Plan 59

Time to give a shout out to Plan 59. Dedicated to mid century advertising (especially illustration), it's great and you can even buy prints of some of the ads (and illustrations). Above is one of my favorites...

Erik Nitsche

I love this design by Erik Nitsche. Check out this Flickr page (I stole the picture from them): http://www.flickr.com/photos/eriknitsche/ it's safe to say he's definitely in the same league as Paul Rand, Saul Bass etc. For more info: Erik Nitsche: The Reluctant Modernist

Girard Flor tiles

Wow, just discovered That FLOR makes Girard (with the the La Fonda del Sol design) carpet tiles.
Unfortunately they're not available here in Holland and FLOR doesn't ship overseas...
Darn.

the Masters of Design

From Playboy, June 1960.
A sort of "design centerfold"...
Click on the picture for better viewing.