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almasy

he's sucha talent. even his surname is unique.
a first found austrian designer on my list. more austrians to come, they have such great design taste!

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MATT LEHMAN

I thought he made really nice book jackets! Kinda nice to have one book jacket as a sample of my work huh?

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Luke Elliot


This guy is super neat man. I like his works. Simple yet with a touch of wittyness. it's light hearted, it's fun. Check him out and also in the latest October issue of Computer Arts!! I'm gonna get one next week cause ive bought too many design magazines this time round! hahah that would be my number one october splurge!

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Awesome awesome Mike Lemanski


He's really good I tell ya. My daily feed of pretty visuals and colour palettes... I must say this guy's works are the awesomest ones I had so far this week. Have been busy at work I didnt have time to look for exquisite stuff. Now, his graphic skills have just made my day!!


Stalk him on his site and blog now!

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Atelier Martino&Jaña

Lovely lovely work! I'm kinda obsessed with publication design now. I feel so drawn into those contrasting images and clean, concise type layout. Like the example above, these are works from Atelier Martino & Jana. Click on their name to visit their site!

I'm doing some publication design myself. A health products company newsletter. I refuse to make it plain and boring just because it's so corporate. I hope the clients will be open to my design. Did sent the first draft. So far so good. But I want to work on the cover. Not working for me yet now... Somehow it just lacks something. Like there's no flair to it yet....I was hoping they would choose the one I really like. But they chose the generic safe option. Blearrgghh!

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Shawn Nielson!!

He's a silkscreen guru I tellya!

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Studio on Fire

"Well Hello There!

We provide both Design Services and Letterpress Printing
with a distinctively tactile presence.

Our unique workspace marries design, art and craft.
It’s like having cream and sugar in your coffee.
We bring a keen synergy of design sensitivity and production
knowledge to our projects. We are backed by full, in-house
modern letterpress printing capabilities.

We collaborate with creative firms, printers, and individuals
to produce work with a tactile and distinctively modern edge.
Whether the design work is our own or yours, our expert knowledge
of letterpress technique brings award-winning projects to life."

They have a very pleasant looking website and their portfolio is impressive! You can visit the studio's blog called BeastPieces. Cute name huh. They blogged their works they designed and printed and describe the process of getting them printed. They really flaunt their craft for letterpress. Really love their craft quality. Perhaps I can print my stuff from them and have it shipped here! ;)

Love, love, love

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mike perry yaw'all

'I am an early riser' - mike perry

I love morning people like him. he has this certain style in his works that i quite like. i think its just the colours he uses. pastel hues and neons. they are vibrant! he is messy but organised-ly messy. so i am fine with that. tho his subjects are random, i am sure he has a concept behind those stuff.

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PATTERNPULP is soooo goooooddd...!

Wanna read up the site more when I get home =)

To all pattern lovers, keep the love going... patterns are too wonderful to resist. well certain patterns that is... above is just some works being posted in patternpulp. the cool thing about this site is that it showcases patterns, trends, inspirations, creatives from all over the world. such a great insight!

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Little Lion Studio

Love, love, love her patterns to bits!! Been busy at work. Like terribly busy. And celebrating Sarah Alkaff's birthday and welcoming her Korean American friend, Jason who comes to visit Singapore a few days back. We're going Night Safari tonight after work!!

Weee!! So in the Safari mood, I'm showcasing Little Lion Studio!

RRAaaaarrrrr!!!!

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Vahalla Studios

I like to give my eyes some therapy. Looking at their things nicely letterpressed and silkscreened is such a great pleasure. Printing techniques in Singapore is so limiting. There's no letterpress specialists or anything!

URGH i so wanna go over to states and be a real graphic designer!!!

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Letterpress & Typewriters

I am going crazy looking at prints that are printed by letterpress machines. The texture is just so nice and authentic! The blots of ink, maybe, or the rough stamped effect after printing for very long. The effect is just something I really adore and prefer. It's not that I loathe glossy prints and solid prints. They can be nice for some sleek things but having textured prints/type is somehow more natural looking and it brings me away from the fact that everything is too technologically produced this modern age.

Using the letterpress machine is also similar to producing prints technologically. But modern printers does not give the same effect. They only give you lines or try match colours when your ink tank runs out. These days when I try to make those rubber stamp effects, either I have to do it manually(stencil and paint or anything) or do in Photoshop. Might not be 100% satisfying though if we talk about photoshop.

Ah I dont know. It's like doing when I do illustrations, I prefer drawing first and scan them in. But this technique may not be a friendly technique when it comes to digital colouring in Photoshop or Illustration. A Wacom tablet is the solution but I somehow still prefer unclean, inconsistent lines.

Hmmm... Perhaps a typewrite for my birthday would be awesome! I wanna make a typographic book out of it! Would be so fun and experimental!