Studio visit: Jurri Arrak
Lithuanian Children’s Books
Surreal 1970’s Hungarian Book Covers
1960’s psychedelic illustration
East German 1970’s geometry book
Lviv Book Market: Soviet children’s books
1950’s Swedish songbook
Lviv Book Market, Ukraine – Soviet Book Covers
Soviet graphic design
Soviet building postcards
Latvian puppet postcards
East German cat brooches
Soviet pin badges / Tallinn Russian market
1930’s Portugese illustration
1920’s German silent film making book
Schminke Modernist House, Germany
1940’s Jumping Gnome illustration
Soviet Christmas postcards
1960’s Latvian illustration
1950’s interior design article
1915 Czech pig riding postcard
Estonian Abstract Art
1960’s psychedelic poetry books
Romanian puppet postcard
Early 20th century surreal postcards
1970’s czech greetings card
1960’s Japanese plastic dog brooch
Lviv Book Market, Ukraine – More Soviet book covers
Soviet illustration postcards
1960’s psychedelic bib
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1930’s Portugese Maths Book
One of my favourite recent finds – fantastic magentas on this pretty charming 1930’s illustrated times tables pamphlet. Found in a junk shop in Porto, Portugal – (if you like this, also worth looking at my other post from there … Continue reading
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Vintage French Illustration
I found this illustrated paper folder at a rural antique shop in Normandy a while back – I think Le Cygne Noir was a grooming product and am guessing this is from the 1940’s perhaps I loved the print quality … Continue reading
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1950’s winter wrapping paper
Dazzling wrapping paper from the 1950’s with a fantastic palette of acid brights and superb graphics. It also has an enjoyably cheap and crunchy feel to it. Found at my vintage fair North London Vintage Market I much prefer this … Continue reading
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Vintage John Donne book
I came across this handsome edition of John Donne’s love poems recently in a Highgate charity shop. A choice example of mid-century book graphics, it was printed right on the half-century mark in 1950. The points and diamond shapes made … Continue reading
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Romanian Insect Orchestra
Yes, that is a beetle playing a cello… a snail playing a saxophone….. ……and a locust playing a xylophone I found this insane little item on my trip to Cluj Napoca in Transylvania, Romania I talked about in an earlier … Continue reading
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Portugese Vintage Book Covers & Serralves Art Deco Villa
I spent a week skipping around Porto in Portugal a while back and was cheered to find some playful book graphics lurking at flea markets and in musty back street shops. Some colourful 1960’s and 70’s psychedelic numbers here: I … Continue reading
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Art Deco hand painted graphics
Recently picked up this dazzlingly Art Deco jewellery box from Kempton Antique Market I love the dynamic hand painted graphics – design depicting movement and vitality was typical of that era, in part perhaps because people were trying to … Continue reading
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