Homeland Security Blanket
Design Glut released this limited edition Chrissy Homeland Security Blanket, emblazoned with the terrorism preparedness alert levels. Via Core77.
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Little Paper Planes
Little Paper Planes is an online community of artists that was once dedicated mostly to the sale of art prints and letterpress. The shop has recently branched out into accessories and clothing.
The Little Friends of Printmaking Interview
Grain Edit features a nice interview with Melissa and JW Buchanan of The Little Friends Printmaking. It’s a great look into how the couple met, set up shop and work together every day. One of my favorite parts of the interview is an example of the process the pair goes through when designing a poster. […]
Free Handwritten Fonts
Tripwire Magazine links to 45 free handwritten fonts perfect for you to use in your design projects! Pictured above are some of my favorites.
Ersinhan Ersin’s Tapeography
I have an extensive cassette tape collection (Chicago house music) so naturally I was stoked to see that Designboom featured the awesome typography of Turkish designer Ersinhan Ersin. Ersin made all the letters and designs from deconstructed cassette tapes, and aptly calls it Tapeography. More pics on Ersin’s Behance Network page. Here’s hoping no good mixes were harmed in the making of his creation.
James Dyson Award entries
The James Dyson Awards have a simple brief: “Design something that solves a problem.” The top video is for a conductive body paint (not sure what problem that solves, but still cool), the second is for a kind of fastener technology for consumer electronics that would make post-consumer disassembly much faster and cheaper (looks like […]