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The Perfect Pour

A simple but quite informative graphic to help you decide how to take your coffee. I, of course, take the weak-sauce route with a mocha 99% of the time. Click to view the entire piece.

via Plaid Creative

Related: The Utility Journal blog has just started a reoccurring theme called Tip Sheet. The first one is on Tea.

Field Notes: County Fair Colors

Wow, Coudal might have just sucked me in. I’ve been meaning to swing by and pick up a new Moleskine, but goodness, these County Fair edition of Field Notes could be enough to sway me away from leather. I’d also take the map below as a print for my wall if they decided to produce it.

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Daily Drop Cap

I feel like I’ve posted about Jessica Hische’s work before but I can find it anywhere. Either way, her Daily Drop Cap was already a pretty awesome experiment on her part to push her illustration skills and spread the word but she upped the stakes yesterday with some awesome letter-pressed business cards to accompany.

Today’s drop cap is probably one of my favorites:

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I’ve been remiss

By post date, I can see that it’s been a little while since I’ve dropped any knowledge on my readers. Probably best since my knowledge is always lacking in some area or another. Remedied.

Dot-comrade Jesse Bennett-Chamberlain finally stepped forth with a project we chatted about in March at SXSW for Steinway & Sons piano. Take the time now to check out this piece of phenomenal web-work (as are all of his designs) today.

Thankfully, Steinway & Sons has realized the value Jesse brings and has hired him on to produce an iPhone product as well. You can check out the previews on Dribbble: 31Three / Steinway Metronome

Phil Coffman’s Colosseo Martian entry

I think we have a new front-runner in the Colosseo iPad Martian Giveaway. Check out Phil’s masterpiece. And then flip the switch for the black light. Amazing.