hand-lettered print by Katie Daisy

(via colour lovers)

a print by Ryan McArthur using the quote “A room without books is like a body without a soul” by Marcus Tullius Cicero.

(via quipsologies)

design advice from Chip Kidd and Erik Spiekermann

(from the book The Designer Says, via CR Blog)

uneven letters for word “Try” painted on yellow

“Yoda says “There is no try, only do.” Not everyone agrees.” —Biz Stone

(via @biz on twitter via instagram)

“If You Look for Meaning, You’ll Find Something Else.” 

(photo via Instagram)

“Life is a Journey, Not a Destination”

postcard illustrated by Tad Carpenter for Wander project

poster in “Great Ideas of Western Man” series

Alvin Lustig designed this ad for the Container Corporation of America. The quote is from John Ruskin “On the Benefits of Education.”

(via designopolis on etsy)

nypl:

Librarians go viral! This amazing quote is printed on a carpet at the Duke University Medical Center Library. The folks there posted it to their Facebook page, where it got picked up and reposted by best-selling author Neil Gaiman, library lover and source of the quote. Authors, libraries, librarians - it’s perfect!

“How To Steal Like An Artist (And 9 Other Things Nobody Told Me”

I found some of these points to be a little upsetting, but also very true.

(via Austin Kleon)

Music Philosophy: “Your Weekly Dose of Song Quotes”
(first discovered via Notcot)

Carolyn Sewell’s Make/Think Sketchbook
(via AIGA)

New design work by Pentagram for the London Design Festival 2009

The Heads of State in Real Simple
(discovered via design work life)

the design + illustration portfolio of Anna Melcon Bond (discovered via Chronicle Books)