“The Lost Art of Postcard Writing”

(postcard c. 1909, via The New York Review of Books)

Apartment Therapy’s United States of Design Road Trips: The Northeast

Paul Shaw’s “Legacy of Letters” 8-day tour of Italy

“…It will go from Parma to Aquileia with stops in Modena, Mantua, Verona, Rovereto, Padua and Venice. Among the sites to be visited will be San Marco and the Biblioteca Marciana in Venice, the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, the Museo Bodoniano in Parma, the Scipione Maffei collection of Roman inscriptions in Verona, and the Biblioteca Estense in Modena…” —Legacy of Letters

(first discovered via H&FJ)

The Lady SABENA Club (airline), part of David Pearson’s collection of vintage
Belgian luggage labels

redesignrelated:

Happy Cog East gives the city of Philadelphia a much needed refresh with their website redesign for VisitPhilly.com.

(more info about the GPTMC’s rebranding via Technically Philly)

Phaidon + Wallpaper* City Guide iPhone App review

TWA Travel Tips posters c. 1960
(discovered via Aqua-Velvet)

vintage travel posters, above designed by Jaques Nathan Garamond (via grain edit)

a sampling of Illustrators found in Monocle magazine
(via ISO50 Blog)

Above illustration is by Raymond Biesinger.

I also first discovered the illustration work of
Adrian Johnson via Monocle magazine.

Due to release April 1st on Amazon, Chronicle Books with is publishing city field guides by Fred Durst and IDEO. The small format books, sized at 6 in x 6in, contain hundreds of color photographs, and unique off-the-beaten path finds in two of the most visually stimulating cities.

Culled from the experiences and observations of IDEO’s designers, cultural anthropologists, and architects, this volume delves into the social, architectural, and epicurean scenes of New York. Insightful, easy-to-use, packed with photographs, and presented in a convenient on-the-go format, IDEO Eyes Open rekindles curiosity and invites visitors—and residents—to see these cities with fresh eyes.