I recently had the chance to interview Kristine Johnson of Cognition Studio, a Seattle-based design firm that specializes in design and illustration for the Medical Industries. Here Kristine gives her recommendations for Must-Have Books for every designer library. Subscribe to the CMD+Shift Design Blog for the upcoming interview with Kristine and a video tour of [...]

Here are some of the top stories of 2008 and also a few that didn’t get the top traffic, but I think deserve a second chance :) Hope you enjoy! Top 5 Readers Favorites: Most Popular Posts More Typographical Tattoos: Punctuation! Make a LEGO man – A Totally Rad Tutorial Tattoos & Type: Typographical Tattoos [...]

Over the last 8 months, I’ve had so much fun with this blog. It wasn’t easy at first and starting out a new business and a new blog was a bit overwhelming, but I feel like I’m getting into a groove with it. I love hearing from new subscribers and getting comments on regular readers [...]

Check out Part One, Tattoos & Type: Typographical Tattoos Exclamation Point! Colon: Comma, Semicolon; Ampersand & Interrobang ‽ Question Mark ? “Quotation Marks”

Pantone Mug CMYK Moon Man Tee Lorem Ipsum Bracelet Ampersand Bookend Typographic Coffee Table KERN Track jacket HEX Code Tee

// Also check out part 2, Punctuation Tattoos! The Skin Project I love TYPE. Typography in print, typography on the web.. i love it all. Typography is one of my favorite parts of design and it is one of those things you can find in unlikely places. Sometimes on an old store sign, or a [...]

Two of my favorite things, wine and design. Here are some stunning wine labels chosen for typography, illustration, some are just so clean and simple and some that give whole new attitude to wine packaging! You can read reviews of most (if not all) of these wines at Cork’d. Typorgraphy Less is More Classic Beauties [...]