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Helen Dardik‘s bird patterns make me happy. All of her work makes me happy, in fact. Helen is an Ottawa (by way of Israel, Siberia, and Ukraine) based illustrator/designer/painter/toy maker. Her work is a nice combination of type, color, texture, and pattern. I love her loose, whimsical style.
Helen is represented by Lilla Rogers, and has an orange blog!
11.28.08 | Ethan | Found design | 
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Late start today. We’ve been as busy as a bunch of mid-century bees over here. Gettin’ that bees milk.
The Post Family is a design and cool people collective based collectively in Chicago, the largest city in Illinois. Their collection of prints for sale is really wonderful — I want every one of them. Love that flat, bold, sketchy illustration style. Each of the seven Family members contributes to their blog, and they’ve just started a monthly Studio Tour feature that looks like fun.
But in my opinon, the best feature of the site are the family member bios. I read and chuckled at each one.
The above image with the yummy type was snagged from their Flickr page.
11.26.08 | Ethan | Found design | 6 comments
Fun! Prizes! Things! Anorak has to be one of the coolest kids magazines around. Aimed squarely at five to nine year-olds, Anorak is way more creative and engaging than the Highlights dentist fare I grew up with. In each issue they have original stories written and illustrated by contemporary authors, fashion and style for kids, and new children’s products. I’m definitely sold.
And some of the illustrators include Adrian Johnson, Steven Harrington, and Damien Correll among others.
11.25.08 | Ethan | Found design | 12 comments
Gavin Potenza, aka the Portland Stamp Champ, has some recent and awesome stamp activity going on. Awhile back we posted on his Homage to the Stamp, and now he has something new entitled A Field Guide To: The Stamps of the World. Commissioned by Tiny Showcase, this print takes inspiration from the cultures of various countries (including old favorites such as Brazil, Canada, France, and Mexico), and assembles them in a lovely 21″ x 29″ print.
In addition to this, Gavin’s Homage to the Stamp was available as a letterpress print. (But is now sold-out, sadly.)
See more info, or purchase Stamps of the World for yourself or for your loved ones or for me.
11.21.08 | Ethan | Found design | 5 comments
Swedish illustrator, Klas Fahlen, has such an eye for detail and beautiful energetic line work. Some of his illustrations remind me of the work of Olle Eksell and Stig Lindberg. Check out Klas’ portfolio here via Art Department.
11.19.08 | Grace Danico | Found design | 9 comments
Really love this pattern-filled type by Andrew Townsend, done for Nottingham Trent University’s Art and Design book. Andrew is the art director over at Un.titled, and the purveyor of many fine typographic and design projects on his own site.
His Sports Brand type experiments are well worth checking out, as is Previous/Next.
11.17.08 | Ethan | Found design | 2 comments
Toronto-based Doublenaut sent over some prints recently, including this Wolf Parade gem. I’m loving their type, texture, illustration, and color combinations. Bonus points for a great gargoyle as well!
Also, I believe that ‘R’ belongs in my personal collection.
11.14.08 | Ethan | Found design | 4 comments
Miroslav Sasek: This is the United Nations c1968
Its about time that we have a little Miroslav Sasek love up in here.The Czechoslovakian born illustrator is well known for his This Is Series of children’s books. Most of the books in the This is series are centered around a certain city, for example This is San Franscisco or This is Paris, but in this case it’s an international organization. Through Sasek’s playful ink and gouache illustrations, he guides us through the building. I wish I had books like these when I was a kid. I could stare at this for hours.
11.11.08 | Dave | Uncategorized | 26 comments
Love, love, love these cover illustrations by Cristóbal Schmal! So good. All of his work has this same great texture and quality to it. Makes me want to touch everything! His type is super snappy as well, and integrates nicely with the illustrations. Check his site out, he’s got lots interesting projects and experiments going on.
Via the never-let-you-down Ffffound.
11.07.08 | Ethan | Found design | 9 comments
For those of you in Los Angeles, Shepard Fairey’s Subliminal Gallery is hosting an exhibition of House Industries work.
From Subliminal Gallery’s website:
For Letters and Ligatures, House Industries conveys a single, yet complex philosophy: visual nomenclature fuels language, facilitates communication, and forms the basis of a civilized society. The written language strings together letters, words, and sentences, conveying the innermost thoughts and ideas that human beings communicate to the outside world. It is tied to our primitive nature, governing our individual choices and observations, our collective socio-anthropologic history. At House Industries, the dedicated collective of artists figure if these symbols of syntax hold such an authority, “they might as well look good.”
OPENING RECEPTION
Saturday, November 8
8 p.m. – 11 p.m.
EXHIBITION DATES
November 8th – December 5th
SUBLIMINAL GALLERY
1331 W. Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
P. 213.213.0078
For more details visit the Subliminal Projects Gallery website.
11.06.08 | Dave | Events | Comments closed
Poster by CD Ryan. Gets your free here
Its official and now two lucky girls are getting a new puppy.
11.05.08 | Dave | Uncategorized | 5 comments
Pretty, bummed, and sad? No way! San Francisco based designer and illustrator, Liam Devowski, is anything but that! His work is heavily influenced by bold ’70s type, and he successfully juxtaposes bright cheerful colors with lonesome emotional phrases. Liam also contributes to the pop art and design blog Viewers Like You, which features posts by Rad Mountain’s own Damien Correll.
11.04.08 | Grace Danico | Found design | 3 comments
SAS Airlines dinner menu 1958
Dinner Menu celebrating the 1st Anniversary of the Scandinavian Airlines North Pole Route from Copenhagen to Tokyo.
11.03.08 | Dave | Off Our Bookshelves | 5 comments
