I'll Drink to That

I'll be honest, I pick wine out based on whether I like the label or not, and this is a bottle I'd pick up. New York City based design firm Wallace Church created this Falling Leaves label titled Thanksgiving Wine. It's design was honored in HOW's International Design Awards this year.

World of Words

Nancy McCabe, a Chicago designer, crafted this gorgeous map almost entirely made out of type. Pretty amazing.

Check out these cities maps based off the same idea.

Classic

I've always loved Coca-Cola advertising. It's classic. And after the endless amounts of research I did last semester for my infographic project I appreciate it even more. I hadn't seen this poster before, but it won an honorable mention in HOW's International Design awards. It reminds me of the famous Absolut Vodka ads, which I also love.

Yummy Type

I love finding typography used in interesting ways. Edible type even better. Check out some other cool typography pieces done by British designer Anne Garforth. Rethink made out of leaves is a personal fav.

2011 Design Trends

I could summarize this article, but it's probably better just to get it straight from the source. I love how a lot of these trends are simple switches that really do make a difference in website design. And the examples couldn't be any better. Read the full article here.

Patterns

I'm loving the fun area rugs featured in the April 2011 issue of Real Simple. The patterns are great. From simple stripes and geometric shapes to abstract florals, these are the perfect inspiration for note card designs or a color palette sampling for a new project.

Superhero Alphabet

Fun with letters ...

The Art of Procrastination

I think every designer stumbles through this list of things before beginning a project, so when I came across this article in Real Simple (which I was clearly thumbing through instead of working on my seminar project) I was sucked in. I should have been refining my infographic for my groups renewable energy project, but I just chalked this up to a little research since coincidentally this article also featured a handy infographic. The information is fluff, and really isn't representing any concrete data, but it's visually fun, and who doesn't like a little of that while procrastinating?