Material Archive

Vintage Postage

 

 

All found here.

Graphic Designer: Lora Lamm

An exerpt from Display

Vintage Labels

Found here.

Ensemble: The Style of Music – Iconic Outfits

Buy the main poster here and see the other individual looks here.

The Beauty of Envelopes

 

Again by Andrew Bush.

Bookshelf Porn

The secret bookshelf and the swivel bookcase wall are amazing aren't they? I'm addicted to Bookshelf Porn. Another great find via SM.

Celebrate the Everyday: Banter Banners

I love the idea of more permanent decorations like these that just celebrate life. You can also buy them locally at Chasse Gardée on Queen West.

Aubin & Wills Branding

The packaging and typography of Aubin & Wills wares is quite lovely don't 'cha think? Check out the fox with a top hat – bloody charming.

   

Vintage Illustrated Vogue Covers

With the trend of celebrities serving as cover models not losing any steam, it seems unlikely that we'll see any beauties like these in the near future. A shame considering how exceptional they are!

Vintage Halloween Decorations

 

Halloween is without a doubt one of my favourite times of the year. These amazing masks and decorations are from the collections of riptheskull & finsbry.

Wonderful Design Resource: Counter-Print

 

In their own words: "Counter-print.co.uk is dedicated to the promotion and sale of Art and Design related material. Often out of print or hard to find, we aim to celebrate both forgotten gems as well as those heralded designers that we all admire."

Guess what's coming up soon! Boo!

Aren't these awesome?! Halloween is without a doubt one of the best times of the year – people really get to flex some creative muscle and show how clever they are. These scans were taken from an old Ben Cooper Halloween costume box from the 1950's by Neato Coolville on Flickr.

Charming Vintage Business Cards

I gasped when I saw these – such a nerdy graphic designer thing to do but I think even those not in the "biz" can appreciate how charming these are. Look at the penmanship and the amazing little boat illustration! It appears that people used to just pick a precut card and paper style and have their names either stamped or hand lettered on to each with simply the town they were from or a title. There was only one card that had a year which was 1876. Personally, I can't imagine not being thrilled with the title of Cheese Maker or Confectioner. Maybe I should change my card to "Consumer of all things Confection and Cheese Related." Sounds good no? It's dead-on accurate at least.  ;-)

This amazing collection can be seen in detail on Flickr as posted by Ink Ling.

Some recent favs from Bibliodyssey

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Oh wow...

Stuff like this thrills me to no end. I found this on Flickr and the person that posted it said she found them in some old children's magazines from the 30s. Click on the image to see the details larger.