Entries tagged as ‘Design’
ow did I not know about The Ward-o-Matic until now?!? I just discovered JunkCulture, too (see their button in my right column). Whenever a mind-blowing discovery such as these two occur, I feel shaken (not stirred) to the core and kind of like, “How did my life exist prior to knowing this?!” That’s exactly how I feel about stumbling upon illustrator (and retro-connoisseur) Ward Jenkins’ blog and website. AND he’s the husband of HulaSeventy?!? WTF?!? How am I so out of the loop?!? What the hell have I been doing with myself?!?
Anyway, thanks to The Ward-o-Matic, I found these little gems: images of Antonio Frasconi’s illustrations from the children’s book See and Say: A Picture Book in Four Languages (1955). You’re welcome.
More illustrations and a lovely feature on Antonio Frasconi and See and Say (his first book!) on The Ward-o-Matic HERE.
(ps: Obsessed like me? Follow the Ward-ster on Twitter HERE)
Categories: Design · French · Type · Vintage · art · literature
Tagged: animals, books, art, Type, French, Vintage, children, drawing, Design, numbers, kids, illustration, Spanish, retro, Italian, travel, Ward-o-Matic, Ward Jenkins, English, HulaSeventy, JunkCulture, weather, See and Say, Antonio Frasconi
Categories: Design · Gift Wrap · Type
Tagged: Christmas, Design, gift tag, gifts, holidays, Oh So Beautiful Paper, packaging, paper, papersnitch, presents, Type, wrapping
I just discovered Sophie Blackall’s Missed Connections project via a Facebook posting from Chronicle Books, who recently published a children’s book, Ruby’s Wish, which Blackall illustrated. On her Missed Connections blog, Blackall provides uniquely imaginative visual translations of a selection of those addictive Craigslist postings in which someone loses contact with someone else for some reason or other. Sometimes endearing, occasionally heartbreaking, the messages Blackall transmits are always vividly touching. Plus, many include book references. 
The illustrations below are all graciously borrowed from Blackall’s blog HERE, where many more great illustrative interpretations await you!
(Incidentally, many of these illustrations are also available for purchase as prints in Blackall’s very own Etsy shop HERE!)
For more info on Sophie Blackall and her lovely illustrations, click over to her personal site HERE.
Categories: Design · art
Tagged: art, books, Chronicle Books, coats, commuting, Craigslist, Design, drawing, Etsy, illustration, love, luggage, Missed Connections, New York, phoenix, Ruby's Wish, Sophie Blackall, strangers, subway, train, winter
Categories: Design · French · French Friday · Type · Vintage
Tagged: 1930s, Agence Eureka, boating, boxing, cycling, cyclisme, Design, drawings, exercises, France, French, French Friday, gymnastique, illustrations, l'aviron, la boxe, le ski, skiing, sports, sports modernes, stretching, Vintage
First image above found via MartinKlasch. All other images found via the always-inspiring WeLoveTypography.com.
The collage maker on Picasa has quickly become my new best friend.
Categories: Design · French · Type · Vintage · art · collage · literature
Tagged: Andre Maurois, Bertrand Russell, book covers, books, collage, combs, Design, French, Good Citizen Alphabet, Jules Verne, literature, Martin Klasch, orange, Outsiders, Proust, Saint Joan, sport, Type, Vintage, We Love Typography
I’m not sure I could be any more in love with these vintage posters over at GrainEdit today (especially the Swiss one):
More HERE. GrainEdit rules, huh? I pretty much swoon over everything posted on their blog.
Categories: Design · French · Type · Vintage
Tagged: Africa, Air Afrique, Air France, airlines, Belgium, Bruxelles, cheese, deer, Design, Europe, French, fromage, Grain Edit, hunting, Orly, Paris, Poland, poster design, posters, Swiss, Switzerland, travel, travel posters, turkey, Type, Vintage
Disclaimer: I generally abhor tobacco and cigarettes as lethal weapons that have contributed to way too much illness among family and friends. That being said: come on, these vintage tobacco labels from Agence Eureka are pretty stellar.
Stupidly, I never considered that French playing cards wouldn’t have the J, Q, K, A categories. Umm, yeah. So, below, you’ll see that French playing cards have the following categories: V(alet), D(ame), R(oi), A(s). Unfortunately, I don’t have any A examples below.
Categories: Design · French · French Friday · Stationery & Cards · Type · Vintage
Tagged: France, cards, labels, Type, Agence Eureka, French, Vintage, Design, French Friday, ads, tobacco, smoking, playing cards, tabac, cigarettes, kings, queens
I love these poster designs ALMOST as much as I love Glen and Marketa.
(All images below borrowed from TheSwellSeason.com, except for the autographed red lighthouse poster, found HERE)
Categories: Design · Type · art
Tagged: animals, art, birds, boats, concert posters, concerts, Design, Glen Hansard, guitar, Marketa Irglova, music, Once, piano, poster design, posters, Swell Season, Type
