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Odd Todd’s now iconic Coff-ay mug.

Snag it here.

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Plaid Creative’s Citizen’s Guide to coffee.

Found via That’s Nerdalicious!

Tags: culinary, design, illustration, recipe by steve
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Lokesh Dhakar’s illustrated guide to espresso.

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One of these days I’m gonna make it up to Seattle and visit bauhaus books + coffee. Just because I have to.

And available now thru them is the Bauhaus + I Want You shirt, designed by Christian Petersen of DUMB EYES – as a cross promotion with I Want You magazine.

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Zazzle’s been running daily specials – and today all my mugs are 50% off.

This includes the one pictured above (in its travel option); as well as my best-selling Font Me Typography mug, below.

Input code HOLIDAYSALE4 at checkout. Plus, free shipping on orders over $50. Visit my store here. Zazzle has a new special every day for the holidays, some limitations apply (of course).

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The work of Sophie Griotto.

Found via Arlene Time

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The work of Jerry Seguin.

Found via Ashley Simko

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An image from long ago. The reality is much different today.

Graphic found via Laura Serra

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‘And so was born the ‘shop-at-a-glance’ concept’

An ill-fated design experiment from 1965: Ralphs remodeled with departmentalized, color-coded graphic icons. Article here.

I use a lot of color coding in my own work – but with the assumption that the end user will need other organizational tools to find their way around. ‘Shop-at-a-glance’ never quite caught on; tho I’d love to see what data Ralphs collected as part of their process.

Found via Pleasant Family Shopping

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‘Great design. Straight from designers.’

Here’s some picks from the Supermarket this year.

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‘Exciting, Neue, Romance! Adventure!’

‘Love Boot’ prints, cards and postcards.

Vintage, repeating playbill poster design featuring type and boot dingbat from my Jeanne Moderno fonts.

And  . . .  Save $10 on your order of $35 or more at my store. Restrictions apply, go here for details/to get the discount.

(The prints come out really nice too)

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