Gavin Potenza - Worst Oil Spills Infographic + Illustrations

Operating in Portland, Oregon, Gavin Potenza is a 24 year old designer and illustrator who has a knack for clean, effective infographics as well as compelling illustrations.  Gavin has made infographics for clients including GOOD Magazine and AOL, and by checking out the simple efficiency of his designs you can see why people are loving his work.

Fortress Letterpress - Amazing Letterpress Prints and Elegant Designs

Fortress Letterpress is a fantastic letterpress company and a design studio operating around Portland.  Their work pretty much speaks for itself.

ArtCrank Goat Poster available on the Fortress Letterpress store for $20

Fortress Letterpress Art Print available in their BigCartel store for $20

I hate sounding like MTV Cribs, but here's where the magic happens.  On this super old-school letterpress forged in Cleveland, Ohio in 1906.

LINKS:

Fortress Letterpress Store
Fortress Letterpress Flickr
Fortress Letterpress Website

Frank Chimero - Posters and illustrations

 

 

 

 

GOOD Transparency animation, a collaboration between GOOD Magazine and Frank Chimero

   

Frank Chimero is a Portland-based artist who creates clever posters and editorial illustrations that are very pleasing to the eye.

Happy Daze

Happy Daze can bend your mind like a plastic spoon near a stove with a deviant, trippy style that is unavoidable.  It's great to see really detailed flyers that still have a human element to them, in the sense of lines and typography at the very least.