A Little Inspiration
Draplin Design Co.
Draplin Design Co.
Draplin Design Co.
I heard Aaron Draplin speak at the HOW Design Conference in 2016 and I've been thinking about his work since. Visit his site and check his merch.
Hatch Show Print
Draplin Design Co.
Draplin Design Co.
Hatch Show Print has been carving wood blocks and making amazing prints since the dawn of country music. Today they are taking blocks often over a century old and reinventing them in inspiring ways.
TheDesignAir
Draplin Design Co.
TheDesignAir
While working on projects for plane interiors, TheDesignAir became an invaluable resource for competitive analysis as well as pure inspiration. Also, I miss traveling on planes. (C'mon vaccine!)
Walker Evans
Burger King's New Old Branding
TheDesignAir
Baldwin Lee—my genius photography professor in college—first introduced me to Walker Evans. He is a master class in telling a multi-volume story within a single image.
Paul Rand
Burger King's New Old Branding
Burger King's New Old Branding
If you're a graphic designer and don't know who Paul Rand is—I can't even with you right now.
Burger King's New Old Branding
Burger King's New Old Branding
Burger King's New Old Branding
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And if it's already been fixed, re-un-break it.
@witenry
Dutch Bank Notes of the 90s
Clarendon
I can only aspire to the zen level of patience needed to achieve this.
Clarendon
Dutch Bank Notes of the 90s
Clarendon
What is it about this typeface that was crafted in 1845 that makes it evoke such varied decades from the 50s to the 70s and beyond? I stan.
Dutch Bank Notes of the 90s
Dutch Bank Notes of the 90s
Dutch Bank Notes of the 90s
My first trip to Europe in 1995 exposed me to the wonder of pre-euro Dutch currency. I continue to be smitten by the fifty guilder note with sunflowers and bees as the most beautiful thing I've ever exchanged for beer.