These Logos by Alan Peters recently caught my eye. It could be that they are really great logos, have cool little creatures in them, or maybe it's the ham. Most likely it's all three. Go check out the rest of his portfolio. Really top notch logo and illustration work.

I met Katie Kirkton a little while back at an AIGA portfolio review. The piece that caught my eye was her Chihuly piece. I have seen his work in person when he visited Kalamazoo Michigan and her work really conveys the feel of it. The colors, photographs, and the structured typography all come together really nicely.

I also am a big fan of the brochure with his signature on it. It creates a fantastic texture and really conveys the kind of free forms that Chihuly creates in his work.

Thanks for keeping me updated on your work Katie!

The first Student Spotlight at TLB is going to be featuring Andrew Le. He is currently a student at Mississippi State University and will be graduating this Winter with a BFA in Graphic Design.  

The first piece of his work that grabbed my attention were his Casual Reports at the top. They grabbed my eye since it reminded me of Feltron's Annual reports, and what would you know, that is where Andrew's inspiration came from. Great minds do think alike. I think he did a great job working on his own reports and the typography, colors, and charting all came together really nicely. This really makes me want to take my own try and monitoring every piece of my life for awhile.

The other two images jumped out at me from his work. The first is a business system for 925, a furniture manufacture and the other image is of some really cool type inspired wood boxes that he is working on. I found the wood boxes on his Flickr page and if I have a workshop someday would love to attempt something like this. It would be great to have them up on a wall as an art piece but then be able to open them up and store things inside them.

So that is just a quick look at Andrew Le, make sure to check out the rest of his portfolio and work on his website, andrewle.com.

Above is some really solid identity work from Emmi. The first one is for the Finnish Institue in London. From the top is their annual report, business card, and then a folder. Good usage of pattern on the back of the cards, and I like their use of a diagonal slot that not only holds the card but also displays it on each side. Not just showing some corners peeking out on the other side.

The business card itself is really calling to me. It could be the use of teal (hmmm... do I like teal right now, let me look around...), the dividing lines bleeding off the top edge (but not the entire top of the card), the logo, or just the general layout. All great.

The second piece is another identity system. Not as glamorous, but not everything can be. From the look of that business card they had to fit in a lot of information, and that isn't easy. I know that one from experience since I work for lawyers. The pink on the flip side is a nice addition to keep it interesting and fun.

Go and check out the rest of their work, it's really top notch. I also love how when you scroll on their website, the menu bar stays still and the info scrolls up behind it and past it. Usually I hate that effect, but they just did it right, and it works really good. Go look at the rest of their work now!

This is an identity system create by/for Snask. The part of it that caught my eye was the custom embosser and the gold seals. I was just talking with my coworkers the other day about how to create low cost business cards and the idea of a custom embosser came up. A great idea but are only offered in round or 1"x2". I never thought to actually use the gold seals they offer for them as well and use it as part of a system. Combined with the pink and yellow it really catches your eye.

Now if anyone knows where to get a large rectangle custom embosser, let me know, I'd love to do some cool business cards with one.