Danielle Davis

Danielle Davis is a freelance designer who specializes in hand lettering. She says she fell in love with typography while earning her MFA at the Maryland Institute College of Art. You can definitely see the love and care that she puts into her work, as all her little details come together to make a harmonious whole.

More typography and design from Danielle Davis…

Connor Hoskings aka CRUSADES

Connor Hoskings, a.k.a. CRUSADES is a designer out of London. His collages and logo designs are excellent, but I think his experimentation with hand drawn type is the most inspiring. You can see more of his calligraphy and graffiti-esque lettering on Flickr.

More work by Connor Hoskings…

Shane Cranford

Shane Cranford is a fantastic art director out of North Carolina. His style is kind of like a modernized version of what you’d find on Victorian-era potions and medicine bottles, and he adapts it to work well across a wide variety of projects. Plus, his portfolio lives at workingformorework.com, for which I’m sending him an internet high five. While you’re there, take a look at his wonderfully curated blog of inspirations.

More work from Shane Cranford…

Starred #34

Starred by Perfect Laughter

daniel danger toy gallery 1988

Daniel Danger‘s toy debuted today at Gallery 1988

timba smits

Logotype by Timba Smits (via Grain Edit)

best made company wood block map

Wood block print on a map by Best Made Company (via The Best Part)

dalek

New stuff from Dalek (via Arrested Motion)

antique fans | a beautiful mess

Antique fans (via A Beautiful Mess)

Named after the Add Star feature in Google Reader, “Starred” is a column about things that catch my eye as I peruse the blogs I subscribe to. If you’d like to subscribe to Perfect Laughter, here’s a link to our RSS Feed.

Hand Drawn Type by Nate Williams

Nate Williams has a knack for giving his hand lettering a personality that’s playful, yet grown-up.

nate williams hand drawn type

nate williams hand drawn type

nate williams hand drawn type

Not only does Nate have a vast portfolio with much more than just hand lettering, he also blogs about the thinking behind what he does. I really liked his post about a methodology for creating new ideas.