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Design was launched in 1949 by the Council of Industrial Design (later to become the Design Council); a body set up in 1944 by the British Government to, “to promote by all practicable means the improvement of design in the products of British industry”. Published monthly and distributed Internationally, Design soon became highly influential.

I picked up 4 copies in a local secondhand store just before Christmas; September & November '73 and February & July '75. The covers aren't great for these issues, but the content is fantastic.

The adverts ooze Seventies style. They are mainly for office furniture, but I found a couple of Letraset ones which made me smile - I like what they did with the 8/g. I miss Letraset!

There are loads of really interesting articles which I'll scan and post soon, but as a taster here's one from the February 1975 issue discussing Coca-Cola and the, "fantastic momentum of the coke image" and how it, "outpowers its fizzy raison d'êtrê". (Click on the images to read the full article).



By far the funniest ads I found in these publications were the classifieds - not sexist or ageist at all - oh how times have changed!


All images and publication content copyright of Design and the Design Council.

Wed 07 Jan 2009

Posted under: Design , Typography , Inspiration

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More Vintage Coasters and Beermats



Sell! Sell! have posted up more of their fabulous vintage coasters and beermats. Check out their Flickr group to see the full collection.

Tue 06 Jan 2009

Posted under: Design , Inspiration

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Aesthetic Apparatus at Richard Goodhall Gallery


Hello and welcome back, hope you all had a great holiday!

While I was up North over the holiday season, I took the opportunity to drop in to the Richard Goodhall Gallery in Manchester. They always have a superb selection of gig posters, limited editions prints and photography and it's become a bit of a tradition to treat myself to one.

This year they had some really great Aesthetic Apparatus prints on display from their Doomdrips series. They're bright and bold - perfect to get me motivated for the New Year. I bought the fist one (above centre) for only £25! Can't wait to get it framed and on the wall.

Images copyright Aesthetic Apparatus.

Mon 05 Jan 2009

Posted under: Design , Prints , Illustration , Exhibition

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From the reference box #29

These have been in the reference box for quite a while - a collection of vintage Christmas cards from 1960 onwards.






I bought them from a boot sale all taped into a scrapbook. There a quite a few more, but these are the best ones. My favourite is the robin, which I think was some kind of charity card designed by a child called, Marian.

The amount of detail is fantastic - many of them have foil blocking, glitter or embossing and are folded in an unusual way with print also on the inner.

A festive #29 - Vintage Christmas Cards, 1960 onwards

Wed 17 Dec 2008

Posted under: Design , Reference box , Inspiration

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Christmas by Colour - the final cut!


Christmas by Colour is a, "not-for-profit exploration into the colours that shape our Christmas". They have been busy collating colour submissions from fellow bloggers over the last few weeks and have now made their final cut into A1 limited edition posters.

The poster is an edition of 500, printed on 135gsm Naturalis Absolute White and comes with a free A2 sheet of Christmas by Colour giftwrap.

They are available here for £10 +pp and all profits will be donated to Calm.

Image copyright Christmas by Colour.
Via the wonderful Dirty Mouse.

Mon 15 Dec 2008

Posted under: Design , Prints , Things to buy

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24 Delicious Days of Advent - #14


Another late post (but it is the weekend). Number 14 - Set of 6 Miniature Chairs: Design Interior Collection Vol 4.



These gorgeous, miniature designer chairs are 1:12 scale models. This set of 6 includes design classics such as Le Corbusier's LC4 Chaise Longue, the LC2 Grand Confort sofa, the Bocca sofa by Studio 65, George Nelson's Marshmallow Sofa, the Ball Chair by Eero Aarnio and a pair of Ladder Chairs by Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

I found this set in the Design Museum Shop for £85.

Sun 14 Dec 2008

Posted under: Design , Things to buy , 24 Days of Advent

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24 Delicious Days of Advent - #12


Half way there - number 12! My favourite Shepard Fairey print, Guns and Roses, 2006.

Very few places have this print for sale now, but one is available for sale or trade here. The annoying thing is, when I first saw this print I could have owned it for £50 but decided not to buy it!!!!

Image copyright Shepard Fairey / OBEY.

Fri 12 Dec 2008

Posted under: Design , Prints , 24 Days of Advent

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Anthony Burrill Prints


I just came across these great Anthony Burrill prints over at Concrete Hermit. They are a set of 4, A3 digital prints unlike his usual letterpressed versions, but are much more affordable as a gift at £40 for the set.

If however, you would prefer to get your hands on a letterpressed version, Soma Gallery are taking orders for the latest edition of 'Work hard & be nice to people', expected in-store any day now.

Images copyright Anthony Burrill from Concrete Hermit.

Wed 10 Dec 2008

Posted under: Design , Prints , Things to buy

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24 Delicious Days of Advent - #4


A rather large item for no.4 and one I'm sure you're all familiar with - an original red telephone box.

Unicorn Kiosks restores all models of phone boxes (and Royal Mail letterboxes), from Sir Giles Gilbert Scott's first production cast iron kiosk (K2) distributed only in London due to high costs, through to Brue Martin's 1968 streamlined, modular K8.

Restored kiosks are taken back to bare metal and built back up using only original period correct parts (prices start at £2995), but they are also available unrestored (from £750) and come with the correct paint and original glass, making them a totally unique gift for any serial DIYer!

Images copyright Unicorn Kiosks.

Thu 04 Dec 2008

Posted under: Design , Things to buy , 24 Days of Advent

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While we're on a type theme…


I've just bought a set of these Type Trumps from Face 37. They're really great and at £9.99 they're a super stocking filler for any designer.


Via Notcot.
Images copyright Face 37.

Wed 03 Dec 2008

Posted under: Design , Typography , Things to buy

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24 Delicious Days of Advent - #2


Number 2! A wonderful design book that has been on the most-wanted list for a while now, 'Schweizer Industrie Grafik (Graphic Design in Swiss Industry)', Hans Neuberg, 1965.

It's packed full of great typography and graphic diagrams, many of which look like they could have been designed now - not 43 years ago!


These images are from Aisle One's Flickr Group where you can see a large selection of pages from the book. They do come up on Ebay every now and again, so maybe one day it will be mine!

Tue 02 Dec 2008

Posted under: Design , Things to buy , Books , 24 Days of Advent

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24 Delicious Days of Advent - #1



December the 1st - day one of the 24 Delicious Days of Advent!

We don't have an advent calendar this year, so instead we're going to post one Delicious thing a day from our Christmas Wish list.

Behind door 1 is this fabulous Jamie Reid, 'Nevermind the Bollocks here's the Sex Pistols' original 70's billboard poster (150 x 90mm) from Art Republic a bargain at £1295:

Mon 01 Dec 2008

Posted under: Design , Prints , Things to buy , 24 Days of Advent

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British Design Classics






On the 13 January 2009 the Royal Mail are issuing a new set of stamps to commemorate 10 British Design Classics.

This great series includes the Mini (Sir Alec Issigonis, 1959), Harry Beck’s design of the London Underground Map from the 1930’s, the classic Red Telephone boxes (Sir Gilbert Scott, K2 Design, 1926), RJ Mitchell’s Spitfire and Concorde (Aérospatiale-BAC).

The stamps will be launched alongside a prestige stamp book which will provide more information about the celebrated design icons and their history.

2009 also marks Mini’s 50th birthday and Concorde’s 40th birthday and to celebrate the Royal Mail are issuing a generic sheet of 20 stamps for each also available in the New Year.

Via CR Blog.
Images copyright Royal Mail, from the CR Blog.

Fri 28 Nov 2008

Posted under: Design , Things to buy , Inspiration

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Beetle Drive



On the theme of old games, this is a late 50's (?) version of the great British game - Beetle. The Beetle game was massive in the 60's with 'Beetle Drives', an evening of playing Beetle with food and drink, often done as a fundraiser. The game can be played individually or in teams by all ages.

The aim is the first person to draw a full beetle on their card. A throw of the dice dictates which part you can draw. In this version a roll of 6 lets you draw the body, 5 - the head (which you must have before being allowed to draw the eyes or feelers), 4 - the tail, 3 - one leg, 2 - one feeler and finally 1 - an eye. The first person to complete their beetle is the winner of that game. At a Beetle Drive the winner is the person who wins the most games out of 12 and often the players switch tables for each game to make more of a social evening.

I'm not sure it sounds like, "riots of breathless excitement & laughter", but maybe after a good few drinks!

The best thing about this version is the card 'dice'. You put a matchstick through the middle and spin it, apparently due to the, "difficulty in procuring dice" at that time - or is it really because a dice wouldn't fit in the box??

Wed 26 Nov 2008

Posted under: Design , Ephemera

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From the reference box #28


Long before portable DVD Players and Nintendo DS, the I-SPOT Travel Game was at the forefront of in-car entertainment.

From the typography and the models of cars, I'm guessing these examples are from the 70's. The simple, 2 colour illustrations are great, especially the cars and I particularly like the Dr Who style police box - I don't think I've ever seen one of those!

So #28 - a fabulous pair of I-Spot Travel Game cards.

Take a look through our reference box here.

Sun 23 Nov 2008

Posted under: Design , Typography , Reference box , Illustration

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