DesignBrawl is the weblog of A. Craig Williams. It gets less coherent every day.

SickManSick by Rich Sheehan

Posted: May 24th, 2010 | Author: craig | Filed under: Design, Illustration, Inspiration | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

Really well done.

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Up There

Posted: May 7th, 2010 | Author: craig | Filed under: Design, Illustration, Misc., video | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

“It takes so much work, it’s kind of ridiculous.”

I stumbled across this great little short film about hand-painted advertisements created by Mother NY and Stella Artois. It’s beautiful, nostalgic, inspiring: everything you’d expect it to be.

(via a nice little article over on True/Slant.)


Alice for iPad

Posted: April 18th, 2010 | Author: craig | Filed under: Design, Inspiration, Misc. | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »


Vector Building in Orange by Andrei Marius

Posted: April 9th, 2010 | Author: craig | Filed under: Design, Illustration, Inspiration | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

Having spent about 5 years drawing homes & buildings in Illustrator in Los Angeles, I’m always excited to find someone doing it in an interesting way. I really like the orange treatment Andrei Marius gave this illustration over on VectorTuts.

It reminded me of a poster I started working on a few months ago but keep deciding that I don’t like. I’ve included a snippet of that after the break. Surely with a buildup like that, how can you resist?

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Little Time

Posted: March 22nd, 2010 | Author: craig | Filed under: Design, Misc. | Tags: , , | No Comments »

Often the simplest idea is the best one. Via Rafael Morgan Studio.


Niels “Shoe” Meulman

Posted: March 12th, 2010 | Author: craig | Filed under: Design, Illustration, Inspiration, Misc. | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

Niels “Shoe” Meulman is a super-talented graffiti artist and creative director from Amsterdam. His work is so good, I’m actually shocked that I haven’t seen it before. He has a new book out, called “Calligraffiti” that looks fantastic.

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Oronoco Rum

Posted: March 8th, 2010 | Author: craig | Filed under: Design, Inspiration, Misc. | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

Love the embossed leather label. This is a well-done product, from top to bottom. Bravo.

via the Dieline.


Sanjuro/Yojimbo

Posted: February 9th, 2010 | Author: craig | Filed under: Design, Illustration, Inspiration | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

I came across these covers for two of Akira Kurosawa’s best flicks the other day while looking for another one of his films on Netflix. Love them.

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Walden Poster

Posted: December 15th, 2009 | Author: craig | Filed under: Design, Illustration | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

50539_3039800_lThis wonderful poster is for sale over on Society6 for $50. Worth every penny. (via Kitsune Noir)


Cravendale Milk by Sanna Annukka

Posted: December 7th, 2009 | Author: craig | Filed under: Design, Illustration, Inspiration | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

Love these cartons by Sanna Annukka for Cravendale Milk.

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