Caleb Owen Everitt has an eye for design and art direction that’s really inspiring. I remember swooning over his identity & packaging work for The Chop Shop when I first came across on Ptarmak. His sensibility is evident throughout his work, and while some follows trend (which maybe he starts?), it does so in a way that makes it feel fresh and authentic. Almost effortless.
Manual is a graphic design and branding consultancy based in San Francisco, specializing in branding and corporate identity; art direction; packaging; printed matter; web; illustration;
signage and exhibitions.
Beautiful new work from Xavier Encinas — Art Director and Graphic Designer living and working in Paris, France. He is the Design Director of Under The Influence and The Lab as well as the founder and editor of Swiss Legacy. Awesome dude, great photographer, and smart too — follow him on Twitter.
I had the chance to check out The New Typography at MoMA, NY last weekend, and while I was slightly disappointed with the breadth of work shown, it was still impressive to see these pieces in-person. Viewing works online, or in books is no substitute for the first-hand experience of scale, texture, paper, ink, and history that you absorb when you interact with something tangible.
The New Typography as described by MoMA:
“In the 1920s and 1930s, the so-called New Typography movement brought graphics and information design to the forefront of the artistic avant-garde in Central Europe. Rejecting traditional arrangement of type in symmetrical columns, modernist designers organized the printed page or poster as a blank field in which blocks of type and illustration (frequently photomontage) could be arranged in harmonious, strikingly asymmetrical compositions. Taking his lead from currents in Soviet Russia and at the Weimar Bauhaus, the designer Jan Tschichold codified the movement with accessible guidelines in his landmark book Die Neue Typographie. (1928).” (link via Oliver Tomas)
Here is a quick video walk-through I was able to grab while I was there:
I’ve been a fan of Studio Output‘s work for a while now and really dig their new site. Lovely work aside, I think this site is completely appropriate, and also a perfect example of a dynamic, interactive experience that isn’t built with flash. Once you become oriented and familiar with how the site functions, you realize just how flexible it is. There are several ways to sort the work, whether it’s a modular or draggable grid layout, category or list. Nicely done.
I’m admittedly late on this one, but I’m digging the new Studio von Birken with it’s big, glossary-style, type-only navigation. Looking through the work can be a bit jumpy though and overall they seem to be lacking project information or insight into their creative process. Regardless, their work is incredible and always inspiring — including the on-going E&A The Glossy Zine.
Nice mix of work from Lancaster-based designer/artist Daniel Kent.
I’m into these hand-painted typographic pieces, as well as his letterpress work for the Lancaster.
My good friend Jerrod Modica, co-founder and creative director for T2AP Creative Team based outside of Philadelphia, just launched their new site with a grip of new work.
General Projects is the working name of designer Ben Pieratt, the mind behind Svpply, The Egotist Network, Book Cover Archive, and more. Yes, I’ve featured him here a few times – what can I say, I dig his work.
I was stoked today to discover the work of another great Philadelphia-based designer, Elysse Ricci. You may be familiar with Elysse’s work for Urban Outfitters, where she’s currently an in-house designer. I love her use of color and type, often combined with a subtle mix of elements made by hand, which gives her work a great personal quality.
