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September 23, 2024

Inspired By #98

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This is Issue #98 of Inspired By, a monthly(-ish) newsletter from your friendly neighbourhood designer JPKoudstaal.


Here’s what's been inspiring me lately:



Fort Foundry

How have I not heard of this font foundry before? I spent a lot of time browsing and testing their fonts last week. Some of them are included in your Adobe Fonts subscription, how nice! And I love their type specimens too, here are some of my favorites:

Alkaline
Lowdrag
Shackleton
Shuttleblock


Clark Orr

Amazing work by this designer/illustrator from Orlando, Florida. And he’s also a font designer, see Shuttleblock and Lowdrag mentioned above.

He’s also co-founder and designer of Hellcats U.S.A.
Work for a 90s X-Men art show


Jonathan Ball

Another designer I found via the Fort Foundry site. Jonathan does custom lettering, illustration, and typographic design.

Target Giftcard
Candy Shop of Horrors
Facebook Stickers


Thom Niessink

Staying in the lettering category, check this nice print made by Dutch graphic designer Thom Niessink. And checkout out more of his process on his website.

Fresh Coffee Print


Wimp Decaf

Talking about coffee, take a look at Wimp Decaf, a new decaf-only coffee brand. Their copy writing is really great, love it.

Wimp Decaf Coffee Company

Welcome to Wimp, a very chill revolution. No pitchforks or storming the castle — just decaf, the underdog of coffee, coming to play with the big kids.



Very Cool Studio

Very Cool is a digital type foundry run by Kyle Benson in Oakland, California.

Very Cool Studio


Mighty Midwest Design Co.

Cam O'Brien is a Midwest Based Illustrator & Designer.



Hat Creek Burger Co.

“Taking inspiration from mid-century cookbooks and children's books a classic, playful illustration style gives the brand a nostalgic, yet timeless appeal for both parents and kids.”

Made by Guerilla Suit, a creative agency in Austin, Texas.

Negative space burger in the H! 🤩


Mike Tabie

Those Hat Creek illustration above were made by Mike Tabie, who works at Guerilla Suit. I just love his style, great combination of design and illustration and Americana.

You should follow Mike on Instagram
I want to go to Austin and eat here
Texas Craft Brewers Guild - The Great Texas Beer Run
Ink & Dagger Tattoo - Zola The Tattoo Fortune Teller


Studio MPLS

“We specialize in brand identity, packaging design and illustration with an artful, elevated approach.” Very impressed by the work and how it’s presented by this Minneapolis based design firm.

Sola Coffee Co.
Little Sesame
Sparkling Botanicals


Here’s what I’ve been…



📕 Reading

All the Sinners Bleed • The Book of Bill • Hello Beautiful


📺 Watching

Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos • Agatha All Along • The Penguin
Only Murders in the Building (S04) • Menendez Brothers: Misjudged? • Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story


🎧 and listening to

Chappell Roan • Noah Kahan • O.M.A.


And don’t forget…

…to (fake) cancel your Adobe Creative Cloud subscription,
so you can get your 50% discount.


That’s it for this issue. See you next time! ✌🏻

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