2009-04-23
Book Covers: Paul Rand
Prejudices: A Selection by H.L. Mencken. Vintage Books, 1958. Fourth Printing (March 1961). Cover design by Paul Rand.
More book covers by Paul Rand in the Flickr set Paul Rand Book Covers uploaded by Scott Lindberg.
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Flickr: Those Swell Smoking Men
OK, so let me just be slightly politically correct and say that I do not encourage anyone to smoke ...but nor do think that we should hide the fact (see previous post) that many men used to smoked pipe in the old days. Smoking pipe was an important symbol of maturity, manliness, distinction, class, wealth, reliability etc.
Flickr group: Pipe Dreams (Those swell smoking men)
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Controversy: Ceci n'est pas une pipe!
Image: REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
"...new posters for a recent Jacques Tati retrospective show the iconic Hulot without his pipe after the Paris public transport network (RATP) banned the picture, citing a 1991 law that prohibits advertising tobacco."
A drawing of Jacques Tati as Hulot (with his pipe) made by...?
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Image from pillpat (Agence eureka) showing pipe smoking in the "good ol' days".
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More pipe images at Musselsoppans Vänner: Ceci n'est pas une pipe
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Children's Books: Livres scolaires, part 2
""La ronde des nombres" méthode de calcul -CP-(illustrations de M.T. Aberdam) 1956"
livres scolaires
a set on Flickr by pillpat (Agence eureka)
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Art: Camilla Engman
Published with kind permission of the artist. Nice doggy!
"Earth" by Camilla Engman.
Camilla's Flickr
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2009-04-22
2009-04-14
Poster Art: Ludwig Hohlwein
Over here I found a collection of posters by Ludwig Hohlwein (1874-1939) and at 100 Years of Illustration and Design you'll find more plus information about the artist.
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Children's Books: Livres scolaires
""La ronde des nombres" méthode de calcul -CP-(illustrations de M.T. Aberdam) 1956"
livres scolaires
a set on Flickr by pillpat (Agence eureka)
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2009-04-12
Illustration: How Calcium Saved My Life
Illustration by William Reusswig found at Today's Inspiration.
2009-04-11
Poster Art: Call Girl
Girl of the Night aka Call Girl, 1960,
Dir: Joseph Cates,
Swedish poster,
Poster artist: Gösta Åberg
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2009-04-09
Illustration: 30 Ways to Die of Electrocution
30 Ways to Die of Electrocution
"Here are 30 illustrations from the book Elektroschutz in 132 Bildern. These diagrams outline causes of electrical accidents." From bre pettis' Flickr. (Blog). And, no, it's no joke. It's from a 1931 illustrated German or Austrian book on electric safety.
Via WFMU's Beware of the Blog
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MGMT - Electric Feel
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2009-04-07
2009-04-04
Music: Peter Wyngarde - April
Peter Wyngarde - or Jason King if you will - wants to "sing" April for you and you'll find him in the sidebar. Under "Listen" you'll find my little April playlist. Enjoy.
Image was found here
Album Covers: Lille Gerhard
The top two (EP) covers, made by Ulf Gustafsson, were found at LP Cover Lover and the bottom one at Farbror Sid.
"Lille Gerhard", who also called himself "Little Gerhard" when he sang in English, was one of the first Swedish "rock" singers in the 50s. Listen to Lille Gerhard at Sid's!
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2009-04-03
2009-04-02
Vintage Comics: "NO!"
Another great vintage comic panel from Johan Urban's Gubblogg. Check it out for more goodness and watch out for the Brain-bat!
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