À la carte

Alexander Rodchenko, photo from Animaux à mimer, 1926

When I was a child, I spent countless magical hours making worlds out of paper...

paper dolls, playing cards, collage paper, postcards, stickers, I loved them all!

Even today, I am still very attracted to beautiful paper toys.

In this collection you'll find a few great vintage zoos

and some irresistible new entries.

 Reconstruction of Cut-outs for Noah's Ark, Madrid, 1932

from the exhibition Toys of the Avant-Garde, via Mondoblogo

 Victorine Leblond, Animaux domestiques articulés: Découpage et montage sans collage, 1941

Elephant animal paper cut-out toy from Billiken magazine, 1966, 

thanks to Il favoloso mondo di carta di Totò

Attilio, Lo zoo di carta. I used to have this as a kid!

 Shigeo Fukuda's flying paper animals

Junzo Terada's Magical Menagerie

ABC Punch Out Animals from Japan, thanks to Ribambelles & Ribambins

Alice Melvin's Cut Out and Make Menagerie

Forest Friends and The Yolk Folk by Mibo

Jungling by milimbo

Wild love in San Francisco

While we are on the subject of parrots, I want to recommend this lovely documentary
 about the friendship between a bohemian dropout and a flock of wild parrots.

Sweet, funny, moving, and inspirational!

Monday Matticchio

Sunday Safari - Parrots on Parade

 Chromos perroquet via Agence Eureka

Today's post is in honor of Viola, the beautiful cockatoo

belonging to our good friend and great veterinarian Carlo. While

Carlo is on vacation, she is staying with us for a couple of weeks.

We are thrilled, but I am not quite sure what our cat and dog think about it!

 Eileen Mayo, Red Crowned Parakeet, 1976

 Ohara Koson, Two White Cockatoos on Red Bar

Raoul Dufy via Wayne Pate

Yusuke Yonezu

 Helen Borten, The Jungle, 1968, via Curiobooks

Brian Wildsmith, The Circus, thanks to Tiny Tim

 Hunt Slonem 

 Gianpaolo Pagni, Tourbillon

 Károly Reich, The How Many Book, 1972, via Sun Tear on kidpix 

 Christine Polowyj, thanks to The Art Room Plant

 Naoto Kitamura

Sebastiano Ranchetti

Jonathan Woodward

Mad Men & Crazy Critters - Piatti und Plakat

1952

From the intricate hairlines of Etsuko Fukaya's etchings

we move to the bold strokes and colors of Celestino Piatti.

These twenty ads spanning twenty-five years 

are just a small selection from the 300 posters 

created by the prolific Swiss illustrator and designer.

1953

1954

1958 (via Quad Royal)

1958

1958 (via Mid-Centuria)

1960 (via Quad Royal)

1961 (thanks to Sandi Vincent)

 1962 

1963

1964

1966 (thanks to Leiris202)

1966

1970

1974

1976

1977

All the images carrying a watermark come from the wonderful

Swiss Poster Collection website