Cococello is the graphic design studio of Deb Pang Davis based in Portland, Oregon.

• Featured on Coroflot and DTG

  Every once in awhile, I do a Google search of my name.
  That may sound really strange and I like to keep tabs on where I’m showing up. Being online, I feel its a periodic necessity similar to checking my credit score.
  So, a few days ago I did a search and much to my surprise I [...]

  Posted on Feb 25.08 to design, freelance, portfolio   

• Newspapers: Society for News Design and POYi

  How many times have you heard some variation of this?
  “Newspapers are a dying breed”.
  Well, I’ve heard that one for years especially when I was working for one.
  Who knows what the future holds for newspapers and even with circulation dropping for many, there is still some amazing content generated and delivered by newspapers.
  Two of the more [...]

  Posted on Feb 21.08 to design   

• Letterpress Business Cards

  They arrived this afternoon.
  My husband needed business cards so we decided to ping Leslie Topness who was offering the letterpress special I shared with you a few weeks ago and get some cards printed.

  Keeping it simple and to-the-point was a goal. They came out beautifully. (Thank you Leslie…)
  The typeface is Musee by Dino dos Santos [...]

  Posted on Feb 19.08 to design, letterpress, typography   

• Raw Take: Talking Pictures

  There’s just never a dull moment.
  With some encouragement from our photographer friends, we launched RAW TAKE.
  For the immediate future, we’ll be posting interviews with photographers in hopes of building a solid collection of conversations about photography and photographs.
  For the long term, it will evolve to include just a few more features with the goal of [...]

  Posted on Feb 17.08 to photographers, photography   

• WIRED’s Holga Photo Contest

  Wired.com has a Holga photo contest.
  From Wired.com
  …we’d like you to show us your best “Wired” Holga photo.
  The photo must be your own, and by submitting it you are giving us permission to use it on our site, both here and in a gallery of the top photos.
  I haven’t touched my Holga in nearly a decade [...]

  Posted on Feb 15.08 to photography   

• Typesites by Astheria

  A website devoted to typography and websites launched recently.
  typesites was created by Kyle Meyer, a user interface designer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  To date, the “biweekly showcase” has featured and critiqued three websites. Jesús Velasco and Coudal Partners are two beautiful websites I’ve long admired and the third, Griffin & Hoxie is their latest review; a [...]

  Posted on Feb 14.08 to design, typography, web design   

• Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Find My ‘True Type’

  The choices are slim at TYPEmatching…
  and if you really want to know if Helvetica gets on with Mistral, check it out.
  Happy Valentine’s Day!

  Book Mark it-> del.icio.us | Reddit | Slashdot | Digg | Facebook | Technorati | Google | StumbleUpon | Window Live | Tailrank | [...]

  Posted on Feb 13.08 to design, typography   

• Rapha’s Sweet Cycling Magazine: Rouleur

  Thanks to the North American Handmade Bike Show, I was able to score 2 issues of Rapha’s Rouleur magazine and the 2007 Photography Annual.

  Who is Rapha and what is Rouleur? Rapha is a UK-based performance cycling clothing company and Rouleur is their magazine.
  According to Rapha’s website:
  Rouleur has been created to celebrate the drama and beauty [...]

  Posted on Feb 12.08 to design, photographers, photography, polaroid   

• Upstart Blogger Blog Network

  I’m a wee late with this thank you post.
  I learned about becoming the first member of the Upstart Blogger Blog Network late Friday night Portland time and had to race out the door to a friend’s photo exhibit.
  First, a big thank you to Upstart Blogger for your kind words about Coco Ink.
  Wow. This is a [...]

  Posted on Feb 11.08 to blogging