entries Tagged as [design]

French Dip

Cole’s – photographed by Heather John. Foodinista post here.

French Dip showdown here. Bunch-o-recipes here.

New York: Food & typography


The work of Philippe Nicolas.

Typeface: Bang-bang.

Rethinking food labels

‘The rectangles on top of each label represent main ingredients, and bars on the bottom provide a quick thumbs or thumbs down for a breakdown of fat content, carbohydrates, etc. Icons of spoons and scoops are used to supplement serving size since no one knows what 182 grams looks or feels like.’

Above, Renee Walker’s food nutrition label redesign, winner of UC Berkeley School of Journalism’s Rethink the Food Label competition.

Her work was originally part of an interdisciplinary topic studio focused on contemporary health issues; she has her original versions posted here.

Below, a few of my favorites from the competition:


Corinne Pritchard


Fabius Leineweber


Bradley Mu

Found via FlowingData

Caffeine curve

Tom Edwards’ Caffeine Curve.

Funky mug version available here.

Coffee, perfect

Plaid Creative’s Citizen’s Guide to coffee.

Found via That’s Nerdalicious!

Coffee, diagramed

Lokesh Dhakar’s illustrated guide to espresso.

Coffee, bauhaus, shirt

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.

Coffee, chalk

Design for Australia-located coffee shop Kaffe by Felix Lobelius.

Found via The Dieline

Coffee, counter

Isabela, photographed by Isabel Garcia for Zoozoom magazine. Editorial here.

Coffee, shop

Leshko’s Coffee Shop, Ave. A. NYC 1979.

The photography of Michael Sean Edwards. Flickr here, website here.

Found via Dangerous Minds

Coffee mugs, on sale



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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