UnderConsideration launches a new blog site, Art of the Menu

Dixon’s ghost sign and “small town decay”

(photography by *julia)

Paper Type Ramen, papercut poster designed via Maricor Maricar

close-up of an ampersand from the Allan Sherman: Live!!! (Hoping You Are The Same LP album c. 1966. Never heard of the musician, but that is a good looking ampersand.

(first discovered via Nathan Godding)

Vintage baby buttons card
(via B-Kay, many more goodies via Vintage Bottons on Cards flickr group)

stampcalendar:

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

Paris photograph book collection c. 1920s
(via antiquarian bookseller on eBay)

ornate letterpress and ink ad for The Ault and Wiborg Company c. 1898 
(via Captain Geoffrey Spaulding)

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

Paula Scher’s murals for the Queens Metropolitan Campus
(via Pentagram)

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

an unfortunate arrangement of letters
(photo via Reference Library)

Timothy Goodman’s new mural for the Ace Hotel, an homage to NYC in 99 hand-drawn picture frames. 

(art direction by Brian Rea, photos by Mark Dye)

Jessica Hische’s beautiful new letterpress business cards for Daily Drop Cap