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
Category Archives: ILLUSTRATION
Polish & Soviet Union children’s book cover illustrations
Some real favourites of mine from the Ukraine hoard here. I guess a lot of these are children’s titles. Otherwise they’re obviously manuals about standard adult subject matter involving wolves in suits and men in psychedelic mirrors. Interestingly the covers … Continue reading
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More book covers from Lviv
More book covers from the book market in Lviv here. Have been trying to make groups of those that share similar visual aspects but they’re all so uniquely out there in their appearance that this is proving pretty difficult! So … Continue reading
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1950’s Christmas patterns
Some more seasonal nostalgia. The first is some wrapping paper found in a suitcase at an Essex car boot sale, and the second a very sweet Christmas gift box found at a London antique market (it had some very expensive … Continue reading
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Soviet Union Christmas postcards
Predictable festive post action, of course, but these beautiful postcards found at a flea market in the Ukraine needed to be seen regardless of the season. The first postcard in particular has such a cosy, innocent, vintage feel to … Continue reading
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Soviet Covers II
A few more covers from the same Ukranian book market – some brilliant examples of the power of basic shapes to make a bold impact. I really noticed the simplicity and strength of these covers as they lay there nestled … Continue reading
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Ukranian book market – Russian covers
Just got back from an exhilarating trip to Lviv in the Ukraine – we got there via Eastern Poland which meant numerous seatbeltless taxis, ramshackle mini vans and skipping over the border with gold toothed grandmas smuggling cigarettes (exactly the … Continue reading
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1910 Pig Greetings Card
More pigs in unsettling contexts. This one appears to be strutting about with a bonnet and umbrella like it’s the most normal thing in the world. Possibly more alarming than this is the amount of puns featured in the verse … Continue reading
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