Work in Progress*

Minimalism in Website Design
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Here are some really beautiful clean and functional websites.
These are just some of the websites I often visit for graphic inspiration. Studying sites like this influenced my online portfolio so I hope they will inspire many others:

Vignelli Associates
Non-Format
Nick Bell
Saville Wakefield
We Are Build
Studio Makgill
Cartlidge Levene
B&W Studio
BB/Saunders
NavyBlue
Browns Design

[via Thinking For A Living]

GIFT IDEAS FOR GRAPHIC DESIGNERS
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Chromatic Wood Type

This beautifully printed typographic arrangement appears in one of the rarest wood type catalogs of the 19th century. Specimens of Chromatic Wood Type, Borders, &c., Manufactured by Wm. H. Page & Co. Greenville, Conn., 1874. Held in the Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection.

Cards printed in color on front, blank inside.
8 cards, 2 each of 4 designs with envelopes.
Size: 4.25 x 6 in. each

[via H&FJ]
[BUY for £4.71] current conversion rate

Type Trumps

Creative Review:

Rick Banks, has created a set of Top Trumps style cards where classic typefaces are the subject matter - hence the name, Type Trumps. Each card is designed to make the most of the particular font it features, and typophiles will happily find such faces as Frankfurter, Times, Helvetica, Johnston Underground and Neu Alphabet in the pack. Type Trumps players can battle it out using such statistics as year of design, the amount of weights, cost etc to win their opponent’s cards. Banks has given each typeface a ‘rating’ score, a ‘legibility’ score and even a ’special power’.

[via Swiss Legacy]
[BUY for £9.99]

Canvas Tote Bag

Here is a cross stitch printing with hand silk screened on a sturdy, gusseted canvas tote.

Avalible in size 11″ wide x 14″ high x 4 1/2″ deep and an 18″ handle. 2 colors currently available: pool blue and orange.

[via H&FJ]
[BUY for £16.14] current conversion rate

Grotesque Poster - Xmas Sales

The Grotesque poster is on sale for Christmas!

1 Poster for around £23 current conversion rate
or
2 Posters for around £40 current conversion rate

Only a couple of copies left…

[BUY]

CRAFT
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Every Sunday I am going to list several new links I have stumbled across over the week. I am hoping others will find them as inspirational as I have.

So with it being the month of December, here are some craft related links for Christmas:

Whip Up
Nesting Instincts
A Foothill Home Companion
A Little Hut
Marta Cards & Marta Designs Blog
Paper Crave
Dottie Angel
Craftzine
Cardboard Safari
All at Sea with a Bucket & Spade
Instructables
Crafty Pod

If you have any links you would like to share please mail me: contact [at] sarahfrance.com