Patchwork Covers

July 21st, 2010 (Everyday Design, Old Skool)

A series of French library music records. Love the design and the endless color variations.

Wim Crouwel

July 20th, 2010 (Books, Old Skool)

So, so cool. Via Flyer Goodness.

Colors in Cultures

June 21st, 2010 (Books, Information Design)

Handy and pretty. There’s a Web version, too.

By Always with Honor for information is Beatiful..

Guaiacalcium, c.1949

June 15th, 2010 (Old Skool)

By Franco Grignani. Via Display.

Guaiacalcium, c.1949  Designer Franco Grignani (1908-1999)  Client Dompé Pharmaceutical, Italy  Size (h x w), Language 12.75 x 9" (32.39 x 22.86 cm), Italian  Description Medical advertisement for Dompé Pharmaceutical (Milan) product. “I have attempted to escape from the geometrical and typographical straightjacket imposed by Swiss constructivism and the influence of Mondrian” (The Work of Franco Grignani by Alan Bartram, Typographica 1, June 1960).

940s, Advertisement, Dompe, Franco Grignani, Italy

Bauhaus Letterhead, 1927

May 27th, 2010 (Old Skool)

Via Letterheady.

Israel Stamps, 1975

May 23rd, 2010 (Everyday Design, Old Skool)

Via So Much Pileup.

Jenkins

May 11th, 2010 (Art)

Mixed-media artist in the UK. Couple pieces from the album artwork for Finnish musician, Ous Mal.

jenkins, artist, mixed media

70’s Skateboarding Stickers

April 24th, 2010 (Old Skool)

I totally forgot I had these (I should clean out my closet more often.) Amazing illustrations:

1970s skateboarding, vintage skating, 70s trading cards, seventies stickers

old school skaters, seventies skating, 70s skateboarding, seventies illustration

vintage skate, 70s ephemera, skateboarding ephemera, skate stickers, seventies trading cards, old skool illustration

Apud Typeface

April 14th, 2010 (Type)

I like this: slightly condensed with crisp serifs. By Dino dos Santos. (via MyFonts)


 

Construction Technologies Australia Packaging

April 12th, 2010 (Current, Everyday Design)

By War Design. Via Lovely Package.