DESIGNER LOVE: Melissa Crowley

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!

PRODUCT DESIGN: Tee Fury

SUBMIT YOUR DESIGN TO TEE FURY art@teefury.com: They are always looking for new art to feature. They pay $1 per shirt sold (which I don't think is very much)... and the artist retains full rights to their design. The website features one new limited-edition, graphic tee every 24 hours for only $9!

MY WORK: Poster for Haiti Poster Project

My poster design: "HANDS OF HOPE" for the Haiti Poster Project is up to $50. It started at $25, so that means it must be selling! Yeah! Yippee!!! It says the media is digital, but I hand silkscreened/printed it on archival 140lb coldpressed watercolor paper... The Haiti Poster Project is a collaboration of artists and designers from around the world, benefitting victims of the earthquake in Haiti...

ABOUT THE POSTER: The poster was inspired by the unwavering faith and hope of the Haitian people in the face of unimaginable hardship. The hands are raised up in supplication - and the prayers are being answered in a shower of hope. The texture at the bottom is a representation of the cracked ground of Port-au-Prince. 

DESIGNER LOVE: Three Sheets 2 the wind

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!

LETTERPRESS LOVE: Poppy Flower Press

I really loved these diecut letterpressed business cards done by Poppy Flower Press and posted on the Oh So Beautiful Paper Blog.

This is my first post. Please be patient with me, as I have never blogged before and I am a bit nervous, and I am teaching myself. I wanted to share the designs that inspire me and what I read about the business of design.