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    covers     design     ebay     magazines     tumblr     typewriters     vintage     blogs    
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    Just discovered the new tumblr site Hey, Cool Magazine! thanks to @litherland (front cover for above August 1930 issue designed by Walter Buehr) heycoolmagazine: Fortune, 1930.

    Just discovered the new tumblr site Hey, Cool Magazine! thanks to @litherland

    (front cover for above August 1930 issue designed by Walter Buehr)

    heycoolmagazine:

    Fortune, 1930.

    books     covers     design     illustration     magazines     vintage     lettering    
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    vintage book and magazine covers designed by Olle Eksell(above c. 1960, rediscovered via A Journey Round My Skull)

    vintage book and magazine covers designed by Olle Eksell
    (above c. 1960, rediscovered via A Journey Round My Skull)

    vintage     design     textiles     Herman Miller     Alexander Girard     furniture    
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    “Inside the Herman Miller Archives: Girard Fabric” (more photos via lish706, full article via Craftzine)

    “Inside the Herman Miller Archives: Girard Fabric”
    (more photos via lish706, full article via Craftzine)

    1950s     advertising     design     flickr     illustration     vintage     colors    
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    vintage ad c. 1956 (via Sandi Vincent, from Gebrauchsgraphik No. 2)

    vintage ad c. 1956 
    (via Sandi Vincent, from Gebrauchsgraphik No. 2)

    1960s     birds     colors     design     stamps     typography     vintage     illustration    
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    stampdesigns: Tunisia postage stamp: blue bird c. 1959, in commemoration of Tunisian Red Crescent Day designed by Ali Bellagha

    stampdesigns:

    Tunisia postage stamp: blue bird

    c. 1959, in commemoration of Tunisian Red Crescent Day

    designed by Ali Bellagha

    vintage     design     toys    
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    “In the Palm of Your Hand: Dexterity Puzzles,” a slide show of Jessica Helfand’s unique collection (via Design Observer)

    “In the Palm of Your Hand: Dexterity Puzzles,” a slide show of Jessica Helfand’s unique collection (via Design Observer)

    birds     colors     design     illustration     owls     retro     vintage     flickr    
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    vintage owl tin (via Wooden donkey)

    vintage owl tin
    (via Wooden donkey)

    box     design     furniture     modern     packaging     vintage     1950s    
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    vintage Herman Miller traytable box designed by George Nelson c. 1950s(first discovered via ffffound via swimsuit department)

    vintage Herman Miller traytable box designed by George Nelson c. 1950s
    (first discovered via ffffound via swimsuit department)

    vintage     books     covers     design     illustration     flickr     Dutch    
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    vintage book cover for De Dodende Stem by Ursula Curtiss, illustration by Van Oosten (?) c. 1962 (via Uilke)

    vintage book cover for De Dodende Stem by Ursula Curtiss,
    illustration by Van Oosten (?) c. 1962     (via Uilke)

    Penguin     books     covers     design     jacket design     vintage     patterns    
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    Coralie Bickford-Smith repackages the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald backlist with striking metallic cover designs for Penguin Press. (via The Casual Optimist)

    Coralie Bickford-Smith repackages the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald backlist with striking metallic cover designs for Penguin Press. (via The Casual Optimist)

    birthdays     books     covers     design     history     logos     vintage     Paul Rand    
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    Paul Rand was born on August 15th, 1914…

    Paul Rand was born on August 15th, 1914…

    1960s     design     flickr     illustration     posters     vintage     chairs    
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    exhibition poster for The Chair, illustrated by Friedemann Lichtwitz c. 1960s (via Sandi Vincent)

    exhibition poster for The Chair, illustrated by Friedemann Lichtwitz c. 1960s
    (via Sandi Vincent)

    typography     signage     vintage     flickr    
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    vintage Sno-White signage (via Corey Miller)

    vintage Sno-White signage
    (via Corey Miller)

    Swiss     animals     cute     design     posters     vintage     illustration    
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    vintage posters designed by Donald Brun(via grain edit)

    vintage posters designed by Donald Brun
    (via grain edit)

    cameras     design     tech     photography     vintage     1970s    
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    the first digital camera c. 1975(first discovered via ISO50)

    the first digital camera c. 1975
    (first discovered via ISO50)