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Hi there! My name is Emily Schwegman I am a middle child, with a strong desire to march to the beat of my own drum. This accounts for the reason I moved 12 hours away from home to pursue a degree in Graphic Design at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Because of my exposure to graphic design in a corporate environment, I am extremely passionate about how huge brands can be made beautiful for the masses. In an alternate reality I would probably be a museum curator, but in this reality I love discovering new music, Volkswagen Beetles, and a hot cup of tea. I am starting this blog as an effort to catalog design inspiration in a fun new way, and as a way to share cool stuff with the world! Check out my portfolio here: www.emilyschwegman.com

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Days of Tay: Day 7, Part 2

Day 7, Part 2: You coulda been getting’ down!!

Over the next week leading up to seeing Taylor Swift in Columbus on Friday, I will be posting some of my favorite lyrics from 1989 hand lettered and illustrated by me!

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Days of Tay: Day 7, Part 1

It’s a two for one special today on lyrical love. Had to do a quick shot of my favorite lyric from Riptide by Vance Joy.

Over the next week leading up to seeing Taylor Swift in Columbus on Friday, I will be posting some of my favorite lyrics from 1989 hand lettered and illustrated by me!

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Days of Tay: Day 6

Day 6: We show off our different scarlet letters...

Over the next week leading up to seeing Taylor Swift in Columbus on Friday, I will be posting some of my favorite lyrics from 1989 hand lettered and illustrated by me!

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Days of Tay: Day 5

Day 5: ALL THE FEELS

Over the next week leading up to seeing Taylor Swift in Columbus on Friday, I will be posting some of my favorite lyrics from 1989 hand lettered and illustrated by me!

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Days of Tay: Day 4

Day 4: Hunters vs. Foxes

Over the next week leading up to seeing Taylor Swift in Columbus on Friday, I will be posting some of my favorite lyrics from 1989 hand lettered and illustrated by me!

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Days of Tay: Day 3

Day 3: Bonus points to whoever can find the easter egg to who this song is about!

Over the next week leading up to seeing Taylor Swift in Columbus on Friday, I will be posting some of my favorite lyrics from 1989 hand lettered and illustrated by me!

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Days of Tay: Day 2

Day 2: Say you’ll see me again...

Over the next week leading up to seeing Taylor Swift in Columbus on Friday, I will be posting some of my favorite lyrics from 1989 hand lettered and illustrated by me!

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Days of Tay: A Handlettering Tribute to Taylor Swift

In the weeks leading up to seeing Taylor Swift in Columbus next Friday, I decided I wanted to pay tribute to Tay in the form of a hand lettering countdown. Over the next week leading up to the concert, I will be posting some of my favorite lyrics from 1989 hand lettered and illustrated by me!

Here is day 1: Because jealousy tastes a lot like Jack Daniels.

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Not Your Average Desk Job

Wesley Jensen and the Penny Arcade, thank you for making my day with your submission to NPR's Tiny Desk Contest. See more of the entries here, there is some seriously creativity in all of them.

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Music Video Monday

A beautiful song for a beautiful film. I saw Unbroken this past weekend and I swear I was teary-eyed the entire time. This song played at the credits and I think its better than most of the songs on Ghost Stories (sorry Coldplay).

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And another time Aaron Draplin proved that he just gets it.

America Is F*cked.......(Graphically at least) from Jess Gibson on Vimeo.

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Aaron Draplin: Certified Badass

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Music Video Monday

This is like music's version of Love Actually, star studded, and so completely charming.

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Music Video(ish) Monday

Not a video, but since Lorde released this new track from the Mockingjay soundtrack today, I couldn't not share it! So eerie, and completely awesome!

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Typewriter Artist Paul Smith

The world is a beautifully creative place. What an amazing story about a truly talented man.

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Music Video Monday (Throwback Edition)

I don't know why but this video makes me so happy. Lennon will always be my favorite Beatle but George Harrison was still the bomb.

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Harry Potter: Magic in the Details

I just found this amazing article on Buzzfeed that explains all of the amazing nuances of the graphic design of Harry Potter. The designers of Harry Potter took the amazing world that JK Rowling described in her books and increased it tenfold.

The designers created over 300 graphics for various aspects of the film! From the advertisements in the Daily Prophet to the packaging for the stores in Diagon Alley, Hogsmeade, and Knockturn Alley. One of the artists even hand drew several copies of the Marauder's Map, and they made her handwriting into the typeface used in the credits of the third movie (my personal favorite movie, but I digress). This team invented tons of new products that Rowling didn't even mention in the book! If only my little ten year old self knew that one day I would want to design packaging for a living. There are few things I wouldn't do to have that job!!

Check out the design team's website here! They sell prints of some of the graphics in their online shop!

Also this is hilarious and I never noticed, somebody is making out in the broom closet...