On the Mark

San Diego-based designer/illustrator Mark Jamotillo (AKA Studio Mark5) employs enviable typography skills in his fantastic designs. His bold, graphic style is perfect for his target market: apparel, music and skateboard graphics. This series of postcards promoting Eddie Vedder shows in the West are truly awesome. Sought after work like this serves not only as promotion…

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Big Top Pee-Wee

In keeping with the theme of movie posters, we want to take an opportunity to showcase the excellent work of Los Angeles-based design firm DKNG (see our previous post here). This time it’s for the iconic 1980s film Big Top Pee-Wee. We love the clean lines and attention to so many details. It’s no surprise…

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Official "85 Years of Oscars" Poster

Just in time for the Oscars, which take place this Sunday, creative genius Olly Moss (here and here) designed this amazing poster, featuring Best Picture Academy Awards from the past 85 years… each represented by its main character. Moss’s work never ceases to amaze and delight. Via ollymoss.com

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Striking Matchbook Design by Woody Harrington

We’ve always loved a good matchbook design. It’s sort of a lost art, really. When recent grad and Philadelphia-based designer Woody Harrington was asked to design a publishing piece for a series of flash fiction stories (basically a style of fiction literature of extreme brevity), he decided to turn them into vintage matchbooks. Harrington selected…

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SportsCenter Motion Graphics

We often take slick television graphics for granted, so let’s take a moment to recognize the awesomeness of one of the best and most dynamic in the business: SportsCenter. Los Angeles-based art director/motion designer Craig Stouffer did some stellar work on these highly detailed sequences as part of the team at creative branding agency Troika…

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Fantastic Work of David de la Fuente

We love the work of Spanish designer/art director David de la Fuente. His identity and typography work is impeccable. And, appropriately enough, he even has a piece honoring February 14th. Check out some of his work below (identity for a sport fishing shop, business card for shower and bath screen specialist, film poster, identity for…

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Low-Tech Posters Reaching Tech-Savvy Teenagers

For those of you who grew up in the ’80s, the anti-drug public service announcements were inescapable. If nothing else, they were memorable (after all, we’re referencing them some 25 years later). When advertising firm Team Detroit was tasked with creating an ad campaign for the College for Creative Studies, they could have taken many…

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Fanbase Badge Set by Matt Stevens

North Carolina-based designer/illustrator Matt Stevens has a great eye for branding. His focus and skill with brand identity programs is clear, even in this tongue-in-cheek badge set. We know from experience, successful branding is a tall order, and Stevens captures a quick visual crux of these varying badges beautifully. Via Behance

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Posters by Laz Marquez

We always appreciate well executed reinterpretations of movie and TV posters (think Olly Moss and Mondo). We recently came across some work of New York-based designer/art director Laz Marquez, and he certainly falls into that category. Marquez’s ability to mix up his style seems to be a strength here; He does not employ one particular…

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Print and T-Shirt Designs by Mark Books

Designer/art director Mark Brooks, who splits his time between his native Barcelona and New York City, designed this terrific series of limited edition prints and t-shirts for Barcelona retailer SantaMonica. The bold, sophisticated designs are really something. We especially like the star grid pieces, which are best viewed from a distance. Via Behance and markbrooksgraphikdesign.com

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