Travel and vintage design are both high on my list of things that make me happy.  Check out this fantastic collection by Art of the Luggage Label if they make you happy too.  You can thank me later.

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It’s true.  I’m an Eames fanboy.  The couple and their productions were revolutionary in their approach to life and design, and their Case Study No. 8 house is no exception.  Now, House Industries (of typography fame) has produced a set of children’s blocks that puts that wonderful piece of architecture in your hands.  Screen printed [...]

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Beverly Hsu has combined two of my favorite things: typography and baking.  So delicious.

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It seems I just can’t get enough of cool wooden block toys.  My kids are going to be spoiled.  These 12 educational and artsy blocks are designed by House Industries and stamped with typefaces from their Neutraface set.  Manufactured in the United States out of kiln-dried basswood, they’re even printed with non-toxic, kid-friendly inks. Get [...]

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Furniture Typeface by The Butler Bros, designed for High Fashion Home.  I love the Noguchi table “G”. Update: This typeface was mistakenly credited earlier to the wrong firm.  It is now correctly linked to The Butler Bros.

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Do you think eye candy belongs on a web site or other user interfaces, or is it just marketing polish?  Stephen P. Anderson covers this question in an excellent article titled In Defense of Eye Candy.  He (correctly) suggests that visual stimulus is more than just a clever gimmick.  Here’s an excerpt: Below is a [...]

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A combination of two of my favorite things: typography and architecture. This is why despite poor quality furniture I continue to love IKEA. (via I Love Typography)

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Buy the poster at Lure Design.

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Usually I’m the last to go to bed in the household.  Late nights spent reading have long been a personal habit, but over the course of the last year many of those evenings have seen a common theme: design.  Taking in as much information as I could get my hands on about the ins and [...]

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Remember pop-up books?  They always used to amaze me as a kid, and continue to do so as a grown-up.  Having been around the print industry for most of my childhood (Mom worked in advertising), it’s especially fascinating to see not only the clever design but the intricate manufacturing and paper work.  How these things [...]

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