Eley Packaging, 1966

April 10th, 2010 (Everyday Design, Old Skool)

Ammo! (from everydaylifemodern and ffffound)

Letterpress Dice Prints

April 3rd, 2010 (Art, Things)

Great idea. Beautifully executed. By Stukenborg. Via Today and Tomorrow.

Letterpress Dice Prints, etsy

Stukenborg

Stukenborg, dice prints

Stukenborg, etsy

Tussendoor

March 30th, 2010 (Art)

Very cool Albers-esque drawings by Jelle Martens. Via Swiss Legacy.

Vertigo identity

March 29th, 2010 (Logo)

Damn. I love it when something can be this simple and this perfect. Well done. Props to Mike Lemme and the crew at Duncan/Channon (and to the client for being smart enough to go with it!)



It’s what’s NOT there.

March 26th, 2010 (Old Skool)

Some choice Blue Note covers showing Reid Miles’ mastery of empty space.

Whether it’s a big empty chunk:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Or emptiness within the image itself:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derick Melander

March 25th, 2010 (Art)

Sculptures made of second-hand clothing. Via ffffound.

Wright Modern Design Auction is Tomorrow

March 22nd, 2010 (Old Skool, Things)

Here’s what I’d bid on if I were going…

 

FLORENCE KNOLL, credenza:

 

GEORGE NELSON, Thin Edge headboard:

 

GEORGE NELSON, Comprehensive Storage System:

 

ARREDOLUCE, easel lamp:

 

FOLKE OHLSSON, lounge chair:

 

(if I don’t get the one above, maybe this one:)
EERO SAARINEN, Womb chair:

 

HANS WEGNER, desk and return:

 

(don’t really need 2 desks, but…)
JEAN PROUVÉ, Compass desk:

 

(don’t need another sofa, either…)
EDWARD WORMLEY, La Gondola sofa, 5719

Some random music posters I like

March 19th, 2010 (Uncategorized)

Poking around insound.com today, I realized they have quite an impressive (600+) collection of indie rock posters for sale. Here’s 40 that I pulled to share.

Craig Bromley

March 15th, 2010 (Art)

Love this drawing by my friend Craig Bromley.

Emil Ruder

March 12th, 2010 (Old Skool)

Super minimal, super flat graphics by Emil Ruder. Designed between 1954 and 1970.

emil ruder

emil ruder poster

emil ruder minimal graphics

emil ruder black and white posters

Via 80 Magazine and ISO 50.