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    Entries tagged “1960s

    vintage     design     1960s     colors     patterns    
    vintage     design     stamps     lettering     1960s    
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Czechoslovakia postage stamp: “S”
c. 1968
designed by K. Svolinský

    stampdesigns:

    Czechoslovakia postage stamp: “S”

    c. 1968

    designed by K. Svolinský

    vintage     magazines     Easter     eggs     cute     1960s    
    design     typography     books     1960s    
    vintage     stamps     graphic design     Olympics     logos     Mexico     1960s    
    stampdesigns:

postage stamp designs by Lance Wyman for 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico
(above “Juegos De La XIX Olimpiada 1968” commemorative sheet features some of Wyman’s Olympic sports pictograms and a line pattern design with Mexico68 logotype) 

    stampdesigns:

    postage stamp designs by Lance Wyman for 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico

    (above “Juegos De La XIX Olimpiada 1968” commemorative sheet features some of Wyman’s Olympic sports pictograms and a line pattern design with Mexico68 logotype) 

    1960s     Poland     design     party hat     stamp collecting     vintage     postage    
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Poland postage stamp: child in party hat
c. 1968, commemorating “75 Years of Polish Philately”
designed by Tadeusz Michaluk

    stampdesigns:

    Poland postage stamp: child in party hat

    c. 1968, commemorating “75 Years of Polish Philately”

    designed by Tadeusz Michaluk

    (via stampdesigns)

    authors     inspiration     1960s     writing     Ray Bradbury     video     books    

    theatlanticvideo:

    Ray Bradbury Talks Inspiration and Advice in a Fascinating 1963 Film

    “If I hadn’t discovered writing, I think I really would have become a magician,” the iconic author explains in Ray Bradbury: Story of a Writer, a 25-minute documentary about his life and work.

    1960s     May     colors     stamps     typography     vintage     design    
    design     records     albums     covers     1960s     music     colors    
    interiors     vintage     photography     1960s     London     records     music    
    collection of vintage photographs of the interiors of HMV record store in 1960s London
(via Vice via Voices of East Anglia, above photo via hmv_getcloser)

    collection of vintage photographs of the interiors of HMV record store in 1960s London

    (via Vice via Voices of East Anglia, above photo via hmv_getcloser)

    1960s     Canada     documentary     skateboards     sports     video     industrial design    

    The Devil’s Toy

    “It was frowned upon by the constabulary and disapproving adults, but the skateboard gave the youngsters who mastered its technique a thrilling sensation of speed unexcelled by any other pavement sport. Filmed in 1966 on Montréal streets before the elongated roller skate was banned, this film captures the exuberance of boys and girls having the time of their lives in free-wheeling downhill locomotion.”
    National Film Board of Canada

    (first discovered via Huck, film directed by Claude Jutra)

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    Berlin     history     photography     signage     typography     1950s     1960s    
    collection of photos of “Communist May Day Celebrations”
(above photograph by James Whitmore via Aqua-Velvet, found in LIFE photo archives)

    collection of photos of “Communist May Day Celebrations”

    (above photograph by James Whitmore via Aqua-Velvet, found in LIFE photo archives)