I regularly pick up each issue of IDN but rarely dig into the DVD that’s included. The new issue, The Colour Issue, has quite a few great videos, but this one really caught my eye and led me to the work of Jarratt Moody. He’s got some very impressive video work on his site for Pepsi, Animal Planet, CNN and other clients. I really like the Wilson commercial (might just be a spec project but it’s impressive nonetheless) not only because of the visuals, but because my favorite Sigur Ros song is used for the music.

The Commonwealth, from International Designers Network Volume 16, Number 6

Wilson Commercial (Spec)

This is a site I found a while back that includes an incredible range of business cards - and what really caught my eye was the great variety of letterpress style cards. Letterpress has always had a strong appeal to me, from the variety of paper textures available, to the ability for minimal typographic visuals to be very bold. If you’re looking to do a new card for yourself, or just looking for design inspiration in general, have a look at the site here:  Card Observer - Business Card Design Inspiration.

Artist Chuck Anderson, better known as NoPattern has recently released a small book featuring a variety of his artwork from the past few years. Over at QBN Chuck was a regular long ago but it’s obvious he’s been spending his time on some great projects. Chuck has a style that’s instantly recognizable, and it’s been cool to see it pop up here and there - the Lupe Fiasco Food and Liquor album cover, a giant Reebok / Chicago Bears banner on a downtown Chicago building, for example.

I had not been to his site in a while and had possibly forgotten about his blog at formatmag.com. He’s got a post up there with some home office pictures, and I’m drooling.