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    illustration     birds     books     holidays     snow     Chris Silas Neal    
    csneal:

Happy Holidays!

    csneal:

    Happy Holidays!

    (Source: colourbomb)

    1970s     Israel     birds     design     holidays     peace     stamps     symbolic     vintage    
    stampdesigns:

Israel postage stamp: festivals 5737 dove
depicts Peace with dove and olive branch from Festivals 5737 (1976) series The inscription on tab reads: “By three things is the world preserved by Truth, by Judgment, and by Peace” (Ethics of the Fathers I, 18) designed by Asher Kalderon

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    Israel postage stamp: festivals 5737 dove

    depicts Peace with dove and olive branch

    from Festivals 5737 (1976) series

    The inscription on tab reads: “By three things is the world preserved by Truth, by Judgment, and by Peace” (Ethics of the Fathers I, 18)

    designed by Asher Kalderon

    vintage     books     covers     Czech     birds     covers    
    book cover design by Josef Čapek for Perch by Emil Vachek
(rediscovered via 50 Watts via Čapek’s Bookshelf)

    book cover design by Josef Čapek for Perch by Emil Vachek

    (rediscovered via 50 Watts via Čapek’s Bookshelf)

    toys     packaging     design     birds     Mid-century modern     cute     UK    
    Bird and Fish bath toys
Originally designed by Patrick Rylands in 1969, the timeless mid-century modern plastic toys are icons of British design history.
“Bird and Fish are the first two products to be re-launched by  Selegiochi toys under the MasterToys brand and are included in many  permanent museum collections including the V&A Museum, London…” —Webb & Webb Design Limited
(rediscovered via TheDieline.com)

    Bird and Fish bath toys

    Originally designed by Patrick Rylands in 1969, the timeless mid-century modern plastic toys are icons of British design history.

    “Bird and Fish are the first two products to be re-launched by Selegiochi toys under the MasterToys brand and are included in many permanent museum collections including the V&A Museum, London…” —Webb & Webb Design Limited

    (rediscovered via TheDieline.com)

    thrift     vintage     birds     penguins     design     Israel    
    Naaman white porcelain penguin from Israel
(via A La Modern)

    Naaman white porcelain penguin from Israel

    (via A La Modern)

    Oliver Jeffers     children's books     cute     illustration     penguins     birds    
    art     birds     books     paper     papercut     sculpture    
    book carvings by Kylie Stillman
(first discovered via Inhabitat)

    book carvings by Kylie Stillman

    (first discovered via Inhabitat)

    1950s     cute     design     packaging     vintage     birds    
    design     fabric     birds     patterns     etsy     buttons     colors    
    art     birds     books     creativity     libraries     paper     sculpture     trees     owls    
    The New York Times has a great slideshow for “Books as a Way to Grace a Room” in conjunction with a somewhat troubling article for book jacket designers, “Selling a Book by Its Cover.” The feature discusses assembling and designing custom libraries by Thatcher Wine of Juniper Books (which usually involves conforming the original cover designs to fit a theme). This is where I found the exceptional work of Federico Uribe who finds inspiration and materials from Wonder Book and discarded text books in Miami-Dade County schools. When I lived in Miami for most of my life, I didn’t have enough imagination…
I very recently spotted bestselling hardcover books (that were published less than a year ago) in the dollar bin at a flea market. It saddens me that in this digital age many regard printed books the same as other disposable paper ephemera.

    The New York Times has a great slideshow for “Books as a Way to Grace a Room” in conjunction with a somewhat troubling article for book jacket designers, “Selling a Book by Its Cover.” The feature discusses assembling and designing custom libraries by Thatcher Wine of Juniper Books (which usually involves conforming the original cover designs to fit a theme). This is where I found the exceptional work of Federico Uribe who finds inspiration and materials from Wonder Book and discarded text books in Miami-Dade County schools. When I lived in Miami for most of my life, I didn’t have enough imagination…

    I very recently spotted bestselling hardcover books (that were published less than a year ago) in the dollar bin at a flea market. It saddens me that in this digital age many regard printed books the same as other disposable paper ephemera.

    cute     birds     design     products    
    birds in tree salt and pepper shakers designed by Koziol(first discovered via reubenmiller)
    cards     Christmas     birds     cute    
    art     birds     books     sculpture     paper-cut    
    illustration     birds     lighting    
    Amy Ruppel collaborates with Schoolhouse Electric adding her “folk birds” to decorative lighting  fixtures.
(via Design*Sponge)

    Amy Ruppel collaborates with Schoolhouse Electric adding her “folk birds” to decorative lighting  fixtures.

    (via Design*Sponge)

    vintage     design     stamps     illustration     birds    
    I’m excited to finally discover the artist behind a decent handful of personal favorite stamp designs in my collection. Another scanning project to add to 2011.
stampdesigns:

Bulgaria postage stamp: hot air balloon
c. 1969, part of the “Means of Communication” series for the ‘69 SOFIA International Stamp Exhibitionart and design by Stefan Kanchev

    I’m excited to finally discover the artist behind a decent handful of personal favorite stamp designs in my collection. Another scanning project to add to 2011.

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    Bulgaria postage stamp: hot air balloon

    c. 1969, part of the “Means of Communication” series for the ‘69 SOFIA International Stamp Exhibition

    art and design by Stefan Kanchev