Click here for a fantastic little blog featuring vintage album covers scanned and archived by Jive Time Records. Very nice.
via AisleOne (thanks).
If only the majority could be as simple and beautiful as this ad from 1971. Click here to see more on one very tasty Flickr site.
via AisleOne (thanks).
I had the pleasure of coming across the above two charming vintage British awareness posters, in a Guardian Gallery last week. Both are taken from a book titled Modern British Posters, which explores the interaction between modern art, graphic design and the utopian vision of Britain in the twentieth century.
Good stuff.
Project Thirty-Three a superb new blog dedicated to the use of simple shapes on vintage record covers. Here.
Liking these ‘Invading the Vintage postcard prints. See the full set here.
I know I have posted previously about the old skool photography technique Photochrom, but being ill and spending the last 36 hours in bed has given me time to explore the Library of Congress’ Flickr site more fully, and the images which for the record are not colour photography, and date back to between 1890 and 1900 are so wonderful, they just need another mention.
Above are images of Copenhagen, and the Fjords of Norway.
The entire Scandinavian set can been seen here, and the full continually updated set can be seen here. Enjoy.
A couple of terrific vintage Uruguayan Stamps via GrainEdit (thanks).
Another delightful Flickr set, this one being a fine example of the autochrome photographic technique. Full set here.
A lovely set of vintage images, showing pets serving alongside their owners in the Navy. Click here for more the full set.
Here is a superb Flickr set of vintage ads, including some timeless Knoll beauties.
Via Aisleone (thanks).
Ghost Signs is a lovely on going collaborative, national project to photograph, research and archive the UK’s last remaining hand painted wall advertising. Click here to view the archive.
Via BuildsBlog (thanks).
I came across the following tasty archives of vintage Citroen 2CV brochures last week, and have finally got around to sharing here and here. Enjoy.
I missed out on this tasty vintage, visual encyclopedia whilst it was apparently doing the rounds last year. As well as admiring the niceness above you can view a selection of the best as selected by Aqua-Velvet, here, here and here.
via GrainEdit (thanks).
Great vintage niceties for Porsche designed by Erich Strenger and Volz. A big thanks to Grain Edit for dropping these in my inbox.
Absolutely loving this vintage 125 year perpetual calendar, which was dropped into my inbox, by GrainEdit.
Created in 1987 for Zurich and given to MOMA, by the seemingly genius, and previously posted Dan Reisinger.
More pics can be seen here.
Due to its deliciousness, and vintageness, the chances of me getting my dirty hands on one it appears are slim, but I will certainly be looking, if anybody can point in the direction.
More vintage niceness, again thanks to GrainEdit
Thanks to Grain Edit fro dropping these in my inbox.
Published in 1960 by Pantheon Books “Wondriska creates an imaginary world where even the smallest things count by playfully juxtaposing the teeny character of PUFF against a backdrop of enormous red type, concetrated lines and textures, and monumental structures.
PUFF is an underdog tale about an old, small, insignificant steam engine that can only PUFF his way around the freight yard. All he wants is something important to happen to him. To compensate for his monotonous life, PUFF daydreams…as little trains do, of course. He wishes he could swim, that all the other engines could be PUFFs and they could go up and down steep hills, and imagines traveling to distant lands like Egypt, India, France…even outer space!
PUFF’s chance to prove himself finally comes when the big engine pulling the circus cars breaks down due to a snow storm. Seeing the wet and cold animals, it bravely hooks itself to the cars and manages to bring the circus into to warm sunshine. Proud of his shining moment, he PUFFs louder than ever on the way home because “something important happened to him at last!”
Beautiful.
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