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The Right Way To Do Everything
The Book of Rules: The Right Way to do Everything is guide to modern manners and etiquette served up with a strong dose of humor. Author Joshua Belter has been getting the word out about this little...
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Tis the Season: Halloween fun
Calling all creatives: Got the Halloween spirit and feeling ready to decorate some pumpkins? Check out the Scout Creative “Dare to Flair” Pumpkin Trimming Challenge. HOW-loween is for book lovers! Of...
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Mastering Type Contest
Designer Denise Bosler, author of Mastering Type, just announced the “A-Z Fall Type Hunt Instagram Contest.” It’s an Instagram challenge to find all 26 letters of the alphabet somewhere out in the...
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Freshly Carved Pumpkin Typeface
Letters for Pumpkin Face, a Halloween-inspired typeface, were individually carved from slabs of fresh pumpkins.
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Free On French
If you’re ready to start designing your holiday card for this year, French Paper offers lots of colorful options in both card stock and envelopes (in easy-to-order small quantities). But what’s really...
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Celebrating Great Client Quotes
If you just got some negative/weird/incomprehensible client feedback, take a break and check out Sharp Suits, a collection of posters designed by Irish creatives to vent their frustrations and raise...
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Workspace Column Moves Online
For years, the Workspace column has been a popular article in HOW magazine. This knowledge ultimately came into play when we decided to move this column online in an effort to showcase more design...
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Designer T-Shirts For Good
When designer Jeff Sheldon started Ugmonk, a small T-shirt line, in 2008, he had no idea that in just two years it would become his full-time gig. Now Sheldon is using his business to give back to...
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Web Design is in the Details: An Interview with James Pannafino
In a recent interview, Millersville University professor James Pannafino talks about the misconceptions that many designers have when it comes to web design. Q: You say web design is in the details....
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End Of The World Self-Promotion
We’ve already received a bunch of nice holiday greeting cards and a handful of designer Christmas promotions, but once again, Milwaukee-based GS Design has nailed it with a stand-out self-promotion...
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Quote Crazy
Recite is a fun website from the creators of the image bookmarking site Piccsy. Plug in any quote and the site will generate a digital poster complete with interesting typography. Some quotes work...
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Bah Humbug
If you’re not a big fan of Christmas decorations, you’ll probably love this series of images by photographer Alan Sailer featuring exploding Christmas ornaments. This super creative creative designed...
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5 Minute Logos By Von Glitschka
When designer Von Glitschka posted a link to his new 5 Minute Logo website, I wasn’t sure what to think. But this tongue-in-cheek venture is actually an amazing opportunity to get five minutes of...
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2012 Apocalypse Survival Kit
I’m surprised more designers didn’t take advantage of the impending apocalypse to do clever self-promotions. The guys at Hexanine did not let this opportunity to have a little fun pass them by. Their...
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Best of the Blog 2012: A World Of Comic Sans
In a world where Comic Sans is the only font, logos would look like this:
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Type Chess Set
This gorgeous typographic chess set was designed and produced by London-based design firm hat-trick. If you play chess, it's works perfectly, but if you don't, it would still look amazing on a...
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Friday Free Font Find: Moonshiner (A Display Font)
Seattle-based designer Mattox Shuler has recently released his second free font. Called Moonshiner, it comes in two versions, regular and italic. This display face has a decidedly vintage feel that...
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Propaganda Poster Design For The Modern Age
Illustrator Ted Slampyak created a delightful series of vintage-style posters for the Art of Manliness blog highlighting smartphone etiquette. The posters are inspired from the old safety posters of...
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Design Humor: Laugh Till You Cry
First, illustrator Rami Niemi collaborated with DDB New York to create hilarious images promoting the Art Director’s Club awards, then continued the theme “keep fighting the good fight” for the Art...
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Vote On Monopoly’s New Piece Designs
Here’s one for the annals of game design: Hasbro is retiring one classic Monopoly piece and adding a new one to the mix and they’re leaving it up to players to vote. So far the wheelbarrow isn’t...
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