Design Muse

Since I love creating my own hand-rendered type in my pieces, it's no surprise that I love the work of designer Jessica Hische. I saw her speak last fall at a Design Madison event and have been in love ever since. She is a great example of how a designer can create a niche in the design community and use it to make a name for themselves. I like the free flowing-ness of her letterform style. Though she does her lettering on the computer, it still has a textural quality that you just want to touch. It is a nice way integrate some hand-done-ness into the highly technical world of graphic design. Her daily blog called the Daily Drop Cap is also a testament to her imagination and hard work. She has created 3 complete alphabets one decorative letter at a time.

Close-up of her letterforms:

Cool book designs she did for a Barnes and Noble classics collection:

A pretty logo design:

And finally, some really cool packaging she designed:

Soup's On

Simple, clean design for these take-and-heat soups!

Caffeine

Love the packaging design on these coffee cups! So colorful. Beats brown cardboard any day.

Crumpled Map

Cool, simple design. Good idea for a product.

Vintage Packaging

Its strange to see toothpaste packaged in this way. And I can't imagine a charcoal toothpaste!

Milk

Love the implied texture of the design on these milk packages.

Penhaligon's Christmas Gift Collection

I love the color combinations and design of this packaging. It's unique and festive without being so strictly "Christmasy."