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From the reference box #11





New to the reference box is this collection of matchbook covers. A great carboot find at the weekend and a snip at £3! After discovering Grain Edit's Flickr group last week I decided to keep a look-out for some of my own, but never expected to find so many and so soon.

They are fantastic and from all over the world, someone has obviously spent a lot of time on this collection and I intend to keep it growing.

So, a new addition, #11 - Collection of Matchbook Covers

Wed 18 Jun 2008

Posted under: Design , Ephemera , Reference box

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Graphic Design Materials & Equipment





On the design nostalgia theme, our friends at Site have lent us some 80's design books to reminisce over (thanks Darren!). Above is 'Graphic Design Materials & Equipment' by Jonathan Stephenson, 1987 - a particularly 80's looking book packed full of essential design tools, or what where the essential design tools back then. These days most of the equipment listed is no longer needed; the crazily fine Rotring pens, the Magic Markers and the Letraset are rarely used in a modern design studio.

It's interesting to see how, back then, some companies which now dominate the design world had more competition, for example, colour systems could be Mecanorma or Pantone, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Apple Macintosh where all used in design studios (although Apple had already begun to dominate) and the main desk-top publishing software was Pagemaker by Aldus (a programme I have a soft-spot for as it was the first computer programme I used on a Mac) with no sign of Adobe anywhere.

I was introduced to an Apple Mac for the first time in the final year of an ND Graphics course, and it was love at first sight - I have never looked back. Yes I sometimes miss the paste-ups, tracing type from Letraset books and buying hundreds of Magic Markers, but would I swop my shiny Apple computer for the chance to do it the old way again - like hell I would!

Tue 17 Jun 2008

Posted under: Design

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The World's First Graphic Design Musuem




A Graphic Design Museum, said to be the first in the world, opened in Beyerd Breda, in the Netherlands last week. The museum, which will focus solely on Graphic Design, offers established designers an International stage and is, at the same time, a spring-board for new top talent.

The opening 4 exhibits; one aimed at children, one aimed at young adults, one aimed at design professionals and a retrospective, 100 years of Dutch Graphic Design are designed to appeal to the general public and design professionals alike.

Via Design Week.

Tue 17 Jun 2008

Posted under: Design , Exhibition

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Floppy disks


After a weekend of much ephemera buying, this morning called for a clearout of the plan chest, and just look what I found nestled at the back of one of the drawers - a floppy disk!

I haven't seen a floppy disk in years and it made me smile. I remember using them with my first computer, an Apple Macintosh Classic. Frightening to think how little they actually hold, in fact the computer itself didn't hold much more - how did we manage??

Mon 16 Jun 2008

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Ephemera Society Fair



"The term ‘ephemera’ covers a wide range of documents including leaflets, handbills, tickets, trade cards, programmes and playbills, printed tins and packaging, advertising inserts, posters, newspapers and much more".

Collecting Ephemera is an addiction, it starts with the odd ticket, beermat or invitation and then before you know it you have boxes full of it. I know only too well that desire to find more, so imagine my delight in discovering not only is there an Ephemera Society, but that it's having an 'Ephemera Society Fair' this very Sunday (15th) at the Holiday Inn London Bloomsbury!

The Society was established in 1975 for the conservation, study and presentation of printed and handwritten ephemera. Annual membership is only £20 and members receive a quarterly newsletter, 'The Ephermist' and receive early entry into all the fairs and bazaars held throughout the year - bargain!

Via We Made This.

Fri 13 Jun 2008

Posted under: Design , Ephemera

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Matchbook covers


These fabulous matchbook covers are part of the Flickr group, 'Mid Century Modern - Sticker, Label + Stamp', administered Grain Edit. There are over 700 images in the group, mainly originating from Eastern Europe. The graphics are really simple and have a great print quality. They would definitely be a valuable addition to the Delicious reference box - I need to start a search!

Via Grain Edit.

Wed 11 Jun 2008

Posted under: Design , Web , Ephemera , Inspiration

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Extreme cutting and sticking



Sculptor Chris Gilmour creates these amazing life-size sculptures out of only cardboard and glue, that's it, no chicken mesh, no framework, just cardboard and glue! The detail is amazing and I love the idea of making crappy old packaging into art.

Via Computer Love.

Tue 10 Jun 2008

Posted under: Design , Art

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Now you see it…


More wallpaper - it’s becoming an obsession! Shi Yuan designed this heat-sensitive wallpaper as part of his, ‘Design with Life’ project. The project also includes a calendar, where the date disappears throughout the day – a great idea, but I’m not sure I could bear to see time literally vanishing before my eyes.


Via Dirty Mouse.

Thu 05 Jun 2008

Posted under: Design , Web , Things to buy

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6 'Design Related' Quirks


We've been 'tagged' by Make Do Style, so here are our 6 'design related' quirks in no particular order:

1. I only use type sizes in even numbers

2. I compulsively use dashes when I write

3. Double spacing after a full stop drives me crazy - it just looks so wrong!

4. I love opening a new book and smelling the fresh ink

5. I collect vintage photographs of cats (with or without their owners). I especially like the ones that have writing on the reverse - a shopping list, a letter or just a record of the date.

6. I can't help but copy check everything I read - even menus in restaurants, which by the way have some of the funniest typos

Well that's our 6 (actually the top 6 as we had many, many more) and in the spirit of 'tagging' and social networking we would like to tag our friends over at Sell! Sell!

Mon 02 Jun 2008

Posted under: Design , Funny , tagging

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The Ampersand


How great is this site, devoted solely to the humble Ampersand. There are some great 'found' ampersands on signage and some funny food Ampersands, but I'm not sure about the Ampersand tattoo's - that really is taking your love of typography to the extreme.

Via Swiss Miss.

Thu 29 May 2008

Posted under: Design , Typography , Web

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ANT'IQUE WALLPAPER


How cool is this? It's 'Ant'ique wallpaper', by Copenhagen based design studio, GAMplusFRATESI and the winning project of 'New Walls, please! 2007', a design competition run by the German Design Council and a.s.Creation.

"Seen from distance the wallpaper seems simply an antique baroque motive, but coming closer you will discover that thousands of ants are crawling on the walls creating this baroque wallpaper..."

Thanks Mike for the link!

Sun 25 May 2008

Posted under: Design , Web , Things to buy

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A Century of Olympic Posters



The V&A Museum of Childhood is running an Olympic Poster retrospective until 7 September 2008 to "explore the fascinating representation of the Olympic Games through the intensely visual medium of the poster" and to coincide with the Beijing Games. It's a great opportunity to see these iconic designs in the flesh.

And for those of you who can't make it down to Bethnal Green there is a book, 'A Century of Olympic Posters' and some reproductions of the original posters available online from the V&A shop.

Sat 24 May 2008

Posted under: Design , Typography , Exhibition

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Rip-off Car Company Logos



Still on a car theme today and I came across these (mainly Chinese) rip-offs of big car manufacturer's logos - Toyota seems to be a favourite!

They are from Car Type, a great car website with loads of information about every car manufacturer you (well I) can think of, their history, logos and their advertising. Be warned though, an hour can easily be lost reading through all the info - but today I can get away with it, all in the name of research!

Fri 23 May 2008

Posted under: Design , Typography , Web

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Vintage Car & Racing Motifs





Today we've been busy bees researching vintage motor/ racing graphics and logos for a job we are working on. There are so many great ones - here are just a selection. To see more, visit here and here.

Wed 21 May 2008

Posted under: Design , Typography

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The Magnificent Chatwin Brothers


I came across these great, hand-printed wallpapers today and just want to buy rolls and rolls of them. They're based on old Navy tattoos and were created by the Magnificent Chatwin Brothers. Both designs are 3 colour prints; ‘Swallows’ (pink, petrol blue & white), ‘Skulls’ (black, white & pink) and are available from Beyond the Valley for £140 per 10 x 0.5m roll.

Tue 20 May 2008

Posted under: Design , Web , Things to buy

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