“Photography in abundance” / 24 Hours of Flickr Photos installation by Erik Kessels

“Through the digitalisation of photography and the rise of sites such as Flickr and Facebook, everyone now takes photos, and distributes and shares them with the world - the result is countless photos at our disposal. Kessels visualises ‘drowning in pictures of the experiences of others’, by printing all the images that were posted on Flickr during a 24-hour period and dumping them in the exhibition space. The end result is an overwhelming presentation of a million prints.”
— What’s Next? The Future of the Photography Museum exhibit at Foam

(via Craft via Creative Review)

Dutch Bicycle History

Letterlust (on flickr) has an impressive image collection of posters, photographs, ephemera, and vintage advertisements relating to bicycles in The Netherlands, some dating back to the early 1900s.

(above Batavus Rijwielen ad c. 1950s)

Stockholm Transport Museum joins the Commons on Flickr

(above photograph of Storefront at Norrmalmstorg in Stockholm with mannequins wearing floral print dresses c. 1957, taken by Gunnar Ekelund)

Tan Fastic tanning butter tin, c, 1960s
(via Museum of American Packaging)

photography of water towers by Alan Culley

Adenauerplatz, a great “A” from the Berlin Underground

(photo by Yvonne Schüttler)

German DDR matchbox label c. 1960s
(via Shailesh Chavda)

giant eyes street art by JR (photo via F4BZ3F4B)

book bindings designed by Sarah Wyman Whitman
(via the Boston Public Library on flickr)

physics textbook cover from Czechoslovakia, c 1958
(via goenetix)

vintage pink Mauthe clock c. 1950s
(via Adelle & Justin)

great examples of ghost signage from Saskatchewan, Canada
(via Jimsawthat)

vintage ad or Dad’s Root Beer, 1956
(via roadsidepictures)

The photos of these mini Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglit toys was too cute not to share.

“Best Friends Forever” (photo by tiramisu_addict)

vintage Wrigley’s Spearmint Gum Halloween Ad
(via Todd Franklin)