Justin Cline

I JUST stumbled upon a great find! Composition is a local boutique store serving up some fresh stuff for creatives. It looks like they have some great items, the likes of which you’d be able to find at places like veer.com. With items like Pantone Mugs, rePurposed messenger bags, a great design book selection, and some über nice contemporary furniture; this is definitely a place to check out. I love seeing this sort of shop, and local to boot!

A side note, they have a really slick site. Semi-transparent png overlays and expanding horizontal sections make this a treat among eCommerce sites. Seeing how much care they took in their online precence… I can’t wait to drop by the store. Check them out at www.shopcomposition.com.

If you don’t have the pleasure of living in Denver, you’ve probably missed the Denver Water campaign. I hate to admit that the first time I took notice of it, I wasn’t cruising the streets… but perusing the pages of a design annual (I’m guessing HOW/Print or Communication Arts). I always love when Denver or Boulder makes it on the design map, but Sukle has knocked this one out of the park!

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Just a quick shout-out, I just got my 2nd order from this site and I’m thrilled with them. I’m really digging this trend of cool shirts being printed up on quality materials. It seems like more and more shirts I come across are being printed on American Apparel tees rather than something in the Haynes Beefy T area. *gag* Plus they have these excellent labels printed in the inside A+ attention to detail. Spot Gloss.

If you haven’t seen Design by Humans, make your way over there and check out their shirts. American Apparel + Amazing Art = 2 thumbs up, way up.

www.designbyhumans.com

P.S. “Spot Gloss” will be explained in an upcoming post, once I get my spot gloss awards in.

Ok, so if I’ve spent more than an hour on a site (or re-visited it 10+ times), I guess I should probably share with everyone else!

I found this site either thanks to a link off from nclud about their new diggs, or maybe somewhere off popurls.com, either way, I love this…

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I’m passing this along from it’s original source at Joy Engine. I’ve loved this piece since I first saw it, and it’s really cool to see one of the originals.

“Shepard Fairey, the contemporary artist whose irreverent works have deconstructed the meaning and methods of propaganda, ironically became the creator of one of the most potent political images in recent history - the OBAMA “HOPE” poster. The image found such immediate resonance with Obama supporters that it became ubiquitous throughout the primary campaign and across the web.”

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Gorgeous. BMW design concept study… a flexible fabric exterior. From 37signals, check out their post (BMW’s fascinating GINA Light Visionary Model design study) on it for more pictures and an amazing video.

I just returned from the HOW design conference in Boston. It was so cool being around 4,000 other creatives… truly inspiring. I’d have to say that the event that stood out most were the pre-conference studio tours. I’m really glad I got signed up for these.

We started out fairly early on Sunday. Our guide was magnificent – she definitely knew her Boston history, and was hilarious. I was delighted that we got to take some time and see some of Boston’s cultural and historical sights in between stops (the banter between her and her husband who was leading another bus was great as well).

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