Welcome! I am Kathy McGraw of KMG, a graphic designer, east coast gal transplanted to beautiful southern California/ San Diego. This is some of what inspires me. I like to think of it as a mix of west coast bohemian and east coast folk meets Mumbai meets Paris. I'm drawn to eclectic hand done looks with lots of prints and texture, particularly Indian prints and French style. I love branding, packaging, hand lettering, hand printed designs, block printing, screen printing, letterpress and illustration...
Monday, January 23, 2012 at 03:25PM 
Loving the recent handlettering work of designer Mary Kate McDevitt from Portland Oregon. Her work is inspirational, whimsical and fun. She uses a color palette that feels very nostalgic... Here is the Carpe Diem Journal that she designed for Chronicle books. It’s a journal to help you make the most of your life, with your planning, dreaming and organizing...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 05:13PM One of the all time greats of packaging design and one of my great design loves is award winning designer Louise Fili, president and founder of Louise Fili Limited. I don't even feel worthy enough to post about her. I wanted to show some of the work from her studio and why she is so inspirational. Louise has designed over 200 book covers and received has received awards from every major design competition. She taught graphic design and typography and her work is in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress, the Cooper Hewitt Museum, and the Musee des Arts Decoratifs. 
Branding, Louise Fili, Packaging, design in Designer Love Monday, January 31, 2011 at 03:44PM I am really loving the quirky prints of Lush Designs' Marie Rodgers and Maria Livings from London.
Illustration, Lush Designs, Prints, design, silkscreen in Designer Love Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 08:47PM Okay, so now I am truly in love. I found some designs by Erin Flett from my home state in Maine, and do I ever wish I was her. I love, love, love her handsilkscreened pillows... I only wish I had done them. I had been feeling uninspired lately, but now I think I am coming out of that...
Erin Flett, silkscreen, textiles in Designer Love Monday, August 2, 2010 at 02:00PM 
I know this work has been blogged a couple of times by others, but I really like the identity that Celeste Prevost came up with for Sweet & Flower a Brooklyn-based flower/candy shop. The rest of Celeste's portfolio is pretty amazing too!
Friday, July 16, 2010 at 02:47PM 
Today I want to be Melissa Crowley of RedBean in San Francisco. Her portfolio is so awesome... and she has her card designs up on Moo Cards, and products on Envelop, Organepiel and even has an Etsy store! She seems to have it altogether... Her work has also been featured in design books by by Adobe Press, Die Gestalten Verlag, Rockport Publishers, Booth-Clibborn, HOW and Taschen. I'm definitely a jealous admirer!
Melissa Crowley, design, print, textiles in Designer Love Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 12:26PM 
I finally figured out who I want to be when I grow up. I want to be Three Sheets 2 the Wind... They make beautiful hand printed/silk screened bags, pillows, prints... on 100% Irish linen. They are gorgeous!
print, product, silkscreen, textiles in Designer Love 