Graphic Designer Must-Have Books!

If you haven’t done this already, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed so you can be notified each time I post.I recently had the chance to interview Kristine Johnson of Cognition Studio, a Seattle-based design firm that specializes in design and illustration for the Medical Industries. Here Kristine gives her recommendations for [...]

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Top CMD+Shift Design Blog Posts of 2008

Here are some of the top stories of 2008 and also a few that didn’t get the top traffic, but I think deserve a second chance :) Hope you enjoy!
Top 5 Readers Favorites: Most Popular Posts
More Typographical Tattoos: Punctuation!
Make a LEGO man – A Totally Rad Tutorial
Tattoos & Type: Typographical Tattoos
20 Free & Open Source [...]

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CMD+Shift Design Blog on the Web: September – October ‘08

Over the last 8 months, I’ve had so much fun with this blog. It wasn’t easy at first and starting out a new business and a new blog was a bit overwhelming, but I feel like I’m getting into a groove with it. I love hearing from new subscribers and getting comments on regular readers [...]

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More Typographical Tattoos: Punctuation!

Check out Part One, Tattoos & Type: Typographical Tattoos
Exclamation Point!

Colon: Comma, Semicolon;

Ampersand &

Interrobang ‽

Question Mark ?

“Quotation Marks”

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7 Gifts for the Design Nerd in your Life

Pantone Mug

CMYK Moon Man Tee

Lorem Ipsum Bracelet

Ampersand Bookend

Typographic Coffee Table

KERN Track jacket

HEX Code Tee

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Tattoos & Type: Typographical Tattoos

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Also check out part 2, Punctuation Tattoos!
The Skin Project

I love TYPE. Typography in print, typography on the web.. i love it all. Typography is one of my favorite parts of design and it is one of those things you can find in unlikely places. Sometimes on an old store sign, or a business card, [...]

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Wine & Design: 30+ Top Wine Label Designs

Two of my favorite things, wine and design. Here are some stunning wine labels chosen for typography, illustration, some are just so clean and simple and some that give whole new attitude to wine packaging!
You can read reviews of most (if not all) of these wines at Cork’d.
Typorgraphy

Less is More

Classic Beauties

Illustrations

A Fresh Look

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