Category Archives: Illustration Art

SPOTLIGHT STRATEGIES IN VINTAGE GRAPHIC ART

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Jim Clark

  http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/entertainment-international-film-festival-berlin-1954.html There are myriad ways, in the field of vintage graphic design, to put one’s best foot forward for the sake of seducing the world to buy or subscribe to a product or service. Fine and/or startling modeling of … Continue reading →

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VINTAGE POSTER ART PLUMBING THE DEPTHS OF BEACHES

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/sports-la-cote-basque-1957.html For a pretty low-key phenomenon, visiting a beach serves up a startling range of priorities and presences. Vintage graphic design had been enlisted into maintaining a critical edge for the commercial interests of the sites; and thereby we reap … Continue reading →

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DOMINANT COLOR IN VINTAGE GRAPHIC ART

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/entertainment-blue-velvet-1986.html Vintage graphic designers could ramp up, by way of the factor of color, the attraction of a presentation to be sold. Moreover, they could and did confine the color palette to one dominant hue, to introduce special effects. Film … Continue reading →

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PAN VINTAGE GRAPHICS: A SUMMIT OF ART DECO AMBITION

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/small-format-gems-bourjois-1928.html Paul Poiret (1879-1944) is a name, like Coco Chanel, steeped in high-life Parisian design. But whereas the latter name endures, the former does not. And yet Poiret was a fashion pacesetter whose audaciously loose-fitting, streamline presences for wealthy and … Continue reading →

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PASSIONATE VINTAGE SPORTS POSTERS AND GRAPHICS

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Jim Clark

  http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/sports-cycles-france-1920s.html Toronto Raptors’ shooting guard, Demar DeRozan, is a lyrically skilled athlete who, many times this year, carried the team to victory with remarkable ball control and shooting accuracy from all angles. But, over the past 3 years now, … Continue reading →

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THE FABULOUSNESS OF THE VINTAGE GRAPHICS OF LEONETTO CAPPIELLO

Posted on April 10, 2016 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/cappiello-cognac-monnet-1927.html Leonetto Cappiello (1875-1942), an Italian artist who came into his own as a harbinger of the joys of French industrial products, brought into his adoptive homeland a range of figuration and color display which bridged the gap between revolutionary … Continue reading →

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THE NORMANDIE: A PARAGON OF ART DECO DESIGN

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Jim Clark

Normandie Cover 1935;Paul Iribe;12″x 9 1/2″;Booklet ; 26pp The architecture of cruise ships comes in many sizes, styles and levels of competence and inspiration. Graphic design master, Paul Iribe (1883-1935), way back in 1934, became so galvanized, despite being close … Continue reading →

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PERFECT POISE IN GRAPHIC DESIGN

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/graphic-design-la-femme-aux-paons-1897.html There are graphic designs the touch of which is well worth considering in detail. Whereas many artists have developed lithographic nuancing in the form of chromatic gradations and air brushing to create resonant, even mysterious, atmospheres, a few others … Continue reading →

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An Epochal Transformation within the Covers of a Vintage Magazine

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Jim Clark

16 ” x 12″ The long-standing deluxe French magazine, L’Illustration, was wont to pull out the stops in gifting its readers in the Christmas edition a feast for the mind and eyes. The edition of 1923 (consisting of 250 pages) went even … Continue reading →

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MACHINE AGE POSTER “DINOSAURS” SHOWING LOTS OF LIFE

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/graphic-design-hermes-c.1950.html One of the perks included in working with “obsolete” imagery is the bonus of realizing and exploring how its many strengths offer initiatives in our century. Configurations long gone leave a residue we turn away from at our peril, … Continue reading →

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