TwoPoints.net, a small design bureau from Barcelona, show some top-notch graphic and identity works in their portfolio. Their identity for the Helsinki Design Lab especially caught my eye: A system of graphics and symbols, beautiful typography flowing in a square-based grid, and a carefully chosen set of colors. The result is a consistent yet flexible super-modern graphic image. Also have a look at the book design.

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fontsinuse.com is a new site by Sam Berlow, Stephen Coles, and Nick Sherma is an excellent resource for anybody who has an interest in typography. It shows real world examples and adds some explanation and in-depth critique. I would not take the critics‘ part as impeccable, but it is great to read some discourse on type. And the layout and typography of the site itself is worth the visit alone!

My head still spins a bit from this rapid fire of hilarious ideas and wacky details. What a killer short movie, top-notch quality in every aspect, timing, characters, music, everything. Reminds me a bit of Pixar's The Incredibles, but on speed. Go watch, this is better than most animated movies we use to pay money for.

Some big names in web design and web typography in particular have joined forced and released a new site. The only intention is to play around with type and the new design possibilities of today. Three pages are on display right now, very imaginative and playful. If you are interested in progressive web design, you need to see this.

Here is something from my desk at the Warriors: We did a image brochure for bayern design, an institution that pushes design and innovation in bavarian economy. The layout and design was a collaborative effort of three fellow Warrior graphic designers (Verena Reiber, Nina Pusch and Peter Riedel) and myself. The photographs by Beppo Minx. More images on dkdl.de.

Alex Varanese is not only someone who can create great retro graphics, but also has some weird imagination. He asked himself: What would have happened if the gadgets of today – mp3-players, mobile phones, laptops, etc. – would have been available in the seventies? And how would they have been marketed? The result is a series of 14 wonderful and interesting graphic posters full of warm orange/red tones, cool typography and heaps of clever ideas.

At informationarchitects.jp there is a very interesting conversation going on about the design of the WIRED magazine in the Apple's iPad. There is a lot to learn about designing for the iPad in general. What makes it even more interesting is not only the critique of Oliver Reichenstein (Information Architects), but the thoughtful reactions of Jonathan Hoefler (H&FJ type foundry) and Khoi Vinh (creative director of New York Times Online).

Noa Emberson took 25 of his favourite music albums and made 25 posters out of them. The titles, the lyrics, some layout lines and shapes, plus a big backdrop photography. Nothing special you might say. But Noa‘s feeling for juxtaposition, color palettes and typographic structure let me gasp in awe. So beautiful. My favourite is Iron & Wine‘s Our Endless Numbered Days (above).

A lovely illustrated book coming from Maria Fischer, student at FH Augsburg. It's about dreams. The nicely set text is accompanied by abstract illustrations that are done entirely with real colored threads, woven through the paper. These threads seem to run through the whole book, through every single page and also it seems they hold the paper together at the back. Sweet!

Clean & sweet: Kyle Fletcher's site presents some great type works in a nicely layed-out package. Check out the rollover animations of the seemingly usual navigation on the top!