Author Archives: Jim Clark

OVERLOOKED VINTAGE POSTER  GEMS IN OUR INVENTORY PART THREE 

Posted on May 7, 2019 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/transportation-far-east-sas-cranes-1959.html   With this shout-out about vintage posters that seem to be missing in action, we hearken to  the signs of the time, inasmuch as travel has never been such a magnet as it is now. The styles of such … Continue reading →

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OVERLOOKED VINTAGE GRAPHIC GEMS IN OUR INVENTORY  PART TWO

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/artistic-magazines-fortune-march-1937.html Our business could well be described as providing wall decor. The virtues of vintage poster design tended to strut-their-stuff on large surfaces, to be glued to outdoor walls. These productions were not to be sneezed at, inasmuch as the … Continue reading →

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OVERLOOKED VINTAGE POSTER  GEMS IN OUR INVENTORY  PART ONE

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/entertainment-new-york-worlds-fair-1939.html Here at I Desire Vintage Posters, we have always carefully chosen, for our site, imagery that excites us and would seem to be attractive to many others. But, sometimes, we will have on hand fine vintage posters which the … Continue reading →

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THEATRE IN VINTAGE POSTER ART

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/travel-londons-offer-1938.html There is a glut of movie posters, although you can’t have too many vintage movie posters as created by the astonishing Stenberg brothers, who rocked in the early years of Soviet Russia. (And, of course, there is a pantheon … Continue reading →

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THE INNOVATIVE TONE OF VINTAGE GRAPHIC AND POSTER ART

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/art-deco-rarities-deco-sleigh-c.1920.html In addition to the seduction of its forces on behalf of selling a product or service, vintage graphic art frequently shines a light on the future. How so? The optical resources of excitement in first-rate promotional work, in fact, … Continue reading →

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 THE ALLURE OF SPEED, AS CAPTURED BY VINTAGE GRAPHIC ART AND POSTERS 

Posted on January 27, 2019 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/circus-african-riders.html We’re bombarded by the exigency to move vigorously. Shine in motion, or stay in your room. The fascination of sports largely calls upon feats of sizzling motion. Look closely of a big city’s denizens coming to or going from … Continue reading →

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CHRISTMAS ANTHOLOGY OF CANADIAN STORIES (1965)–ILLUSTRATED  CHILDREN’S BOOK

Posted on December 17, 2018 by Jim Clark

Cover;12″ x 8 3/4″; 15pp. Original Printer’s Copy Far from good (and too dull to be naughty), our Christmas vintage graphic design blog is not without collateral interest. The writer, John F. Hayes, claims to be putting into print what began … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE AFLOAT BY VINTAGE GRAPHIC ART & POSTERS  (PART TWO)

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/publishing-ladies-home-journal-dec-1941.html Proceeding with the link of graphic art and literature, after the disappearance of the Belle Epoque and its internationally galvanized Romanticism, we find an intriguing change on the move. Gone are the rather precious, elaborate garments and the sense … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE AFLOAT BY VINTAGE POSTER ART (PART ONE)

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/publishing-le-courrier-francais-1894.html Books still get read (never mind the statistics), but, graphic art no longer seriously joins the push. In the 19th century heyday of ravenous literacy, the subjects of celebrity, history/politics, and science/ technology seldom became a fervid interest. Nor was … Continue reading →

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VINTAGE POSTERS FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR HEALTH

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/products-services-viburniode-giry.html The world of vintage posters tends to lean heavily on joy and stirring adventures. Resorting to the topic of restoring health would be a relatively minor matter; but nevertheless the confrontation of difficulty and malaise is a subject putting … Continue reading →

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