Civilianaire in Venice

The signage and storefront at the awesome Civilianaire shop on Abbot-Kinney in Venice, in Los Angeles, CA.

Neon Coffee Menu

The glow of the neon-light coffee menu at La Colombe Torrefaction espresso bar on Lafayette Street in SoHo, downtown Manhattan.

LAX Lounge Lights

The ceiling lights in the Virgin America departure lounge at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The interior architectural design is … More

NY OJ

We spotted these new “NYOJ” Tropicana orange juice cartons on the shelf of a cafe in Midtown Manhattan.

Casa Camper Berlin

Picture of the eco-friendly and beautifully designed Casa Camper hotel in Berlin at night. The room numbers are displayed on … More

Tokyo Design Festa

Some pix from the second 2011 Tokyo Design Festa held at the Big Sight in Odaiba, in Tokyo, Japan. The … More

“Objectified”

It’s movie night tonight at Global Graphica HQ. While everybody else is pre-Halloween partying, we’re staying out of the blizzard … More

Lost Weekend NYC

Global Graphica’s new local go-to for really good coffee is around the corner from our HQ. It’s Lost Weekend NYC, … More

Root Hill Cafe Logos

The wonderful branding and logo design of the Root Hill Cafe on a construction hoarding in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

Cool Green Motorbike

We’re not into motorcycles. Don’t ride them. But we’re fans of design and stumbled across this green motorbike parked in … More

Ducati Design

A beautifully designed Ducati motorcycle parked on the sidewalk on W. 14th Street in the Meat Packing District in New … More

9/11 Magazine Covers

The New York Times looks at how various weekly magazines around the world have designed the covers for the current … More

Logo of Charlottenberg

Official municipal bike-parking signage with the coat-of-arms logo of Charlottenberg-Wilmersdorf in Berlin.

Cool Wine Label

We shared a bottle of red wine last week over dinner with friends. The plonk was a California cabernet sauvignon … More

Forty Harrison Fords

Forty illustrations of Harrison Ford in his roles in the forty films in which he is credited. Full of awesome!

Last of the Moguls

The cover to this past week’s edition of the Economist magazine features a simple, clean design with a photo of … More

Typographic Town & Country

Awesome graphic design and typographic treatment on this “Town and Country” wild-posting in Chelsea, in New York City, for a … More

F*cked-Up Halcyon Sign

The beautifully distressed logo-sign at the entrance to influential culture hub Halcyon in DUMBO, in Brooklyn.

Blank City

Stumbled upon this poster in Providence, R.I.,  for the film Blank City, a recent documentary by Céline Danhier about the … More

Kiehl’s Wall of Neon

Kiehl’s, the storied beauty brand, recently opened a shop in the the Meat Packing District of downtown New York City. … More

Armored Baby Stroller

This armored baby stroller is an artwork by Czech artist Kristof Kintera. The work is titled “Bad Innovation in the … More

Vintage Book Cover Design

We were walking up Lafayette Street when we found this vintage-style Western-adventure paperback novel set on the steps to a … More

Cursive Roll-up Shutter

Thing of beauty. Love the line(s).  This looks like the cursive typographical lines used in a recent tequila ad campaign … More

Interview with Edward Tufte

We recently stumbled upon  an interview with “information sage” Edward Tufte in the Washington Monthly. The statistician and graphic design … More

Project No. 8

The logotype and window signage at the wonderful Project No. 8, an awesomely stylish shop with an astute and beautifully … More

Zero Hotel

POV shot of the branded carpeting (and some feet) in the elevator at the Zero hotel in Shibuya, in Tokyo, … More

Fiat Cafe

The Fiat Cafe in Nolita, in downtown New York City, is a tiny Italian-style restaurant with the classic Fiat car … More

Logo Tourist

Logo Tourist is a website by an artist who uses well-known logos to create graphic depictions of famous Parisian tourist … More

Tico Boat

We found this small overturned fishing skiff (dubbed “Caguama”) on the main beach at Playa Tamarindo in Costa Rica, where … More

Al Dia Logo + Design

Al Dia is a daily tabloid-style Spanish language sports newspaper in Costa Rica. We like its logotype, the font and … More

Ace Hotel Sign

The beautifully-decayed “ACE”  signs at the Ace Hotel and Swim Club in Palm Springs, California, in the near desert east … More

Rick Owens’ Dope Sneakers

Paris-based American fashion designer Rick Owens was wearing the dopest sneakers when we took the runway after the showing of … More

Feather Foot Tattoo

The lovely A. was gracious enough to show us the awesome feather tattoo on her foot and pose for our … More

2011 Sharpie Sketch

Sharpie sketch of “2011” in a Moleskine notebook on an orange chair in our office.

Reggae Central Poster

We were at Groundwork organic coffee in Venice when we found this wonderful flyer for the Reggae Central, a weekend … More

The Shadow EBike

As reported in Gizmodo, the new Shadow “Ebike” pictured below is an electric bike that contains a drive controller and … More

The MoMA Baby Icon

The Museum of Modern Art ( MoMA ) in New York has introduced the baby icon in its restrooms signage … More

Who Runs New York?

We were tidying up our temporary LA HQ (a.k.a., Global Graphica West) and throwing out a pile of old mags … More

Green Fixie

Walking around the Abbott-Kinney section of the Venice neighborhood, in Los Angeles, we see a lot of awesome bicycles parked … More

Happy Adidas

Our friend J. recently acquired this colorful, full-of-awesome pair of Adidas sneakers. He showed them off to us on a … More

NYC Mystery T-Shirt Font

Our colleague “A.” cruised into our office in L.A. proudly displaying his recently acquired and super-awesome NYC graphical tee shirt … More

Feltron Annual Report

It’s here. The one, the only: the Feltron Annual Report. It’s a volume of personal-behavioral stats presented as corporate-style report … More

Beautiful Benotto TT

Beautiful, vintage, pristine 1980’s time-trial ( TT ) bike by Giacinto Benotto. Italian industrial bicycle design at its finest, perhaps. … More

Video: T-Shirts War!

Awesome video pitting two dudes (Rhett and Link) and their awesomely stop-action animated graphical t-shirts. Reminds us a bit of … More