Designers United is a design team that was brought into being by acclaimed art directors Dimitris Koliadimas and Dimitris Papazoglou in order to engage visual research and systematic methodology into the design process. DU creates print and digital graphics that enable businesses, art institutions and other organizations to improve and strengthen their visual language.

Some great work coming out of London’s Post 98. The agency is led by 3 founding partners and specialize in identity, branding and spatial design. I especially love their more illustrative work and the high contrast and bright colors they incorporate into a lot of their projects. Very cool stuff.

Back when I was a student at Goshen College, I wrote a paper on the movie Seven for my Film Appreciation course.  I recall writing an in-depth description about the film’s title sequence, in particular, its sense of style and cinematography.  At the time, I had never seen a film’s opening sequence that so perfectly setup the movie and was, in itself, a...

  Sawdust is the creative collective of Rob Gonzalez and Jonathan Quainton, both independent graphic designers based in London. Classic, clean, geometric goodness. I’ve been drawn to this stuff from the beginning and it’s great to see young studios pushing the craft with thoughtful and timeless executions like these. DN3SC3MX6N9Z

Triboro Design is a the brooklyn based husband and wife team of David Heasty and Stefanie Weigler. Super sophisticated stuff with some great layout and type design. Enjoy.

5ifty & 5ifty is a San Diego based design collective working to create designs that support organizations working to do good in this world. Having been a long time fan of the people, the great work and the high quality of design embodied by Invisible Children I thought it was time to highlight the firm that brings these designs to...

Sweet Creative is an Australian based design studio founded by Fiona Sweet. They do a wide range of projects and have a pretty minimal house style that is refreshingly simple. Especially liking all their layout design and super simple identities.

I recently got a pack of Monarch playing cards in the mail and was please to see they were designed by Curtis Jinkins and his Neighborhood Studio. They have a really great shop that should be checked out and of course a wide range of amazing work. Curtis seems to be able to transcend any particular style, but his work is always distinctively him....

As a designer I am always looking for music to listen to as I work, music that inspires me and does not distract me from my current project. I tend to listen to a lot of ambiant music and as of late that means I listen to a lot of Schiller. Named after the German poet Friedrich Schiller, Schiller was...

Borja Bonaque is a designer / illustrator from Valencia, Spain. He’s produced artwork for Elwood, Financial Times, Wallpaper, Zoo York, New Scientist, Rioja Wines, Bancaja, House & Garden and Wired Magazine and has a style that I have’t quite seen before. Feast your eyes. There is a timeless trippy-ness here that his worth taking in and a comprehensive exploration of man...