Matthew Lyons work is a mix of retro and future, combining geometric shapes, desaturated colors, bold type, and occassionally some faux infographic elements. Really beautiful stuff!
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Middlemiss & Hunter Photo Back
Vintage Canadian photo card. It reads: “Middelmiss & Hunter , Late Ewig & Co. Artists & Photographers, to H.R.H. Prince Arthur, 39 & 41 King’s St. West, Toronto”
Posted on SnapHappy’s Flikr. Go here to see the larger sizes he has posted.
Chalky Goodness
Yep. It’s a trend. The vintage style, perfectly hand-drawn chalkboard lettering. So what if it’s overdone and cliche now. I love it and you can’t stop me! muahahaa..
Via Designspiration. Anyone know the actual artist of this?
Vintage Stamps
Bella Brocante is starting to become a new spot for me. Lots of great ephemera. How do people find all this stuff for their collections!? I need to find a better flea market.
Da Vinci in The Royal Collection
Vintage Infographics anyone?
I’m a sucker for journal style sketches with notes and drawings all over the place. I had no idea so much of Leonardo Da Vinci’s work was kept together in the Royal Collection. Their online collection is a BEAST. There’s just about everything in it. Go bookmark it!
Fun fact: Look at the handwriting- Da Vinci was left handed with dyslexia and, as a result, wrote most things backwards from right to left (as in, you could read it in a mirror).
Dan Gretta & The Forefathers
I came across Dan Gretta’s work today- he’s a designer at The Forefathers, a land of wondrous vintage-y goodness. Check out his portfolio and the company’s website for more eye candy.
Two Arms Inc. (my new obsession)
I feel like a little kid. I just discovered these geniuses and I’m in love :) I saw it and was like a kid in a candy store. I had to get them and post them. STAT. (I needed this to kick my butt in gear with the blog. Starting a small business is quite time consuming!)
To make up for my lack of posts, I give you this: A feast for your eyes! Via Two Arms Inc.
All work beautifully crafted by Two Arms Inc – aka Michael Tabie and Karen Goheen, an illustrater and designer that work together to be super awesome. Go see more of their work at their website.
Popular Science Magazine Cover, 1920
“By 1920 the gear-and-lever voting machine had become the official voting method in New York, Minnesota, California, Connecticut, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Utah, Colorado, Montana, Illinois, Washington, Massachusetts, and Kansas. The voting machine, pictured in Popular Science Monthly with a contemplative voter, became a symbol of good government and progressive reform.” -via American History
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