Emmy de Leon Gets Down To The Bone

Emmy de Leon Gets Down To The Bone

Emmy de Leon is junior art director at Orci Advertising in Santa Monica. She was born and raised in Mexico where she studied marketing, but wasn't happy. She decided to pursue graphic design, was accepted to the Art Institute of Los Angeles and soon moved to L.A. for art school. For her Typography 4 final, she designed Osteology.

Whisky Workshop: Distilled in Los Angeles {Photos}

Whisky Workshop: Distilled in Los Angeles {Photos}

You won’t be double-aging in oak barrels in this intense six-hour workshop fermented for design veterans. You’ll learn how to achieve typography clarity on a high-end spirit label like a boss and discover how to combine multiple typefaces for both classic and contemporary brands.

A Scriptaculous Year

A Scriptaculous Year

Ed Benguiat had once said, “I do not think of type as something that should be readable. It should be beautiful.” And in 2013, type choices were gorgeous. It was a scriptaculous year with the interest in script type, hand lettering and calligraphy was at an all time high. Perhaps it was a bit of penmanship nostalgia due to our increasingly digital lifestyles or the fact that cursive handwriting is starting to disappear from public classrooms. Whatever it might be, we're glad that people love it.

The Designer's Guide to Coworking in Los Angeles

The Designer's Guide to Coworking in Los Angeles

Finding it difficult to find creative inspiration at home? Angelenos are so lucky to have many great options for alternative workspaces and social collaboration for our designers and studios. Here are a few we found that might suit your remote lifestyle.