Blog: Design

70's Hungarian Stamp


How cool is the tree illustration on this Hungarian stamp from 1975. The red and green print works really well against the neutral background and I love it when the overprint is visible.

I think the illustrator is Olah Gyorgy (bottom right on the stamp), although all I can find out about him was that he was a Hungarian, Nobel-prize winning Chemist - so maybe he isn't the illustrator??

See more of my favourite stamps here, here and here.

Thu 30 Apr 2009

Posted under: Design , Illustration , stamps

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Think of your own ideas


Think of your own ideas is a gorgeous new letterpressed poster from Anthony Burrhill, currently available from Soma Gallery along with a re-print of Is it ok for me to have everything I want...

Once again large type and blocks of colour rule!

Images copyright Soma Gallery.

Tue 28 Apr 2009

Posted under: Design , Typography , Prints

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The Colour of Money



I love these colour-in one dollar bills from Atypyk - not quite making you own money, but not far off! Such a simple, fun idea.

They come in packs of 100 for 9 Euro.

Images copyright Atypyk.
Via Inspire Me Now.

Tue 28 Apr 2009

Posted under: Design , Things to buy , Illustration

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From the reference box #39



A cool Air Europe matchbook from the 70's - "It's nice to fly with friends."
Loving the red and orange combo, especially the stripes!

Have a look through the rest of our reference box here.

Mon 27 Apr 2009

Posted under: Design , Typography , Ephemera , Reference box

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70's Posters


I came across the Montague Projects blog yesterday which is a great blog, packed full of inspiring design including this wonderful collection of 70's posters recovered from his parents basement. See the full collection here.

Images copyright Montague Projects Blog.

Fri 24 Apr 2009

Posted under: Design , Typography , Illustration

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Ampersand Marquee Light


How great is this fairground style light from Urban Outfitters?? I love it's quirkiness and the fact that it kind of looks homemade.

It's one of their Marquee Lights (they also do an @ sign) only available online with shipping restricted to mainland US. Unfortunately they don't seem to be listed on the UK site for some reason.

They should create a full alphabet in the same style, that would be really cool, although at $178 each it could get pricey to spell out anything!

Images copyright Urban Outfitters.
Via Hell Yeah Dude.

Tue 14 Apr 2009

Posted under: Design , Typography , Things to buy

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Paul Catherall Lino Prints


These architectural prints could easily be mistaken for vintage prints, but they are in fact the new works of illustrator Paul Catherall.

His prints are bold and striking and depict famous architectural structures from around the world in a very clean, precise way. His work is influenced by commercial art of the 50's and 60's which is probably why I like it so much.

"Catherall displays an expert eye for composition and colour; and great draughtsmanship, achieving ultimately a delicate balance between classic commercial design and contemporary urban landscape. His linocuts have become synonymous with Transport for London and Tate Modern."

The architectural prints are currently available at Castor + Pollux, Brighton and the London Transport posters are available here.

Images copyright Paul Catherall.

Tue 14 Apr 2009

Posted under: Design , Prints , Things to buy , Illustration

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Happy Easter!




Here's a selection of our favourite 60s/70s chick and bunny graphics to get you in the Easter mood. Hope you all enjoy the long weekend - see you back here Tuesday!

Graphics from Trademarks & Symbols, Yasaburo Kuwayama and Trademarks of the 60s & 70s, Tyler Blik.

Fri 10 Apr 2009

Posted under: Design , Inspiration , Illustration

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The Art of Necessity


There's an interesting article on the CR Blog about 'The Art of Necessity' - the ingenuity of Spanish printers in the early 1930's when avant-garde had spread through Europe into Spain.

The small print shops had to find ways of creating this new look with no new resources, so they imitated the style using the bullets, dingbats, rules and ornaments from their existing type trays and transformed them into new typefaces and illustrations creating the modern look of the avant-garde.

Read the full article here.

Images copyright CR Blog.

Wed 08 Apr 2009

Posted under: Design , Typography , Illustration

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Vintage Ephemera on Flickr


These cool bits of ephemera are from HA! Designs Flickr group - Vintage Ephemera. A collection of items discovered whilst clearing out their Grandpa's house.

There are loads of random items; tins, adverts, playing cards, packaging, coupons, instruction booklets and greetings cards. It's interesting to see what their Grandpa thought was worth keeping for all these years.


Images copyright HA! Designs.

Wed 08 Apr 2009

Posted under: Design , Ephemera , Illustration , Packaging

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Golden Gems


I discovered Golden Gems quite recently and I love it! It's an inspirational blog packed full of modern & vintage illustration along with a selection of Little Golden Books.

All the books have been lovingly scanned for our pleasure. I really love the illustrations from the 1961 'Humpty Dumpty's Magazine' (above and below), especially the animals with their speech bubbles.

Check out the rest of this book and many, many more here.

Images copyright Golden Gems.

Mon 06 Apr 2009

Posted under: Design , Web , Illustration , Books

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Mystery parcel


It's always nice to get an unexpected parcel in the post, but even more exciting when it's full of vintage ephemera - especially matchbooks! So a very big thank you to Jack Hooker for sending us a great selection.

Here are a few of my favourites. I especially like the Air India one and it's actually made of wood, the P&O one has different destinations stamped into the bottom of each match (which can just be made out in the pic) and I love the VIA one with 'Bon Voyage!' printed on the inside.


They will all be added to my Flickr group asap.

Fri 03 Apr 2009

Posted under: Design , Typography , Ephemera , matchbooks

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The Wonderful Work of Tad Carpenter


Big thanks to Tad Carpenter for his email and kind words about our blog.

You might remember some of Tad's work from the Grain Edit Giveaway - his illustrations are bold and bright with a good sprinkling of quirky, fun typography.

'HI' (above) is acrylic on wood, but much of his work is silk screened at Vahalla Studios - a business he shares with Dan Padavic producing gig posters and "other awesome silkscreen goodies".

Have a look at Tad's portfolio here, check out his blog, or stop by his online store which is packed full of his lovely prints.

Images copyright Tad Carpenter.

Wed 01 Apr 2009

Posted under: Design , Prints , Things to buy , Illustration

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Lisa Jones Screen Prints


We are massive fans of Lisa Jones cards and illustrations, and were thrilled to see she is now doing screen prints (50 x 70cm) - 'Night Owl' and 'Town'.

They're available from Lisa Jones Studio, Elphicks and our favourite local gallery, Castor + Pollux.

See more Lisa Jones work here.

Images copyright Lisa Jones.

Tue 31 Mar 2009

Posted under: Design , Prints , Things to buy , Illustration

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From the reference box #37


# 37 - 60's & 70's US Road Maps

I came across these at the weekend. This Gulf one is my favourite - I'm loving the big GULF graphic on the front and inside it has these lovely illustrations of "a host of good Gulf products, all topnotch quality!"

I think the Gulf one is probably from the 60's, but this Union Oil one is from 1973. I'm already a fan of the 76 ball graphic and I really like the arrow design on the front. Definitely good finds in my book!

Mon 30 Mar 2009

Posted under: Design , Reference box , Inspiration , Map , automobilia

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