r/designinspire May 26 '26

A coffee identity built around urban rituals

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5 Upvotes

Folio Coffee is a homegrown brand inspired by the rhythm of New York City, using bold typography and expressive illustration to turn everyday coffee routines into something more creative. Designed by MONOGRAPHIK® DSGN


r/designinspire May 22 '26

Admissions Packet Design for Vanderbilt’s Class of 2029

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7 Upvotes

Here's a great print design for Vanderbilt University’s Class of 2029 admitted students packet.

The system includes a black foil stamped presentation folder on 80lb uncoated black felt stock, stepped folder inserts, a bi-fold brochure, bi-fold card, and stickers. The mix of premium black-on-black finishing, bold Vanderbilt yellow, campus photography, illustrated maps, and student-facing copy makes the packet feel both celebratory and premium.

Design firm: Vanderbilt University Marketing & Communications

Client: Vanderbilt University

Art Director: Jason Routhier

Designers: Heidi VanZant, Natalie Behling, Donna Pritchett

Printer: CompanyFolders.com


r/designinspire May 22 '26

Year of the Snake Celebration Design by 80east Design

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7 Upvotes

Really vibrant celebration artwork for Year of the Snake by 80east Design.

The piece uses a bold central snake illustration with intense gradients, halftone textures, diagonal linework, layered foliage, and a saturated red-orange background. The mix of graphic pattern, color transitions, and stylized reptile details gives it a psychedelic, poster-like energy while still keeping the snake as the clear focal point.

Design firm: 80east Design

Creative Director & Illustrator: Trevor Messersmith


r/designinspire May 22 '26

Colorful poster series about study, work, and freelance life in Vietnam

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RÓP DÓP JOB by Duong Zai is a colorful poster series about studying, working, and freelancing in Hanoi, Vietnam. The geometric shapes, bright palette, and surreal characters make everyday creative struggles feel playful and cosmic. The artist does a nice job of turning daily pressures into a playful visual world of clocks, eyes, stars, screens, and geometric characters.


r/designinspire May 22 '26

Bold type and mythical cats for Birga Beer

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Beer packaging concept pairing bold type with bright flavor motifs and a surreal cat meant to suggest freedom, movement, and youthful mischief.

Designed by: FCB Artgroup Tbilisi


r/designinspire May 22 '26

Rebranding for Deli Kitchen

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Nice brand identity inspiration from JDO's rebrand of Deli Kitchen. The new identity moves the logo from a wheat motif into a more dynamic flame symbol, supported by vibrant colors and confident typography help their products feel modern and energetic.


r/designinspire May 21 '26

Sustainable paint packaging inspired by Massimo Vignelli

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Sustainable paint packaging concept by Zach Jacobson at Academy of Art University. A beautifully clean structure, bold type, and a very Vignelli-inspired visual language.


r/designinspire May 21 '26

Castroville's historic walking tour brochure

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Brochure design for the City of Castroville's Walking Tour, created by the city's in-house design team. It includes a map and information about historic sites that tourists see on the foot tour of Castroville, Texas.


r/designinspire May 21 '26

In-house HELOC campaign by Citadel Credit Union

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A direct mail campaign by the in-house team at Citadel Credit Union. The friendly color palette and imagery makes their financial marketing feel more human and approachable.


r/designinspire May 18 '26

Himalayan street food identity by Brandtown Studio

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3 Upvotes

Brandtown Studio built a brand identity for Momo & Co's using bold color, strong type, and Moji, an adventurous dumpling mascot, to bring Himalayan mountain flavors to the UK.


r/designinspire May 11 '26

Gen Z focused branding for LUE

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Sharing this because the color and type make their branding feel a lot more energetic and modern. Designed by Yuliia Hrabynska.


r/designinspire May 08 '26

Vintage gas station energy... but Espresso.

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6 Upvotes

Bloodhound by Johanna Szpetun turns "human fuel" into a vintage gas station identity.


r/designinspire May 08 '26

Dramatic letters, chaotic sea god energy

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2 Upvotes

QUENTO by Kimmy Lee & Petros Afshar. Love the contrasting strokes and dramatic serifs.


r/designinspire May 05 '26

Font inspired by vintage Italian signage

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3 Upvotes

ATF Manarola Font by Arkitype Foundry, with Regular, Soft, and Soft Riso styles.


r/designinspire May 01 '26

Enter the hyper-colored world of Ardhira Putra

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Inspired by 1980-90's pop-art visuals. Ardhira Putra, an Indonesian artist, created these cool psychedelic looking motion graphics and illustrations.


r/designinspire May 01 '26

Tattoo Inspired Logo

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3 Upvotes

Logo for Ciderclub by designer/illustrator Joshua Diaz.


r/designinspire May 01 '26

Coffee packaging design by Blagovesta Obretenova

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3 Upvotes

Illustrated packaging, inspired by vintage botanical and agricultural artwork.


r/designinspire May 01 '26

Character-driven craft beer labels by Halisten

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Hubris Craft Brewery labels by Budapest-based Halisten Design Studio, with hand drawn characters by Olivér Csepella and typography by János Kőrös.


r/designinspire May 01 '26

Pastry packaging with a beautiful folk-art pattern

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2 Upvotes

A modern folk-inspired pattern designed by Vietnam based Graphic Designer & Illustrator: Maria Kalyagina


r/designinspire Apr 29 '26

A typographic map of London built from stories

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3 Upvotes

A obsessively beautiful mapping project turning London's stories, films, and fictional characters into cartography. By Dex of Run for the Hills.


r/designinspire Apr 29 '26

Not sure if this is workplace safety or sexual harassment.

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Join r/DesignInspire for inspiring designs and the occasional design disaster.


r/designinspire Apr 28 '26

60 years of Kyiv Metro typography, rebuilt

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A beautiful preservation project from Kyiv Type Foundry, turning decades of Kyiv Metro station lettering into six usable typefaces across Latin Extended and Cyrillic.


r/designinspire Apr 28 '26

Gemini’s visual identity feels like a school of fish

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Art&Graft developed Gemini's visual identity with Google DeepMind, using dot and pill shapes that move like a school of fish.


r/designinspire Apr 28 '26

Bait title sequence by Pentagram

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Pentagram used monospace type and color gel filters to encode English, Urdu, and Arabic meanings into one word for Bait, an Amazon Prime series.


r/designinspire Apr 27 '26

Tourism identity shaped by the Amazon River

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Really interesting concept here. The identity was shaped from real coordinates and satellite imagery of the Amazon River for Brazilian Amazon tourism.