September 8, 2008

Gif: On Top


Call for birds - Ilustrenos
via This isn't happiness

Comics: DRRRING

DRRRING panels
at Agence eureka. Call on her! DRRRING

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Graphic Design: Sticky Tongue Logo

"The Victoria and Albert Museum
has paid slightly over £50,000 to buy the original art work of the logo made for the Rolling Stones by British designer John Pasche. The tongue first appeared on their album...continue (artdaily.com)

via niotcot.org
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September 7, 2008

Vintage Ad: Nyponsoppa


Ekströms nyponsoppa.
A Swedish 50's ad from jayKayEss' Flickr set Old Swedish Ads.

Wikipedia: "Rose hips are commonly used as an herbal tea, often blended with hibiscus and as an oil. They can also be used to make jam, jelly, marmalade and wine. Rose hip soup, "nyponsoppa," is especially popular in Sweden."

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Cartoon: Rhapsody of Steel




Rhapsody of Steel
In this post from January ASIFA said: "Today we scanned a read-along storybook adaptation of John Sutherland's industrial film, Rhapsody of Steel (1959). Sutherland's studio was very influential in the mid-1950s, employing some of the best designers in the business. This film is no exception."

There is also a QuickTime link in the post!

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Ephemera: Plonk!





Even more Swedish Soft Drink Labels?! Yep, you bet! How do you like these beauties? I've tried - not very easy - translating the Swedish text from the site where they were found:

"Sound effects soft drinks. These four spectacular soft drinks were on the market in 1985-1986. They were soon to be criticized for containing questionable chemical substances... (!!)
Flämt! - Came in light blue and light green design and tasted
smågodis. (various kinds of candy with a sometimes diffuse flavor to it)
Gulp! - With the taste of
sega bananer (banana flavored foamy candy) and had an intense yellow translucent color.
Plonk! (!!) - Perhaps the least known of the quartet with a taste of
godiskulor (ie, blueberries - and boysenberries candy flavourings)
Wroom! - Hallongelé (Raspberry jelly candy) colored beverage with the taste of ... raspberry jelly candy.


The images and the original Swedish text are found at den nostalgiska läsksidan via the (sometimes) very kind gåsmannen who also recommended this label collector site.

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Related:
Ephemera: Swedish Soft Drink Labels
Vintage Beverage: Zingo (important Update!)
Vintage Beverage: Cuba Cola
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All posts with label soft drinks

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Ephemera: Stamps etc



Brassdragon
Collection of stamps etc

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Poster Art: Vintage Tarzan

Tarzan
Vintage Posters


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Ephemera: Swedish Soft Drink Labels






Swedish Soft Drink Labels from brewery Värnamo bryggeri. More here.

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Architecture: Brasília

Photo: P-E Fronning (Martin Klasch)

Oscar Niemeyer, National Congress of Brazil

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Movie: L'homme de Rio


uploaded by yashiro69

L'homme de Rio aka That Man from Rio (1964) with Jean-Paul Belmondo

But... but, he's not in Rio!

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September 5, 2008

Flickr: Immunologists


immunologists
- seven more photos uploaded to Flickr by airform
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Book Cover: Alvin Lustig

"...an aldus huxley book,
called words and their meanings, go to my blog for more info and search (alvin) lustig or aldus huxley - airform archives"

In Flickr set design / architecture by airform
found via FFFFOUND!/rion

I searched the blog a little for Alvin Lustig on your behalf:
the designer..., new directions..., words in the underblows..., designing architecture...

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Related: Book Covers: by Alvin Lustig
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Ephemera: GD 1955 Annual Report


GD 1955 Annual Report Front Cover

uploaded to Flickr by Erik Nitsche
found via FFFFOUND!/rion


Correction/clarification:

"This is a collection of photography of the design work of Erik Nitsche maintained by BustBright over the past four years or so. We are not related to Nitsche in any way, but maintain this archive as both a personal inventory as well as a service to the design community and Nitsche's legacy."

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Children's Books: Jim Flora


Jim Flora's Children's Books

via Children's Illustration

Children's Books: Les mauvaises têtes de Coquinet


Les mauvaises têtes de Coquinet
is a French children's book from 1944 and one of pillpat's (Agence eurekas) Sets on Flickr.

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Related: Musselsoppans Vänner: Hommage á Agence eureka
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History: Bulgarian Umbrella


Bulgarian umbrella

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History/News: The Markov Case


image found here
The Markov case - Piccadilly circus
(article in The Economist)

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Ephemera: Chasse au lion

Agence eureka's derniers découpages from 1935. Hardly politically correct today.

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