Pornographics

This is alot safer for work than you might think ;) It’s quite a surprisingly good collection of vintage porno title frames and logos, put together by the appropriately named Pornographics agency.

Here’s the video:

Cheers for the link Dickon.

Present & Correct

Just found this lovely online store, the London based Present & Correct. “A long-term obsession with stationery has culminated in a constantly evolving store. A selection of P&C products mixed up with handmade goods, vintage items and work by designers from all over the world”.

I could of happily bought just about everything on there, but had to restrain myself! I did pick up this great vintage dymo machine, and this 1949 book on preserving (and a few secret other things). Most of their stuff is one off finds so get over there and have a look before it all gets snapped up.

Stefan Kanchev

Wow, the work of Bulgarian Graphic artist Stefan Kanchev is blowing my mind. Fantastic line, form and colour combinations to die for.

He style inspired by Bulgarian folklore and traditions, reminds me a lot of the more recent Finnish folklore inspired work by Sanna Annukka.

I think I like his stamp designs best out of his vast body of work. It seems I’ve blogged about them before, but never knew the original designer. It’s funny I’ve drawn some trees recently almost exactly the same is these here, weird..

Crap load of great logo designs too.

“Stefan Kanchev was not just talented but also exceptionally industrious artist. All of his works to the last letter were drawn by hand. His passion was so great that often he worked night and day without stopping. The artist’s wife remembered that he was working at his drawing table till the last moment when he was taken to the hospital. Stefan Kanchev died in 2001 at the age of 85.”

Via: grain edit.

Neil Krug

Apparently Neil uses old expired Polaroid film to create this vintage look, but it’s not just the colour palette, loving the angles and composition. These 2 shots are taken from his PULP ART BOOK project in collaboration with the rather tastey supermodel Joni Harbeck.

This was the first thing I saw after just watching Alejandro Jodorowsky’s El Topo (The Mole), I’d love to see this guy do a remake of it.

Via: ISO50.

Indian Match Boxes

Can’t get enough of the cheap inky printing on these Indian matches boxes, pilllpat (agence eureka) has amassed a pretty comprehensive collection of them.

Polish Jam Labels

I‘ve been searching the internets for jam label inspiration, came across, and was quite taken by this collection of Polish Jam Labels.

Also from the same blog, check out these sewing thread labels, soap packaging, hotel stickers and processed cheese labels (I would eat processed cheese if it had labels like this).

Very, Very, Very Small Cars

Aw, they’re so cute! Check out Life’s Small Cars photo gallery. It becomes apparent looking at these tiny cars from yesteryear – modern small cars have got it all wrong, they just look like ‘a small car‘ that’s designed to be small. If they made them look like big cars, but in miniture, that would be way more appealing, well to me anyhow.

Via: Coudal.

The Movie Stills Collection

This movie title site is a pretty massive labor of love by web designer Christian Annyas. All the films are in chronological order, in nice big scrolling pages so you can quickly scan through, interesting to see how styles change for year to year.

Via: Ace Jet 170.

Mixies

These mix & match character cards are great. Can’t remember the linkage source.. but the scans are on takeabreak’s Flickr.

World’s First Nuclear Power Plant

Interesting photos of The World’s First Nuclear Power Plant, built in Russia, 1954. I’m a sucker for big industrial dials, switches, gauges and such like, this thing has a fair few. Not sure what that circular thing with the grid pattern is, but it looks pretty cool.

Via: Martin Klasch.