Time to Fly

Otto Nielsen was a Danish painter and watercolorist who worked as an illustrator for books, magazines and posters.

From 1954 to 1976 he also produced a series of beautiful travel posters and calendars for Scandinavian Airlines System,

a company founded in 1946 with the merge of four Scandinavian companies from Sweden, Norway and Denmark. 

Its first destination was New York, then Bangkok and Buenos Aires, and in 1954 
SAS became the first airline to operate a trans-polar route. 

Streamlined Zoo

Henri Creuzevault, The Jungle Book binding, 1925

I am working on a lesson about the graphic design of the 1920s and 30s,

hence the inspiration for this elegant Art Deco menagerie.

For more designs from the era, you may take a tour here and there.

 Edward McKnight Kauffer, poster for the London Underground, 1923, 

thanks to Cabinet Magazine

Rembrandt Bugatti, Nubian Lion, ca.1910 

Jean Carlu, Aquarium de Monaco, 1926, thanks to Pignouf

Japanese sculpture, 1928, thanks to Paris Originals

 Edmund Bartlomiejczyk, 1929

Art Deco Llama made from Glass and silver, thanks to Lost Found

Dinner menu from the Orient Line Orion, 1937, thanks to Bonito Club

Fábrica de Loiça de Sacavém

 Japanese New Year's Card, 1932, thanks to Aqua-Velvet

Edouard-Marcel Sandoz

Ceramiche Rometti, Rondini, 1936

An Angel Fish from Penrose magazine, 1930,

thanks again to The Visual Telling of Stories

Etsy Beasts

So much to do, so little time... and yesterday all day in bed with the flu!

Here are a few sweet picks from some favorite etsy shops, still in time for Christmas

Star Belly underneath my bed limited edition print at firefluff

Blue whale book stickers at boygirlparty

Marcel Poisson at loulouandoscar

Crocheted seahorse at jpolka

Shirley print at kwilson544

Hen soft sculpture at whileshenaps

Small polar bear plate at oneblackbird

Raccoon costume print at Hisss

Baby porcupine fine art print at SharonMontrose

Pushmi-pullyu - Two Headed Lama signed art print at moonflygirl

Small Arctic Fox scarflette at PilliPillihandmade

Peace ladybug cotton tote bag at dindolina