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CATS AND DOGS (ON A PROMOTIONAL TEAR) IN VINTAGE GRAPHICS AND POSTERS
First of all, the fact that cats and dogs carry a mystique that never ends translates into getting on the good side of prospective customers in the area of graphic art. Their grace and verve install them as powerful sights … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco Posters&Graphics, Art Nouveau/Belle Époque Posters&Graphics, Illustrators, Modernist Posters&Graphics, Poster&Graphic Art, Poster&Graphic Artists
Tagged Andre Marty, Charles Martin, Eduardo Benito, Franco Mosca, French vintage pochoir, gazette du bon ton, Ludwig Hohlwein, Misti, original vintage animal posters, Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen, vintage bicycle posters
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“AMERICA, AMERICA!” AS SEEN BY VINTAGE GRAPHIC POSTERS (PART TWO)
http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/entertainment-nomads-of-the-north-c1920.html Complementing the hyperactive campaign of American life, there is a vigorous endeavor to demonstrate that the US is not only the wildest, but also the most democratically refined place the world has ever seen. Though this, mythos involves as … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco Posters&Graphics, Current Events, Illustration Art, Illustrators, Modernist Posters&Graphics, Poster&Graphic Art, Poster&Graphic Artists
Tagged Adolph Treidler, Louis Rhead, Lucien Bernhard, maitres de l'affiches, Norman Rockwell, original vintage travel posters, Paolo Garretto, Vintage Fortune Magazine, vintage movie posters, vintage war posters
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“AMERICA, AMERICA!” AS SEEN BY VINTAGE POSTERS (PART ONE)
http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/transportation-hawaii-by-clipper-pan-american-world-airways-1948.html Love it or hate it, America is a big story on this little planet! Graphic designers know that its non-stop show-time flicks out a special pop we can’t stop watching. In our two-part coverage of this extravaganza we’ll … Continue reading
IN TIME FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES: HOW SPORTS FIT IN, AS SEEN BY VINTAGE GRAPHIC ART
http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/small-format-gems-up-and-over-c.1940.html There are many sports moments for fun and many sports crescendos for profit. What could be more mainstream and easy to understand? Actually, when you take a steady look at these phenomena, they get surprisingly complicated! For every activity … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco Posters&Graphics, Current Events, Illustration Art, Illustrators, Modernist Posters&Graphics, Poster&Graphic Art
Tagged Canadian vintage posters, French vintage posters, Gino Boccasile, Hans Rudi Erdt, Paul Colin, Vintage Italian graphics, vintage sports graphics, vintage sports posters, winter olympics posters
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BOATS, BUILDINGS AND BREAKTHROUGHS IN VINTAGE GRAPHIC ART
http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/transportation-les-poissons-volants-c.1950.html The other day, we attended a design show where two of the speakers were Jay Osgerby, from London, and Alex Mustonen, from Brooklyn. Osgerby’s account of the erudition, planning and energy as to materials, functions and composition was a … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco Posters&Graphics, Modernist Posters&Graphics, Poster&Graphic Art, Poster&Graphic Artists, Surrealist Posters&Graphics
Tagged albert fuss, George Hemming, IDS Toronto, Reijn Dirksen, vintage airline posters, Vintage cruise ship posters, vintage Egypt posters, vintage fashion posters, vintage Italian posters, Vintage Transportation Posters, Vintage Travel Posters
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HIDEAWAYS AS SEEN BY VINTAGE GRAPHIC ART
http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/artistic-magazines-vogue-april-15-1936.html In the world of vintage posters and graphics there comes to pass an enticement seldom addressed directly. When seduction accruing to products and services is closely scanned, we are struck by the frequency of large-scale abandonment of the busy … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco Posters&Graphics, Illustration Art, Modernist Posters&Graphics, Poster&Graphic Art, Poster&Graphic Artists, Surrealist Posters&Graphics
Tagged French vintage pochoir, French vintage posters, Illustrated vintage magazines, iPod poster, urbanity, vintage movie posters, vintage Spanish graphics
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AIMING FOR THE SKIES–PRACTICAL GIFTS WRAPPED IN VINTAGE GRAPHIC ART
http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/fly-by-boac-stratoscruiser-1954.html Modern life could be described as teeming with aspirants to deep and moving spaces while being picked off like quails. Millennial artists swear by falling to such a cull, tranquillized as they are by approval from an insular clientele … Continue reading
VINTAGE SPORTS GRAPHIC ART–A FUN AFFORDABLE GIFT IDEA!
SNEAK PLAY This year we have had several visits to our studio from the Toronto region bringing us wonderful new inventory from family collections. Finally we are exposing some of the treasure trove.One collector brought us a sport’s collection from … Continue reading
PUTTING ANOTHER SPOTLIGHT ON THOUGHTFUL GIFTS–VINTAGE GRAPHIC SMALL FORMAT GEMS!
http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/artistic-magazines-blanco-y-negro-october-1929.html Our cache of the Spanish vintage news, entertainment and arts magazine, Blanco y Negro (Black and White), offers unique and remarkable designs upon their cover and a cornucopia of black and white photos to ponder a while—just the thing … Continue reading
PUTTING THE SPOTLIGHT ON THOUGHTFUL GIFTS–VINTAGE GRAPHIC SMALL FORMAT GEMS!
http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/small-format-gems-independence-peugeot-1933.html http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/small-format-gems-independence-peugeot-1933-anonymous.html The term, “small-format,” tends, it seems, to be a non-starter in the graphic art field, where large-scale poster designs are the beginning and end of the experience. Today (and in several other blogs to come) we’ll try … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco Posters&Graphics, Art Nouveau/Belle Époque Posters&Graphics, Illustration Art, Illustrators, Modernist Posters&Graphics
Tagged Charles Relyea, Gift ideas, Gil Elvgren, Norman Wilkinson, Reynaldo Luza, rolf armstrong, small format gems, Uzelac, vintage artistic magazine, vintage promotional brochures
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