Posts Tagged ‘ vintage design ’

Friday Fance: Butterflies & absinthe

19 March, 2010
By Natalie
Friday Fance: Butterflies & absinthe

This photograph of Edwardian actress Phyllis Monkman is breathtakingly beautiful. I wish I had a costume like that to muck around in! I’m not a huge ice cream fan, but I adore how this has been displayed. The flavours include: black sesame, lanvender, melon, sweet adzuki bean, green tea and miso. Photo by M...
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Fanciful Friday

14 August, 2009
By Natalie
Fanciful Friday

• I’m not sure how I came across The Chintz of Darkness but they post some incredible photographs and illustrations, and have a very funny blog name. If you like ye olde home decor and curious knick knacks and whatsits, you’ll love this blog. • I really like the hair styling on Zac Posen‘s...
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The Future Was Awesome!

10 September, 2007
By Natalie
The Future Was Awesome!

I just stumbled across these gorgeous illustrations of the year 2000 as drawn in 1910, by way of Paleo-Future. The National Library of France credits these to Villemard, and though they seem laughable at first, when you think about it they’re not far off the mark if you replace the clothing, architecture and technologies...
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Ye Olde Magazine Covers, or Design before Paris Hilton Ruled Earth

29 August, 2007
By Natalie
Ye Olde Magazine Covers, or Design before Paris Hilton Ruled Earth

This is still beautiful. I’d love to be a part of a design and illustration magazine with really old influences like the examples in this post. If you’re interested in design and typography, check these out… Some of the lettering even looks hand crafted! It’s also interesting to note that there are typefaces used...
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