Happy graphic design from New York's Javas Lehn Studio

Date
30 September 2014

Just as you were thinking you hadn’t seen some truly joyous graphic design infused with sunshine for such a long time BAM! Here’s a bunch of magazines that are designed with one thing in mind: happiness. Javas Lehn Studio are based in New York and spend their days commissioning fantastic illustrators and not worrying about overusing exclamation marks for big brands that want a slice of the nice. Although a lot of this studio’s work is digital or signage-based, for me where they really come into their own is in the world of print. Saturdays Magazine looks delicious, and you could argue that Ace of Faith – the book they created for artist Brian Paumier – is even more lust-worthy than the art itself. I urge you to go and spend some time on their site, if it doesn’t make you want to start up your own design practice then at the very least you’re going to want to go and leave small offerings on the doorstep of Javas Lehn HQ.

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Javas Lehn Studio: Saturdays Magazine

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Javas Lehn Studio: Saturdays Magazine

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Javas Lehn Studio: Saturdays Magazine

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Javas Lehn Studio: Saturdays Magazine

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Javas Lehn Studio: Saturdays Magazine

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Javas Lehn Studio: Saturdays Magazine

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Javas Lehn Studio: Saturdays Magazine

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Javas Lehn Studio: Saturdays Magazine

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Javas Lehn Studio: Hotel Americano

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Javas Lehn Studio: Brian Paumier, Ace of Faith

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Javas Lehn Studio: Brian Paumier, Ace of Faith

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Javas Lehn Studio: Brian Paumier, Ace of Faith

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Javas Lehn Studio: Brian Paumier, Ace of Faith

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Javas Lehn Studio: Brian Paumier, Ace of Faith

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Javas Lehn Studio: Out of Order Magazine

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Javas Lehn Studio: Out of Order Magazine

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Javas Lehn Studio: Out of Order Magazine

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Javas Lehn Studio: Out of Order Magazine

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Liv Siddall

Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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