vrijdag 25 december 2009

zondag 11 oktober 2009

David Klein




David Klein is best known for his influential travel posters. During the 1950s and 1960s, David Klein designed and illustrated dozens of posters for TWA. In 1957 one of his posters became a permanent part of the collection of the MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) in New York. More info: www.davidkleinart.com

zondag 20 september 2009

vintage 50's printshirts





A few 50's printshirts from the collection.

modernism classics



This summer we went on vacation to Denmark and Italy. We saw two classic of Modernism: the SAS hotel in Copenhagen (Arne Jacobsen, 1959) and the Pirelli tower in Milan (Gio Ponti, 1959).

dinsdag 4 augustus 2009

new addition to the vintage interior


Bought this Fun lamp by Verner Panton in Copenhagen recently.
No cheap imitation but the Real Deal!

Dinner for two






Wazoo! We're back! And what better way to start things of then an item on Charley Harper, our illustration hero. Of course y'all got the gigundo Harper overview (Charley Harper-an illustrated life), and these goodies are also in that back-breaking super book. However, this is the book they were first published in: Betty Crocker's Dinner for two (first edition 1958).

zaterdag 17 januari 2009

talkin' great record covers again


Designed by Saul Bass, 1958.

zondag 4 januari 2009

talkin' about great record covers


Here's one. From 1957, designed by Paul Bacon. The record itself isn't bad either...