Concepción Studios is the design studio of San Jose native Patrick Concepción, who specializes in graphics for the music industry. With his knowledge of photography and graphic design, Patrick produces unique pieces for clients ranging from Paul McCartney to Red Hot Chilly Peppers, and Lady Gaga to MUSE. His pieces showcase a wide range of…Read Entry

I had a chance to get away up the California coast, Crescent City to be exact. I packed sort of last minute and completely forgot my camera. Needless to say, the scenery was still too inspiring to resist taking pictures with my phone. I’m still impressed at times at the way iphone pictures turn out, especially when using filters. There is a little too much grain on some but I still love the sensation these pics produce. You can always check out my flickr stream for more photo exploration.

Dstructure on lower Haight is now selling a small, limited run of Porteño tees in the store. Dstructure has been an urban cultural staple for San Francisco for many years now. They support local and non local artist and clothing entrepreneurs so I strongly encourage you to drop by if you never been.

As always, you can also purchase shirts right here in the Porteño store. The charcoal logo tee is available in only a few sizes so get yours today before your size runs out. If you need to see the quality for yourself, take a quick trip to lower Haight street and see for yourself.

Jon Contino is a well known illustrator from New York who has acquired considerable attention for his unique approach to hand-drawn lettering and typography. He combines turn of the century signage aesthetic with a modern-day approach, something I am undoubtedly drawn to. Work like this is immensely inspiring to me and I’m glad hand drawn lettering is making a comeback.

I came across Zoran Lucić’s brilliant Sucker for Soccer posters on designspiration the other day and just in time for Copa America. I know we’ve all seen this style before but it always pulls me in. I love how clean typography and a clean layout is enriched by a little abrasion and distress. The perfect formula to bring harmony and balance to a composition. I’m almost more drawn to the textures filling the negative spaces than the content itself. Also, I’m particularly fond of the half-tone, photocopy effect of applied to the photos. It really brings everything together. Overall, it’s a cool project making retro posters for past and modern day football, err, soccer players. A way to capture these legends in time.

I was browsing flickr when I stumbled upon Irene Suchocki’s photostream. It instantly stopped me on my tracks. Her images look as though time stopped, caught in a modern day take on old, soft focus photography from the turn of the century. The different styles and techniques used, both in-camera and post production make her work really inspiring.

Alejandro Paul is a distinguished font designer and one of the founders of the Sudtipos project, the first Argentinean type foundry collective. He began his trajectory designing fonts and lettering for several top packaging agencies. His work has been featured in publications around the globe, including Communication Arts, Step, Creative Review, Print, Computer Arts, Visual, Creative Arts and Novum. He taught at the Universidad de Buenos Aires and as an art director, Ale was responsible for handling high-profile corporate brands such as Procter & Gamble and SC Johnson, among others.

I Love Dust is a interdisciplinary design studio based in East London with a knack for greatly executed design. I stumbled onto the work of I Love Lust via Grain Edit, who was kind enough to share I Love Lust’s new projects. They had me at “New York, New York” and that was enough for me to pursue seeing more of their typographical series. Lately I’ve been really into this style of design and illustration. I find myself really attracted to the level of detail in the graphics as well as the use of 3-D type, striking colors and rich textures. I wanted to share just some of the projects that stood out to me but I encourage you to check out the rest of their projects as they are very inspiring.

I normally don’t feel comfortable showcasing videos that are obvious marketing ploys but this one is trully inspiring weather you’re a snowboarder, aspiring film-maker or neither. It’s beautifully shot and abundant in emotion. As the music begins to pick up, the action sequences slow down even more creating an intense and epic trailer that is The Art of Flight. Enjoy:

Mauro Duek and Maggie Pardo are an Argentine duo from Haedo, a town just outside of Buenos Aires. I have been following their photography for some time now, mainly because Haedo is where I grew up until the 6th grade. For me, seeing my old neighborhood captured in such a vintage and retro style reinforces a deeper emotional attachment to the photos. I feel as though the images of my fondest memories and daydreams about my childhood are transcended through almost in the way my old photo albums do. Only these photos are more recent.