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Entries tagged “1960s”
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)
“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)
colorful poster designs by Tadanori Yokoo
(rediscovered via 50 Watts)
collection of photos of “Communist May Day Celebrations”
(above photograph by James Whitmore via Aqua-Velvet, found in LIFE photo archives)
(via How to be a Retronaut, more musicians via The Smoking Gun)
Czech book cover designs by Vladimir Fuka, c. 1960s
(first discovered via bustbright)
vintage book cover designs from India (1964 to 1984)
(via 50 Watts)
small, but striking round-up of corporate printed collateral for mid-Century modern pharmaceuticals from Europe, c. 1960s
(above art by Hans Schweiss found in issue 10 of Gebrauchsgraphik, via Aqua-Velvet)
series of 5 ‘Penguin Modern Poets’ book covers with photograms, c. 1962
photograms by Peter Barrett
(via unexpectedables)
Textiles & Objects poster for Herman Miller c. 1961 (via Matte Stephens)
Israel postage stamp: Holocaust Memorial Day
c. 1962, from the Heroes and Martyrs series
“In memory of the Jewish victims of the Nazi Holocaust and their struggle for survival” —via IPF
designed by C. Menusy & Ch. Ornan
