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Inspired By #54
November 13, 2020
A weekly newsletter with designy things ๐Ÿค  Ted Lasso Jason Sudeikis (SNL) stars as an American football coach that is hired to coach a professional soccer...
Inspired By #53
October 30, 2020
A weekly newsletter with designy things ๐Ÿงข What Iโ€™ve Learned Since March 15: Changes, Lessons, and Enlightenments In this talk Aaron will relate how he...
Inspired By #52
October 23, 2020
A weekly newsletter with designy things ๐Ÿš‡ New York City has a new digital subway map Work & Co has launched the first major redesign of the MTA subway map in...
Inspired By #51
October 16, 2020
A weekly newsletter with designy things ๐Ÿค“ The Noah Kalina Newsletter Through David Friedman's (excellent) newsletter, I discovered another excellent...
Inspired By #50
October 9, 2020
A weekly newsletter with designy things ๐Ÿคฉ Timothy Goodman Timothy Goodman is a designer, illustrator, muralist and author. Grandma calls him an artist. โœ๏ธ ๐Ÿ“ท...
Inspired By #49
October 2, 2020
๐Ÿ“ท Do Photo - Observe. Compose. Capture. Stand out. Something to read this weekend: "By sharing 10 practices honed over a lifetime spent behind the lens...
Inspired By #48
September 26, 2020
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Rise up. Show up. Unite! Jessica Hische initiated a campaign to help Joe Biden and Kamala Harris defeat Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election....
Inspired By #47
September 17, 2020
๐Ÿคž A Promised Land โ€” The Presidential Memoirs โ€œThis beautifully written and powerful book captures Barack Obamaโ€™s conviction that democracy is not a gift from...
Inspired By #46
September 5, 2020
A weekly newsletter with cool and random stuff ๐Ÿ”ฅ 3K Sharp Type, a digital type foundry based in New York City, released a lovely new high-contrast typeface...
Inspired By #45
August 27, 2020
๐Ÿ‘น Lovecraft Country Based on Matt Ruffโ€™s novel of the same name, Lovecraft Country follows Atticus Freeman as he meets up with his friend Letitia and his...
Inspired By #44
August 22, 2020
๐Ÿ“š Readng โ€” a global community of book lovers and some-time readers Readng is opening its beta access. It looks really nice! And you can import your books...
Inspired By #43
August 7, 2020
๐Ÿ’ป The UX of LEGO Interface Panels These iconic, low-resolution designs are the perfect tool to learn the basics of physical interface design. Armed with 52...
Inspired By #42
July 25, 2020
๐Ÿš BEAST MODE ADVENTURE VAN Iโ€™ve been watching a lot of vantours lately, where they show how they converted a normal van into a campervan. Many of these...
Inspired By #41
July 17, 2020
๐Ÿ‘‚ New Van Gogh Museum website The Van Gogh Museum has dramatically redesigned its website. The website now features more ways of inspiring people with Van...
Inspired By #40
July 11, 2020
๐Ÿฅฃ Off Limits OffLimits is a cereal and culture brand (๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ) built around emotionally unstable, counterculture cartoon characters. We offer a unique approach...
Inspired By #39
July 5, 2020
๐Ÿ˜ Young Jerks A creative studio run by two hyper-intelligent golden retrievers, Dan Cassaro and Dan Christofferson. Donโ€™t you just love those logos? ๐Ÿฅฐ Be...
Inspired By #38
June 28, 2020
๐Ÿ™ Milton Glaser, Co-Founder of New York Magazine and Creator of โ€˜IโคNY,โ€™ Dies at 91 "He loved New York City, and celebrated it in multiple ways: with a...
Inspired By #37
June 19, 2020
๐Ÿฆนโ€โ™‚๏ธ Design Like a Supervillain: An Ode to Chaos and Creativity David Navarro, Executive Creative Director at ueno swoops in to tell us how we can take...
Inspired By #36 โ€” Black Lives Matter
June 6, 2020
After a week of global protests against racism and police violence, I did not feel like sharing a list of happy design items. So instead Iโ€™m sharing some of...
Inspired By #35
May 29, 2020
๐ŸŽจ Claudio Guglieri on Creativity In this 30min video Claudio talks about the Myths, Conditions, Enemies and Techniques of Creativity. Good stuff! (And pretty...
Inspired By #34
May 22, 2020
๐Ÿ Bee Home In close collaboration with SPACE10 and designer Tanita Klein, Bakken & Baeck launched Bee Home, a digital platform that makes it easy for anyone...
Inspired By #33
May 15, 2020
๐Ÿ†’ Back to the Future Playmobil Iโ€™m more of a LEGO fan myself, but I have to admit that this Back to the Future Playmobil set looks pretty great. (Even better...
Inspired By #32
May 9, 2020
๐Ÿ”ฅ Lincoln Design Co Whoa, just came across (via Draplin) this amazing portfolio by these six guys from Portland, Oregon. Illustrations, lettering, logos,...
Inspired By #31
April 24, 2020
๐Ÿง—โ€โ™‚๏ธ Free Solo I recently saw this Oscar winning documentary from 2018 on Disney+ and what a incredible achievement. This guy climbs the 2.307 meter high El...
Inspired By #30
April 17, 2020
Thai Harry Potter Covers Wow, if these were released as posters, I'd buy them immediately. For my daughter. Really. ๐Ÿ˜ถ Nanmeebooks Reveals Stunning 20th-...
Inspired By #29
April 10, 2020
๐Ÿ” New Patagonia website Big visuals, video and lovely little details make this a cool example of merging storytelling and commerce. I sometimes just browse...
Inspired By #28
April 3, 2020
๐Ÿฏ Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness This true crime series traces the rise and fall of Joe Exotic, who was sentenced to 22 years in jail after being...
Inspired By #27 โ€ข The ๐Ÿ•Issue
March 27, 2020
๐Ÿ• **T H E ๐Ÿ• P I Z Z A ๐Ÿ• I S S U E !** ๐Ÿ• ๐Ÿ• The Pizza Show This is the show for me: two seasons full of great Pizzaiolas and their shops. From New York to New...
Inspired By #26
March 20, 2020
๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŽจ Salvador Dalรญโ€™s Rarely Seen โ€˜Alice in Wonderlandโ€™ Illustrations Something I didnโ€™t know: in 1969, Salvador Dalรญ created illustrations for a limited...
Inspired By #25
March 13, 2020
๐ŸŽฎ LEGO Super Mario's adventures begin! LEGO Super Mario is ready to run and jump in a new real-life game. Create LEGO brick challenges for you and your...
Inspired By #24
March 6, 2020
๐Ÿ• Andrew Allen made a clock Analog clocks are surprisingly hard for kids to read and require higher cognitive processing (itโ€™s even a common test for...
Inspired By #23
February 21, 2020
๐ŸŒ Brice Font Family What a fun typeface! Brice refers to cultural products of the 80s such as music, art, literature, fashion, dance, film, that are consumed...
Inspired By #22
February 14, 2020
๐Ÿ˜ House Industries Lettering Manual This handy how-to guide is chock-full of everything you need to know to produce professional hand-letteringโ€”whether...
Inspired By #21
February 7, 2020
๐Ÿ“บ HBO: Succession The Roy family controls one of the biggest media and entertainment conglomerates in the world. This HBO series tracks their lives as they...
Inspired By #20
January 31, 2020
๐Ÿ“ฑ Play Play empowers you to design, build and launch better mobile products, in less time, with fewer barriers - all on your mobile device. Iโ€™m not sure I...
Inspired By #19
January 25, 2020
๐Ÿ“ธ Peter McKinnon's Bucket Shot I came across this video by Peter McKinnon, a Youtuber with 4.25M subscribers ๐Ÿง) that teaches things about photography and...
Inspired By #18
January 17, 2020
๐Ÿšตโ€โ™‚๏ธ Relive Yesterday I was at the ๐ŸธUX Cocktail Hour and saw a very interesting talk about designing with data. Joris van Kruijssen, co-founder of Relive,...
Inspired By #17
January 10, 2020
๐Ÿƒ Star Wars Playing Cards Emblazoned with iconic characters and breathtaking designs, each deck is beautifully packaged in a vibrant blue or striking red...
Inspired By #16
January 4, 2020
โ€” The First Issue of 2020 โ€” ๐Ÿ˜ณ Itโ€™s 2020 and youโ€™re in the future "Remember when Jurassic Park, The Lion King, and Forrest Gump came out in theaters? Closer...
Inspired By #15
December 28, 2019
โ€” The Final Issue of 2019 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŽจ Tom Froese Tom Froese is an award winning illustrator, teacher, and speaker. He has a cool mid-century modern style and draws...
Inspired By #14
December 20, 2019
โ€” Issue #14: Enjoy! โ€” ๐ŸŽ„ All I Font For Christmas 31 designers, artists, and typophiles share their favorite fonts on this holiday calendar filled with...
Inspired By #13
December 13, 2019
โ€” Issue #13 โ€” on Friday the 13th โ€” Sure, why not? โ˜•๏ธ Rocket Espresso ร— Carhartt WIP Carhartt WIP has partnered with Rocket Espresso Milano to create a...
Inspired By #12
December 6, 2019
๐Ÿ‘‡This way for the cool stuff I saw this week ๐Ÿ‘‡ โ€” JP ๐Ÿ˜ Brylski Brylski was designed for the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum, to be cut as wood type....
Inspired By #11
November 29, 2019
Howdy! Buried beneath stacks of Black Friday e-mails, you found Issue #11 of Inspired By. Good for you! โ€” JP ๐Ÿƒ Cocoon Cocoon is a special app for your most...
Inspired By #10
November 22, 2019
Hi! You made it to Issue #10 of Inspired By. Thanks for reading along! โ€” JP ๐Ÿ”ฅ Ohno Blazeface "Ohno Blazeface is a โ€œrealโ€ fat fatty of a display serif. Taking...
Inspired By #9
November 15, 2019
Hello hello! Welcome to the 9th issue of Inspired By. I saw a lot of nice thing this week. Letโ€™s get to it... โ€” JP ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ GT America "GT America builds a bridge...
Inspired By #8
November 8, 2019
Hi! Welcome to the 8th issue of Inspired By. I saw a lot of nice thing this week. Letโ€™s get to it... โ€” JP ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿฟ Kiwanuka Album Art Remember Michael Kiwanuka...
Inspired By #7
November 1, 2019
Hi! Welcome to the 7th issue of Inspired By. I saw a lot of nice thing this week. Letโ€™s get to it... โ€” JP ๐Ÿ’€ How Stranger Things got its retro title sequence...
Inspired By #6
October 25, 2019
Hi! Welcome to the 6th issue of Inspired By. I saw a lot of nice thing this week. Lets get to it... โ€” JP ๐Ÿšฉ Oxford Pennant Oxford Pennant is a designer and...
Inspired By #5
October 18, 2019
Hi! Welcome to the 5th issue of Inspired By. I saw a lot of nice thing this week. Let me tell you about it... โ€” JP โšพ๏ธ Pitch A new tool, made by the founders...
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