24 : you smell

Sometimes we take ourselves too seriously. I'm not saying every day, all day should be one big comedy show, but sometimes it's nice to let your hair down and have fun. Lovely products that are designed beautifully and are fun, are my perfect reminder to not take everything so seriously.

And the soap products over at You Smell, definitely brought a smile (and chuckle) to my day. There is some lovely packaging and web design happening over there. The vintage, textural feeling of their site makes me want to look at it all day. And the playful idea and beautiful label on their packaging (plus an inside joke I have with my bff) make me want this. Bad.


And since I know you read this, it seems fitting... p u you smell :p

23 : upside down, left to right

I love this short film on letterpress. It made me massively miss that little crackle when rolling out the ink with a brayer... I crave to be back in the studio, but of course, life (well, work) gets in the way far too often. Maybe some day.


Upside Down, Left To Right: A Letterpress Film from Danny Cooke on Vimeo.

08 : pintrest

 

I have a mild obsession with pintrest.com right now... ok, ok, so I admit, it's more like a full blown obsession. I seriously love that I can take any image I find online, on any website, and "pin" it to my pintrest board. All those recipes I want to make one day. Pinned in one location. The cool gadgets/book/object I can't live without. Pinned. A collection of cool ampersands I find on the web. Done. Simply amazing.

My Ampersand Love board...as of tonight

If you want to check out dmmh's pins, click here.

05 : how to create a ligature

Sometimes us designers have a strange sense of humor. And sometimes things like this...

© David Schwen

...make us laugh out loud.

FYI...A typographic ligature is where two or more characters are joined together to make a single glyph (fi, fl, ff, ffi, ffl, are some examples). When done correctly, they create a beautiful, and simplified character.

04 : house industries

House Industries has some major designer eye candy. Their "trailer" is no different. 4 minutes of beautiful type, texture, and amazing detailed shots. Love this.

Click above to watch on House Industries website

03 : fab.com

Lately I've been obsessed with fab.com; a website featuring "daily design inspirations and sales". I do find the fact that you have to be invited to, or request an invitation to, a little odd, but I love checking to see what new products they feature and what deals I can score.

I have seen some ah-maze-ing stuff and I look forward to filling up my new digs with some awesome finds.