The new walls of Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA
Such a simple but awesome way to make a hospital less like a terrifying house of pain and death and more like an exciting jungle adventure! Actually, I wouldn’t be opposed to normal, adult hospitals doing something similar. I mean, who doesn’t like happy volcanoes and monkeys? [via blik]
Dishonesty never looked so good
Just a few of my favorite hand-drawn lies from Lauren Hom’s blog, Daily Dishonesty.
How to ride an escalator
Funny little illustration here from designer Helen Tseng. I have definitely seen all of these on various escalators in the lovely New York City subway system (sadly even the pooping one– not right on the escalator, but close enough). [via The Bold Italic]
Fifty and Fifty: The State Mottos
Just a few of my favorite posters from the Fifty and Fifty project. You can see them all in person at the Ace Hotel here in New York. It’s curated by the super talented designer Dan Cassaro. [via Cool Hunting]
Crazy detailed, hand-drawn maps of New York City
I can’t imagine having the patience to draw this. Illustrator Jenni Sparks somehow does. I would probably give up after Ellis Island. Inaccuracies aside (as pointed out by some of Gothamist’s lovely readers), her style of illustration is really great, as well as her hand-lettering. And as one commenter pointed out: it IS probably more accurate than Apple maps. [via Gothamist]
The ridiculously awesome hand-lettering of Jon Contino
That last post, and a recent (well, a few months old now at this point– I’m a little behind) designboom interview made me remember how much I love this guy’s stuff. It’s infuriating how talented he is.
Craft Spirits Carnival poster by Joel Felix
Not much to say about this one– just a badass, crazy-detailed, hand drawn poster by designer Joel Felix.
Dr Seuss’s advertising art
Long before The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham, this is what Theodore Seuss Geisel did for a living… [via Flavorwire]
Bone – Anatomy Illustrated
If there’s one thing I love it’s typography. If there’s another, it’s skeletons. When the two become illustratively intertwined– ohhh man. They’re from a new book (the title is the name of this post!) put together by Melbourne-based designer Josip Kelava. [via Laughing Squid]
3D hand drawn animated gifs
I find myself mildly hypnotized by these every time I look at them. [by illustrator Dain Fagerholm via designboom]
