintage bank checks. Too bad our checks can’t look like this today!

We Love Icons!

We Love Icons!

We Love Icons!

There are an immense number of icons out there on the interwebs, but lets get real – alot of them are crap. High quality is hard to come by, but this site has it right: We Love Icons.

Letman

Letman

Letman

Just cant get enough of hand drawn lettering and design? Check out Letman’s amazing work.

via hellyeahdude

Oded Ezer

Oded Ezer

Oded Ezer

Oded Ezer – a typographic artist, logo and type designer, pushes the limits of the Hebrew alphabet with his experimental typography. Definitely something to check out if you are looking for inspiration that is out of the ordinary.

Rita

Rita

Rita

I love it when graphic designers venture outside the realm of well…graphic design and jump into the design world at large. Rita is a multidisciplinary design studio based in canada with a lovely portfolio of designed objects.

Thumbnails In Web Design

Thumbnails In Web Design

Thumbnails In Web Design

Ever wonder how other designers handle thumbnail images in their designs? Check out this article by 2 Experts design on examples and best practices of the art of thumbing…the nail…or thumbnails…or whatever. :)



Comments

  1. Alex May 15th

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    Great post, but I think there’s a problem with the ‘Re-design the US Dollar’ link :(


  2. Matthew Ferreira May 15th


  3. Andrew May 15th

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    Alex, just remove the from the link – it should work just fine.
    And agreed, great articles!


  4. Andrew May 15th

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    Hmmm, it seems it killed my code there – remove the “br /” (and by ” I mean )at the end of the url.


  5. Brandi Stanley May 16th

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    Absolutely love the vintage checks. I’m a sucker for vintage type and detail work.

    Also: The Rita Saint James Church signage. Wow.


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