WE AND THE COLOR
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Founded by @dirkpetzold.bsky.social, WE AND THE COLOR is an award-winning online magazine featuring the very best from various creative fields.
GC Methane is a variable geometric sans-serif type system from Onyx Studio with a wide weight range, multilingual support, and OTF/TTF/webfont formats. weandthecolor.com/gc-methane-f... #font #fonts #typeface #typography #design #graphicdesign
I built a full ebook in Affinity's free Layout persona instead of InDesign. Here's exactly what worked, what didn't, and why. weandthecolor.com/adobe-indesi... #adobe #adobeindesign #design #graphicdesign #canva #affinity
My thorough, hands-on review of Mihoko Iida's Japanese Interiors book, Phaidon's guide to 28 real homes across Japan. weandthecolor.com/mihoko-iidas... #book #books #interiordesign #japan #japaneseinteriordesign
Victionary's From Type to Logo collects international case studies of name-based logo design, showing how studios build brand identity through custom typography instead of icons. weandthecolor.com/from-type-to... #book #design #graphicdesign #logodesign
Dakar Institute of Design — Visual Identity by The Branding People. weandthecolor.com/dakar-instit... #design #graphicdesign #branding
The creative people at Mucca had been asked to work on the rebranding for the prestigious Hermitage Hotel. Opening in 1910, the Hermitage Hotel played a key role in the women’s suffrage movement in the US. weandthecolor.com/hermitage-ho... #design #graphicdesign #branding
I tested the Edition font by Funtype Co. for two weeks. Here's where this ultra-condensed sans actually holds up.https://weandthecolor.com/edition-font-by-funtype-co/211190 #font #typeface #typography #design #graphicdesign
Created by Democràcia Estudi for Cielo Drive, ‘An Image from the Inside’ plays with the idea of reality. The posters function as metamessages because each main poster includes another wrinkled poster. weandthecolor.com/an-image-fro... #graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #branding #posterdesign
Cool poster designs by Nick Ugre, a graphic designer who lives and works in Georgia. weandthecolor.com/poster-desig... #posters #posterdesign #graphicdesign
Check out this minimalist brand identity concept that was created by Un Barco for a cycling-friendly coffee shop. weandthecolor.com/brevet-cycli... #branding #design #graphicdesign #packagingdesign
Fracture: Japanese Graphic Design 1875–1975 is Ian Lynam's biography-driven survey of Japanese visual culture across exactly a century, from Japan's opening to the West through the edge of the digital era. weandthecolor.com/fracture-boo... #book #design #graphicdesign #japanesegraphicdesign
Neurath Mono is a geometric monospace typeface from Studio René Bieder, built as the fixed-width companion to the proportional font Neurath. Both trace back to a fresh take on Futura. weandthecolor.com/neurath-mono... #font #typeface #design #graphicdesign
Mexican studio Manifiesto created this modern brand identity for Núcleo. weandthecolor.com/nucleo-brand... #design #graphicdesign #branding
Novera is a modern and geometric sans-serif font family created by German typeface designer René Bieder. weandthecolor.com/novera-font-... #font #typeface #typography #design #graphicdesign
Large-format lettering artworks created by Ben Johnston. weandthecolor.com/typographic-... #typography #murals #art #streetart #design #graphicdesign
The Ohno Book by James Edmondson Is the Weirdest, Most Useful Type Design Guide Right Now. weandthecolor.com/the-ohno-boo... #book #typography #design #graphicdesign #typedesign
A tested review of CLIMB, Simple Co's 20-piece editorial Instagram template pack for Canva, scored with the Ascent Framework. weandthecolor.com/the-climb-in... #design #graphicdesign #socialmedia #instagram
A hands-on review of the Solique font, testing its handmade, earthy design across packaging, branding, and print. weandthecolor.com/solique-font... #font #typeface #design #graphicdesign #fonts
The team at STONES DESIGN Lab. created a unique brand identity for Material Girl. Discover more here: weandthecolor.com/material-gir... #branding #design #graphicdesign
The Polaroid font by Funtype Co. is a condensed sans-serif for retro headlines. Find out more here: weandthecolor.com/the-polaroid... #font #typeface #retrofont #vintagefont #displayfont #design #graphicdesign
A few images from the Echo series by Dutch photographer Wouter le Duc. See more here: weandthecolor.com/echo-dutch-p... #photography
Take a look at the Cork Facade Mountain House by Atelier SAD and Iveta Zachariášová. weandthecolor.com/family-house... #architecture
I tested the Fjorden font duo by Heinzel Std in real layouts. Here's how the Rounded and Regular styles actually perform. weandthecolor.com/fjorden-font... #font #typeface #tpography #design #graphicdesign
Graphic designer Mehman Mammedov has created a Swiss graphic design-inspired series of posters based on the Adobe Fonts Glossary Typography Terms. weandthecolor.com/swiss-graphi... #graphicdesign #typography #swissdesign #posters
A Dictionary of Color Combinations Vol. 1 is Seigensha's 2010 bilingual reprint of 348 color combinations drawn from Sanzo Wada's 1930s six-volume reference work, Haishoku Soukan. weandthecolor.com/a-dictionary... #book #color #colorcombinations #design #graphicdesign
The Eames Houses Book From Phaidon Was Worth The Wait. weandthecolor.com/yes-the-eame... #book #design #architecture #interiordesign #eames
How&How's METEORIC™ identity turns space-age storytelling into credibility for a B2B AI energy supplier. Full breakdown inside. weandthecolor.com/how-meteoric... #design #graphicdesign #branding
What Makes Solspill a Beverage Branding Case Study Worth Studying? weandthecolor.com/what-makes-s... #design #graphicdesign #branding #casestudy