Saturday, February 13, 2010

Sunday Safari - Lovebirds

Birds of a feather, be happy together

Lovebirds by Lisa Congdon

Letter from a shy lover by Rafal Olbinski

Bird Heart by Amy Ross

Lovebirds by Joy Ang

I sing only for you by Betsy Thompson

Giovannina x by Camilla Engman

Lovebirds by Geninne

I want to be adored by Leia Bell

Two-gether by Kathleen Lolley

Enamored owl by Alberto Cerriteño
Lovebirds by Ben Newman
Kissy birds by Joanne Liu

Strange and magnificent print by Freya Art, discovered thanks to Kickcan and Conkers

J'adore by Heather Amuny-Day, thanks to Grain Edit

Friday, February 12, 2010

Mind Travel


Cruises to Every Land through Every Sea brochure, 1927

dreaming of salty air, sunny lands and wild life...

Raymond-Whitcomb steamship brochure, 1929

These two pieces come from the large archives of awesome ephemera at travelbrochuregraphics. Check out the great collection of modernist brochures featuring designs by the likes of Herbert Matter and Erberto Carboni.

unidentified design from my old collection of paper clippings

Australia poster by Gert Sellheim, 1937,

Portugal poster by Gustavo Fontoura, 1954

Air Afrique poster by Jacques Auriac, c.1965
from a beautiful Grain Edit post on 1950s-70s travel posters

Fly BOAC poster featuring puzzled Pakistani tigers
from Pignouf's huge vintage poster Picasa album

Swissair poster by Hugo Wetli, from Graphis Annual 1958-59

Air India poster by K.K. Save, from Graphis Annual 1962-63

Air France Chile poster by Nathan Garamond, from Graphis Annual 1963-64

Qantas Johannesburg airline sticker, from Illustration Today textbook 1963

Cover of Holiday magazine by George Giusti, from Graphis Annual 1966-67

this last series of five gorgeously colorful graphics comes from one of flickr's happier lands,
the wonderful collection of mid-century design and illustration by sandiv999

thank you everyone for all the happy travelling!

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Simone Rea

Detective selvaggi (Wild detectives)

Furba (Smart)

Guardando la televisione (Watching television)

La nascita dell'uovo (The birth of the egg)

L'inventore (The inventor)

Gli sposi (The newlyweds)

Capracanta (Singing goat)

Bu bu!?

Fenicotteri banchettano (Flamingo banquet)

Il lupo e la pecora (The wolf and the sheep)


These are some artworks by Simone Rea, a talented Italian illustrator I have discovered
 while exploring the intricate and joyful network of interconnected European illustrators' blogs. 
I have also found a very interesting guest post by Simone on le figure dei libri, where he shows
 the painstaking technique he has developed to create the beautiful textured surfaces of his paintings.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

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