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November 27, 2024

Inspired By #100

This is Issue #100 (!) of Inspired By, a monthly(-ish) newsletter from your friendly neighbourhood designer JPKoudstaal.

Hey, look at us. 100 issues of inspiration?
Who would have thought? Not me. 😏


I sent the first issue on 29 sep 2019
and 1.886 days later we’re at #100 🥳

Let’s get to it, here’s what caught my eye these past few weeks:



The new Draplin.com

Aaron Draplin (finally!) has a new website. Don’t just look at the amazing merch he has on there, but dig into his other content too. There’s a lot (!) to discover. It’s a huge archive of his work, stories, junk and all with his one-of-a-kind personality.

Draplin Design Co., North America


Be Good Studio

As you probably already know, I love this type of work. The badges and illustrations have a sort of analog, Americana feel to it, made by Luke Harrison from the Southwest of the UK.

Follow Be Good Studio on Instagram


Shots (beta)

A nice free tool to create design mockups with fun features like a shadow overlay and many gradient backgrounds.

Shots - Create Amazing Mockups

Create Amazing Mockups



LEGO Brooklyn Bridge

The Brooklyn Bridge would make for an incredible LEGO set! It’s a fan built MOC (My Own Creation) submitted to LEGO Ideas, so it’s not available in stores yet.

Brooklyn Bridge: The Roebling Story

Go here to let LEGO® know that you want to see this set created. And if you can’t wait, you can also download the free instructions here, to built it now.

(via Ironic Sans)



Alec Tear

Alec Tear — Design + Lettering

Cool site, with even cooler work. (Made by noko)



Photoshop Embroidery Filter

Photoshop’s latest (beta) filter lets you transform your designs into stunning embroidery.

I’ve turned one of my badge designs into a embroidered piece and placed it on a hat. Looks pretty nice! 😊

Try it out:

  1. Open Photoshop Beta.

  2. Go to “Filter” → “Parametric Filters” → “Embroidery.”


Dutch Designers Slack

[In Dutch] 🇳🇱 Een nieuwe Nederlandse design community opgericht door Fons Mans met binnen een paar dagen al +200 leden.

Join de club!



What I’ve been reading and watching

The Housemaid – Disclaimer – The Apprentice – Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – Civil War – Batman


That’s it, you made it!

Hit me up with your thoughts, good or bad. Reply here or find me on Threads: @jpkoudstaal


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