Ross over at 55 Hi’s claims “the quick brown fox is tired of jumping over the same lazy _ dog all the time.” So he decided to take matters into his own hands and rescue our bored little fox by creating this fantastically cute print with a clever little twist on the old pangram.

Needless to say I’m purchasing one of these. I mean who doesn’t love a fire breathing shih tzu!

I had the pleasure to be asked by Oliver Lindberg to partake in this month’s website build-off for .NET magazine (issue 212). The build-off feature has always been one of my favorite sections of the magazine and I was thrilled to get a chance to participate. The brief was to mock up a contact page that was both user-friendly, aesthetically pleasing, but also technologically sound to help provide visitors (and prospective clients) the necessary tools to get in touch.

I had a lot of fun creating this and was really pleased to be included amongst such a great group of creatives.

A-1 Scrabble, a concept created by BYU graduate, Andrew Capener, is a beautiful study of typography taking a new spin on the classic boardgame.

So while you’re spelling out words like, Vexillology (yes, it’s an accepted scrabble word – look it up), you can also test out your typographic knowledge all on a stately walnut board that comes in a beautifully minimal birch box.

Canadian ad agency John St., put together this mock case study for one of its greatest marketing triumphs: Making Chelsea Bedano’s 8th birthday party a success in an already cluttered birthday market. What’s the takeaway?

The integrated campaign of direct mail, out-of-home and social media was important—as was the pre-party sleepover with the snacks, the movies and the Justin Bieber songs. But to keep the audience engaged, you really do need that mini pony…

/via @adfreak

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, today I’ll be releasing my first free icon pack, which are available for download here. I had a great time dreaming up these little darlings and hope you’ll enjoy them too!

If you’re curious as to how many layers make up that cute-as-a-button Tiffany box, you can download a PSD of the entire set at 365psd.com.

A note about usage: These lovelies are free for use and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. If you have any questions about usage it’s all listed under Creative Commons, or you can feel free to contact me. If you don’t steal my stuff, I promise not to bite.