I don’t want to spend a year talking about how fantastic and clean the work of Australian transplant design couple Mia and Jem is. You can see that for yourself if you aren’t extremely visually impaired. Hell you blind bastards could probably even feel it through your braille interface. I unwittingly stole their bathroom symbols for my own bathroom door at home many years ago. They’re identity work is my favorite. Just so goddamn good. They’re Bay Area locals now, so maybe I should see if they need an intern. I’m a little old, and not in school, but i do make good coffee and like long walks on the beach. Who doesn’t like long walks on the beach? People in wheelchairs probably. Damn, I’ve insulted the visually and physically handicapped in this post. Only ones left now are the retards. Check.</p> <p><a href=” target=”_blank” />Mia and Jem

It’s not everyday that I run into a designer whose work appeals to me in its entirety. For the most part everyone has their little slips and missteps and projects that I think could suck less. Not Eric Kass. This guy…this fuckin’ guy right here can design circles around pretty much everyone else in the world. I like his style, I like his innovation, I like the way he promotes himself, and I like that he’s branched out into almost every aspect of graphic design possible. You can tell that he loves it. And not just because he says so in his bio.

Eric Kass

By an odd coincidence today I came across a Flickr set called business cards just as I was about to start working on some of my own business cards. Didn’t even search for it, just happened by. I love that kind of synchronicity. I wasn’t so lucky, however, to spend 3 hours looking at all of the photos in the set. I’ve never seen so many simple yet beautiful design ideas all in one place. If I could afford to have those kinds of cards made up for myself I’d probably never want to part with any of them. As it stands I can’t afford very much so the ones I’ll get will be crappy enough to actually give to clients. Or bums on the street. Gotta start those barrel fires with something.

Business Cards: A Flickr Set