Built to be revisited when a project begins, a brief needs reframing, or ideas need momentum. Throughout each month, we bookmark standout studios, brands, designers, illustrators, artists, and design resources and index them here as a curated, reference-ready rolodex.
Stationary • Signage • Weddings • Minimal • Typography
Typography-centric wedding stationary, signage, and design, plus some ready made goods too. All of Katrina’s designs are printed on leftover or recycled materials.
Illustrations • Cards • Weddings • Events
Custom hand drawn playing cards and commissions by Emily Holtzman. For wedding stories, gifts, or keepsakes.
Prints • Linocuts • Illustrations
Linocut printmaker Anastasia Inciardi created the Mini Print Vending Machines, which have over 120 locations worldwide. Linocut printing involves carving away negative space in an image from a linoleum block, rolling ink over the carved block, and then running it through a press with paper on top of it. (They are then turned into risograph prints for the vending machines.)
Branding • Logos • Typography • Product Design
A Paris-based artist and typographer, Ceizer designs branding and logos for brick and mortars, products, and in-person art exhibitions. He’s done collaborations with watch brand Hegid (the watch seen below) and brands like Coca-Cola, Ralph Lauren, Nike, Heineken, and Adobe.
Ceramics • Vases • Wabi Sabi • Handmade • Simplicity
Handmade ceramics by Inhee Ma, based in Bourgogne, France. Her collections are centered around the minimalist wabi sabi aesthetic, a Japanese philosophy on finding beauty in natural simplicity and imperfections.
Brand Identity • Event Branding • Spatial • Digital • Print
A design studio for printed, digital, film, and spatial projects — the majority of the studio’s projects are in collaboration with cultural and scientific artists, museums, publishers, and institutions.
Brand Identity • Exhibitions • Design
A design and brand studio based in Manchester, UK and founded by Dave Sedgwick. The studio organizes the MCRBCN event, a design exhibition featuring creatives from Manchester and Barcelona.
Stationary • Office Supplies • Ephemera • Vintage
New and vintage stationary, office supplies, and ephemera from around the world — online and in person at their shop in London. They stock from over 15 different countries.
Analog • Restoration • Product Design • Vintage
Workshop and product design studio Retrospekt sources and curates vintage electronics. They revive, restore, and reimagine retro and analog tech out of their Milwaukee, Wisconsin workshop.
Prints • Illustrations • Vending Machines
Inspired by temporary tattoo machines (and during a quarter shortage), Ana Inciardi’s vending machines dispense mini prints designed around each location…there are now over 120 machines across the country.
Prints • Matchbooks • Customization • Phillumeny
Custom prints and matchbooks for brands, restaurants, and hotels by mother and daughter Nadia and Alice. (Phillumeny: the hobby of collecting match-related items, such as matchboxes and matchbooks.) Plus they have a Substack, OH, WHAT A MATCH!
Design Resources • Design Inspiration • Graphic Design • Typography
Curated design resources, inspiration, and creative advice — handpicked weekly for creators. Includes mockups, fonts, and graphic design bundles.
Adventure Guides • Travel Stories • Architecture
Adventure guides and unexpected stories on places to visit around the world, distinctive design, and architectural landmarks.
A note from us: The Brand Snapshot is just getting started. Leave a comment, message us, follow us on Instagram — and tell us what brands and categories resonate with you most or who you’d like to see in a snapshot next. We’re building a brand rolodex of the best brands you’ve never heard of.
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