http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3115/3223743260_e511ed6390_b.jpg
― caek, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:25 (seventeen years ago)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3456/3227161548_cd082a0e20_o.jpg
― caek, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:26 (seventeen years ago)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3547/3365894904_d1c33eacb4_o.jpg
http://www.adliterate.com/archives/VW_ThinkSmall.jpg
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:27 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.gokudo.co.jp/Record/BlueNote1/2008%2009%2014_1064_edited-1.jpg
― caek, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:28 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.ltmcollection.org/images/webmax/3z/i0000m3z.jpg
― caek, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:29 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.gokudo.co.jp/Record/BlueNote1/2008%2009%2014_1236_edited-3.jpg
― caek, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:32 (seventeen years ago)
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f325/caek/3227161736_f50b9409e7_o.jpg
― caek, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:33 (seventeen years ago)
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f325/caek/3242652218_c2a9bc7a4f_o.jpg
http://library.rit.edu/Images/posters/casey/hires/3001.jpg
― caek, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:38 (seventeen years ago)
http://library.rit.edu/Images/posters/casey/hires/3020.jpg
― caek, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:39 (seventeen years ago)
This is from 1972, but I don't care:
http://library.rit.edu/Images/posters/casey/hires/3041.jpg
― caek, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:41 (seventeen years ago)
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0m5ojMxgGRA/SIuGTTx2YKI/AAAAAAAAAeg/H_GGtg0aoaY/s400/FV015~Les-Vacances-de-M-Hulot-Posters.jpg
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:42 (seventeen years ago)
I love Josef Müller-Brockmann stuff.
http://www.citrinitas.com/history_of_viscom/images/modernism/josef-mueller-brockman-1960.jpg
― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:47 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.toddroeth.com/class/images/35.jpg
― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:50 (seventeen years ago)
http://papercutpanic.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/picture-1.png?w=400&h=544
― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:51 (seventeen years ago)
http://papercutpanic.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/picture-4.png?w=400&h=538
http://papercutpanic.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/picture-3.png?w=400&h=549
― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:52 (seventeen years ago)
http://papercutpanic.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/picture-5.png?w=400&h=542
Ooh, there's a whole flickr set here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blankaposters/sets/72157605199393277/
― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:54 (seventeen years ago)
akzidenz grotesk junkie
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:55 (seventeen years ago)
Bass for yo face
http://media.filmschoolrejects.com/images/saulbass-posters.jpg
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 11:57 (seventeen years ago)
is a bit early but my grandads work for London Transport.
http://www.ltmcollection.org/posters/artist/artist.html?IXartist=Laurence+Bradshaw
― Jarlrmai, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 12:14 (seventeen years ago)
looks like the secret sundaze posters took some inspiration from josef müller-brockmann
― rio (r1o natsume), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 12:20 (seventeen years ago)
akzidenz grotesk junkie― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, April 14, 2009 12:55 PM (41 minutes ago) Bookmark
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, April 14, 2009 12:55 PM (41 minutes ago) Bookmark
Just a tad!
― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 12:37 (seventeen years ago)
supposed former akzidenz grotesk junkie
― i am david suzuki (get bent), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 14:30 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.discogs.com/image/R-329155-1097827948.jpg
― Carroll Shelby Downard (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 16:31 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/images/2008/05/27/1968mexico_400x398.jpg
― Carroll Shelby Downard (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 16:33 (seventeen years ago)
wow
― Plaxico (I know, right?), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 16:33 (seventeen years ago)
http://robsog.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/01/08/pelican_riddles.jpghttp://robsog.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/01/08/pelican_riddles.jpg
http://thingsmagazine.net/projects/1960s/index.htm
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 16:34 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.geocities.co.jp/SilkRoad/7152/1950koukoku/1950koukoku.html
Japanese in-train advertising from the 1950s: the Keirin/horseracing ones (set 5) are probably my favourite.
― horses that are on fire (c sharp major), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 16:37 (seventeen years ago)
brilliant!
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 16:40 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.geocities.co.jp/SilkRoad/7152/1950koukoku/218m.jpg
― caek, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 16:42 (seventeen years ago)
Lance Wyman who did the Mexico 68 thing also did this Obama thing, which I have but have yet to get framed.
http://my.barackobama.com/page/-/external_organizing/obama_wyman_full.jpg
― caek, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 16:44 (seventeen years ago)
North By Northwest title credits:
http://static.guim.co.uk/Guardian/film/gallery/2008/nov/03/1/pail42-4754.jpg
― SORCEROUSES..roll on stage! (Pillbox), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 16:55 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.davidthedesigner.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/02/01/futura.gif
― SORCEROUSES..roll on stage! (Pillbox), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 16:57 (seventeen years ago)
the only one from bookcoverarchive.com that's in the right timeframe:
http://bookcoverarchive.com/images/books/god_and_golem_inc.large.jpg
― horses that are on fire (c sharp major), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:03 (seventeen years ago)
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_m0YtPN5vgmI/SV9DnoEJBJI/AAAAAAAAJ7I/W9G3oXswdig/s800/to%20belgium%20by%20sabena.jpgI bought at the flea market a free in-flight book from Sabena from this era and every page is filled with the most amazing illustrations and design. Not this exactly, but along these lines.
― robotsinlove, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:10 (seventeen years ago)
Futura was pretty rare post-war, wasn't it? It was designed in the 1920s.
― caek, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:14 (seventeen years ago)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2215/2147179043_04bd9a222b.jpg
― Carroll Shelby Downard (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:23 (seventeen years ago)
great thread :D
― stimulus package (cozwn), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:24 (seventeen years ago)
lol i have that hulot posterxp agree
― zurück zum Traphaus (donna rouge), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:25 (seventeen years ago)
whoa at Fly TWA poster!
― caek, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:28 (seventeen years ago)
http://grainedit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/porsche-posters-1.jpg
― fucken cumlord (omar little), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:34 (seventeen years ago)
^^ niiiiiice
Futura was pretty rare post-war, wasn't it? - you do see it used in A LOT of popular design from this era, though (including some stuff on this thread) - especially on paperbacks and posters. I was unaware that it was as old as the 20's. I guess I associate a lot of prewar design with Art Deco-style typefaces, but I do not profess to be an expert on the subject (even though I am a g. designer by trade lol).
I would love to read a comprehensive history of typography from the industrial age onward, if such a book exists (recommendations plz).
― SORCEROUSES..roll on stage! (Pillbox), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:38 (seventeen years ago)
otto treumann
http://devkick.com/blog/i/europe/otto-treumann-poster.jpg
― fucken cumlord (omar little), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:40 (seventeen years ago)
hans hartmann
http://www.spd.org/contest/hans_hartmann_posters1.jpg
― fucken cumlord (omar little), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:41 (seventeen years ago)
wow i'm trying to work out how the colors in that dove work and my brain is still confused!
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:42 (seventeen years ago)
http://www.stankowski06.de/basis/html/Hauptpunkte/presse/bildbase/bildmat_postkarten/gross/kieler_woche.jpg
― fucken cumlord (omar little), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:43 (seventeen years ago)
'72 but whatever
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01176/arts-graphics-2007_1176577a.jpg
― fucken cumlord (omar little), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:48 (seventeen years ago)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/insect54/sets/72157601907959619/
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 18:16 (eleven years ago)
some newer than 70s but still amazing collection
http://file.vintageadbrowser.com/czatjilquvgx84.jpg
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 2 July 2014 17:45 (eleven years ago)
http://www.cartwheelart.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/lot-49.jpg
http://33.media.tumblr.com/06a3b786958ec8dab2f354bca9de227c/tumblr_n8dhfdybk31r6ivyno1_1280.jpg
― caek, Thursday, 10 July 2014 21:09 (eleven years ago)
mit WILFRED BRAMBELL
― a biscuit/donut hybrid called “bisnuts” (stevie), Thursday, 10 July 2014 21:50 (eleven years ago)
that's a glorious poster
― a biscuit/donut hybrid called “bisnuts” (stevie), Thursday, 10 July 2014 21:51 (eleven years ago)
http://i.minus.com/ibai5CJoX8OVPu.jpg
1944 (cheating)
― caek, Friday, 22 August 2014 14:45 (eleven years ago)
wow beautiful!
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 22 August 2014 15:13 (eleven years ago)
fireworks packaging design:
https://www.presentandcorrect.com/blog/light-at-arms-length
― dan selzer, Friday, 7 November 2014 05:20 (eleven years ago)
awesome.
― ╲╱\/╲/\╱╲╱\/\ (gr8080), Friday, 7 November 2014 15:48 (eleven years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/7UQLk6e.jpg
― 龜, Thursday, 29 January 2015 12:45 (eleven years ago)
Saul Bass really is the best
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 31 January 2015 21:35 (eleven years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/THAW25q.jpg
― 龜, Wednesday, 29 July 2015 11:46 (ten years ago)
wow!
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 13:09 (ten years ago)
the sun is so unphotogenic
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 13:10 (ten years ago)
http://www.doublearrow.co.uk/manual.htm
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 6 August 2015 00:46 (ten years ago)
http://doublearrow.co.uk/manual/3_19.1965-09.gif
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 6 August 2015 00:47 (ten years ago)
http://www.doublearrow.co.uk/manual/3_504.1965-05.gif
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 6 August 2015 00:51 (ten years ago)
http://www.doublearrow.co.uk/manual/7_22.1966-01.gif
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2015/08/28/travel/30-airline-posters-from-flyings-golden-age/s/28posters-slideshow-slide-SX4N.html
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 10 September 2015 16:06 (ten years ago)
slick
― Spottie, Thursday, 10 September 2015 17:35 (ten years ago)
the Swiss ones remind me that some of these fit here (I think): http://poster-gallery.com/en/shop/cat/Winter-assistance/1/?show=50
http://www.low-fi.co.uk/winterhilfe_de_1945.jpg http://www.low-fi.co.uk/winterhilfe_de_1949.jpg http://www.low-fi.co.uk/winterhilfe_de_1950.jpg http://www.low-fi.co.uk/winterhilfe_de_1960.jpg http://www.low-fi.co.uk/winterhilfe_de_1971.jpg
― a passing spacecadet, Thursday, 10 September 2015 21:46 (ten years ago)
https://vimeo.com/141891887
― Josefa, Wednesday, 14 October 2015 15:15 (ten years ago)
^^^^ Was just coming here to post that. Everyone needs to watch that video.
― Darin, Sunday, 18 October 2015 05:26 (ten years ago)
A german motion designer animated a bunch of "op art" book covers - half of which are in this thread.
I'm currently helping install the new SFMOMA and there's a design show that includes some gorgeous posters for the italian typewriter company Olivetti. A quick GIS for their posters brings up some great stuff:https://fishinkblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/fishinkblog-1857-olivetti-2.jpghttps://fishinkblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/fishinkblog-1856-olivetti-1.jpg
― Fetchboy, Sunday, 13 March 2016 23:28 (ten years ago)
Olivetti is one of the great designer-friendly companies of the 20th century, both their product-design and their marketing.
From that small but special pantheon which also includes Geigy and Container Corporation of America.
― dan selzer, Monday, 14 March 2016 04:28 (ten years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/mWWp7Hn.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ouyfA5h.jpg
― 龜, Monday, 30 May 2016 18:01 (nine years ago)
http://www.victorialinetiles.co.uk/index.html
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 21 July 2016 19:48 (nine years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/4YoVEul.jpg
― 龜, Friday, 22 July 2016 13:02 (nine years ago)
God that cat food label is MAGNIFICENT
― woke newt (stevie), Friday, 22 July 2016 15:49 (nine years ago)
https://67.media.tumblr.com/2ea6ce4f2a804bc6488d4aee0b89e2dd/tumblr_ngiokhOsh41rdwik4o2_r1_500.jpg
Almanach Młodych. Edited by Tadeusz Konwicki and Artur Międzyrzecki. Cover by Jerzy Jaworowski. Published by Wydawnictwo Iskry 1966
― PappaWheelie V, Thursday, 20 October 2016 21:46 (nine years ago)
Not a pinterst user, but wow: https://za.pinterest.com/jkulon/plakaty-z-europy/
― PappaWheelie V, Thursday, 20 October 2016 21:49 (nine years ago)
https://www.instagram.com/matchbloc/
― sktsh, Thursday, 17 November 2016 16:42 (nine years ago)
https://recollection.com.au/
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 23 August 2017 01:24 (eight years ago)
Found a copy of this on the sidewalk… available in color variations
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71QZTosqmyL.jpg
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Xk4AAOSw~XpZW-jy/s-l300.jpg
― Josefa, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 16:29 (eight years ago)
Still find it incredible that, from the early 1960s to the mid-1990s, British nuclear submarines were upholstered in William Morris Tudor Rose fabric. This sample from the HMS Talent. pic.twitter.com/AhNajKUZHf— Crystal Bennes (@crystalbennes) March 27, 2018
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 21:03 (eight years ago)
visible at 3 minutes here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FZYeVM7ucY&feature=youtu.be&t=3m5s
Just wanted some place to lament the failure of this Kickstarter. They were asking a lot and the guy is obscure but I don't think Unit has failed before. Check out the video, looked beautiful.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1993782747/will-burtin-neglected-giant-of-design
― dan selzer, Friday, 4 May 2018 14:03 (eight years ago)
heartbreaking!
― Evan, Friday, 4 May 2018 17:12 (eight years ago)
saw this italian chocolate packaging that I like a lot and it made me think of this thread
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CusqvL9Ofb4/V9ZMDJUOQ2I/AAAAAAAD-Ts/UgQgzuKKKLodPCMZ0iGcXY1ratLWBRbMgCLcB/s1600/LATTE%2Bby%2BSabad%25C3%25AC-2.jpeg
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 11 September 2020 18:02 (five years ago)
OMG https://letterformarchive.org/news/view/milwaukee-transit-passes?utm_source=Letterform+Archive+News&utm_campaign=0ea70f765c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_09_24_07_26_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e30c8c0169-0ea70f765c-446150649&mc_cid=0ea70f765c&mc_eid=e348f45d3a
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 9 February 2022 21:12 (four years ago)
posting this here even though it's after the time period. This PDF contains all the pictograms from the olympics starting in the 60s.
https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/Factsheets-Reference-Documents/Games/Pictograms/Reference-document-The-Sports-Pictograms-of-the-OG-from-Tokyo-1964-to-Rio-2016.pdf
― dan selzer, Friday, 10 February 2023 04:25 (three years ago)
Don't ever change, Aus.
― pplains, Friday, 10 February 2023 19:40 (three years ago)
1980, but I think aesthetically this belongs in this thread rather than the 1986-1994 one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjkU4TFtmNQ
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 11 October 2025 15:21 (six months ago)
https://www.modernillustration.org/
― dan selzer, Thursday, 8 January 2026 14:19 (three months ago)
Nice find, thanks for sharing
― salsa shark, Sunday, 22 February 2026 00:32 (two months ago)
(belated thanks obv, didn't notice it was posted a month ago!)
― salsa shark, Sunday, 22 February 2026 00:33 (two months ago)
maybe more "illustration 1950s-1990s" but the typography, design, colors etc are as cool as the illustration.
https://www.richardmpowers.com/
― dan selzer, Friday, 17 April 2026 13:06 (two weeks ago)