I just discovered Ellen McFadden’s huge collection of historical graphic design images on Flickr. Not only is there a lot to look at, but most of them are available in high resolution. Also, she adds very interesting and enlightening commentary on each of them that is worth reading as you browse. The two above images were from the New Graphic Design set, and the top one is a cow poster by Joseph Müller-Brockman that I hadn’t seen before, and I adore it.
Photographer Simon Hoegsberg created a fantastic 100 meter long photo entitled We’re All Gonna Die – 100 meters of existence. It was pieced together from photos taken in the same spot over the course of 20 days. There’s some really interesting people in the photo, and I really love the way it’s presented on the site.
Make sure you watch this video until the end, there’s a stunning bit of typographic motion that just wowed me.
I enjoyed loking through Marloes Duyker’s thread illustrations. Illustrating with thread might not be something original anymore, but the compositions are amazing and cover a vast range of moods.
Via Holga
I’m not sure exactly what Official Classic is, but I do know that it is a bundle of awesome design work. I love the classic feel of the work, it just makes me a happier person when I see it. I enjoyed all the work there, but I thought the font designs were displayed in a particularly interesting manner.
I love this packaging for the Childhood issue of A5 Magazine (warning: annoying browser resize). I’ve just heard of the magazine itself and it looks really interesting. They announce a theme and then anyone can submit works of art and design based on the theme. You can then buy the magazine, which features the curated works in A5 size. The idea is great, but their packaging is amazing. See more photos of their previous issues at their Flickr page.
Jane McDevitt of Maraid Design just uploaded a set of old British wresting posters. I love studying old wresting and boxing posters because of how, um… enthusiastic the designers were about typography. Most turn out to be lovably ugly, but occasionally it works in an odd way, like in the example above. Either way, it’s a good way to study typographic tricks for establishing hierarchy, as long as you can keep in mind that it doesn’t work so much to use all of them at the same time.
After seeing more and more referrals to my stuff coming from Twitter, I’m starting to think that I’ve got to get in on that action. Yeah, I’m pretty much an internet junkie now. Anyways, if you want to follow me, you can do so here: Gentle Pure Space Twitter. I’m just feeling it out right now, but I’m sure I’ll be a pro in no time. By the way, it was this gem that finally amused me enough to get me to give in:
“HDR is to photography what Thomas Kincade is to painting. And I don’t mean that in a good way” -jamesarcher
I love the coffee antlers and the heart shaped newspaper clippings in this collage by Mary Virginia Carmack.
Via Steven O. Sloan
Frank Juery has some amazing photography; especially in his Polaroid collections (middle row: 1, 2 and 4). I love when photos make me feel like I’m in a childhood dream.