Illustrated Alphabet from Paul Thurlby

Follow illustrator Paul Thurlby's progress as he illustrates his own unique alphabet. So far, A through H are done and each is better than the next! I really love the series. I have a particular soft spot in my heart for 'D for dog' because it reminds me of our dog, Derby, and of course it's a D. I'd love to have a print of it.

Check out the whole series here on Flickr and check our Paul's website here.

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Alphabet Bags

Alphabet Bags (which launched yesterday) was created in by business partners and couple Hayley Thwaites & Lucas Lepola, two twenty-somethings living in London. They also created KeepCalmGallery.com, where they offer a variety of beautiful prints for the home. The bags have been made using 100% heavy-weight cotton and have been stitched and screen printed in the UK.
I think I need to get myself a nice "B", bag! Which would you get?

Animal Alphabet Matchboxes

Fosforos Del Pirineo - Abcdario Animal (Animal Alphabet) Spain 1970s?

Found over at grain edit, super cool matchbox covers designed by Cruz Novillo + Olmos. The matchboxes feature an illustration of an animal for each letter of the alphabet. These are so unbelievably cool! The B, the blue Buho, (the owl) is totally my fav, of course. Whats your fav?

Twenty-Six Types of Animals by Jeremy Pettis

Beautiful type / alphabet / animals by Jeremy Pettis

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Crumpler ABCs

australian bag maker, crumpler has put together an animated alphabet that brings each letter to life. each one is designed in it own unique style and the 'word it up' feature allows you to spell out words with the letter forms.

via Design Observer