I'm surrounded

I'm not sure if it's because it's finally SPRING in Portland Oregon or if Chartreuse is the new black or what, but I'm seeing it everywhere! On all of the trees that are budding out, in JCrew's new spring line and all over the design blogs! I'm loving these fun examples of pairing chartreuse with turquoise, magenta and oranges.

learning by osmosis

Our friend Nathan here at AMAA sent along these fabulous Adobe Creative Suite pillows! I would definitely go with the yellow Illustrator pillow, what about you?

wanna ride bikes?

Peugeot posters are amazing. Check out these amazing old pieces of graphic art! I know the Beaverton bike gallery has some great modern day cycle posters too, but sadly not for sale. I personally favor the lion carrying the bike across the globe, what a marketing message there!

google earth alphabet

Stumbled across this freshness yesterday! What's your favorite letter? For me, it's a dead heat between L's perfection and G's flourishes...

packaging

Love the color pallete. Love the nod to Mr.Squirrel. Way to go.

coming to a theater near you...

Now, I'm going to explain something, I am a Trekie. Yep, it's embarrassing, but SO true. I got CHILLS in the movie theater when the first trailers started trickling out for the new Star Trek movie. It's out May 7th - can not wait. Check out the Star Trek movie website, fabulous typography, high end graphics and navigation...live long and prosper.

kat heyes illustration

Kat Heyes has a beautiful collection of illustrations and layouts on her website. Lately I have been noticing fashion layouts more and more, their strong hierarchy and playfulness is really refreshing.

environmental design

Photos from a fashion show. I love the larger than life environmental design and the use of white on white is really surreal! I wonder if the Anthropologie window designers have taken a self-esteem hit...

i heart angled typography

I really do. It's so fun. Here's my favorite new example of angled typography, this is a poster for a contestant on Brazil's version of "America's Next Top Model"...it's FIERCE!

daring typography

I'm loving the daring typography in this month's Elle Magazine. NubbyTwiglet originally posted this fine piece, see her spectacular typography collection here.

information design tuesday

I really appreciate good information design. That's why for this week's instalment of "INFORMATION DESIGN TUESDAY" I've picked these lovely arched pieces. It's beautiful and thoughtful, and above all else, informative!

steve kim

The work of Steve Kim caught my eye this morning. His paintings have a really nice graphic style. I love the everyday subjects like this above called "leashed dog."