Stylish Lettering Typography by Like Minded Studio

Like Minded Studio is a Sydney, Australia based design studio specializing in lettering typography and illustration.  All of their work is so intricate and curvy and detailed, its hard to believe how much time and effort went in making such good pieces of work.  Usually, I don't like to post too much commercial/product design, but what they did for Toohey's beer and Red Bull is kind of amazing.  Definitely want to see more of the likes of these guys' lettering work around more often.

Follow them on Twitter @The_Likes_of_us

45 ways Super Mario Meets his Doom by Yves Bourgelas

Thought this would be appropriate to save this for a weekend post--"25 Years of Dying" by Yves Bourgelas from Quebec, Canada.  Apparently, it took him 40+ hours in paint Tool SAI, Adobe Photoshop, and Wacom Cintiq to create this timeless masterpiece.  Yes, timeless, because Mario is timeless.  He excels in a comic/cartoon-ish design style, which I find to be kind of awesome.  Click to enlarge.

Follow him @thebourgyman

I think this is something that most of us could relate to.  I really, really hated dying by those piranha plants that pop out of their tubes randomly while playing Super Mario.  Those made me one frustrated kid back in those days.  Anyways, cheers to the weekend.

40 Vintage Ocean Liner Ads

During the Industrial Revolution with the spur of travel and transportation, advertising was imperative in generating business and awareness of trains, air travel, and ships.   What I like mainly about these is mainly the illustration work, though there are some good uses of kerning and type selection throughout the posters.  There are even some nice Art Deco pieces in the bunch, with the first poster being my favorite for its tidiness, overall visual appeal, and border work.

via Joan Thewlis's Flickr