Useful Links
Links to quality websites of interest to vintage art afficionados
Here is a center of invention putting new verve into the notion of vintage. In December, 2012,
I Desire Vintage Posters entered into a collaboration with FOSSIL FINDS.
A)Visual and Decorative Arts and Design
1. Rene Wanner
www.posterpage.chAn amazingly comprehensive view of vintage posters activity.
2. iantiques
www.iantiquesguide.comA cornucopea of antiques websites
3. Ephemera Society of America
www.ephemerasociety.orgA key portal for antique and nostalgia resources
4.The Wolfsonian Foundation
www.wolfsonian.orgScholarly and fabulously-endowed design promoter and educator
5. Design Museum
http://designmuseum.org/A comprehensive look at design.
6. Artcyclopedia
www.artcyclopedia.comThere is ample information about major poster artists on this website.
7. Forbes Magazine
This highly esteemed publication has consistently tracked our website through a number of years
8. The Good Web Guide for the Best of Worldwide Shopping
http://www.thegoodwebguide.co.uk/index.php?art_id=180For a great selection of wall decor, the vintage poster site of I Desire is a noted destination! "In a field where informative material is scarce, this otherwise commercial website is better than most."
9. Art Gallery of Ontario
www.ago.net/Art Matters here! A superb collection of visually stimulating art in a beautifully transformed space (2008) by Toronto-born, Frank Gehry.
10. Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum New York, NY
http://ndm.si.edu/A museum devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design.
11. http://www.artdecocollection.comFor the finest in European Art Deco furniture, glass, silver, ceramics, cocktail accessories, art, clocks, carpets and more.......
12. Vintage Style Graphics by Angela Patchell (2010)
www.vizebooks.comHere is an exciting resource, inasmuch as it envisages vintage graphics being very compelling to twenty-first century designers and lively minds.
13. Dutch portal about prints
http://www.opzijnbest.nl/informatie-over-prenten_3196.htm14. An amazing array of mosaic art by distinguished French mosaic artisan. We have a beautiful collection in our studio. Please visit Christine's gallery at:http://www.chris-crepet.fr/
B) Choice Vintage Fashion Stores: "There will always be a longing for things rare & fine. . ."
1. The Red Velvet Shoe
http://theredvelvetshoe.typepad.com/boutique/2. Lulu's Vintage
http://store.lulusvintage.com/3. Vintage Secret
4.Woodlands Farm Vintage
http://www.woodlandfarmsantiques.com/5.Vintage Virtuosa
http://www.vintagevirtuosa.com/C) Other approaches to a vintage tone
1. ARACELI'S ILLUSTRATIVE CERAMICS
http://aracelirobledo.com/Enjoy Araceli's amazing work consisting of fine drawings hand painted on uniquely created porcelain bowls and dishes.
2. Zelda Magazine
http://www.zeldamag.com/From the beginnings of the 20th century to the Golden Era of Hollywood,Zelda brings the love of this age to life in paper. Zelda is where the past meets the presence with reverence and revelry
3. James Clark's Film Journal
http://www.ratherhavetheblues.com/An ongoing and interactive investigation into the Old World and New World.
4. Journal of the Print World
http://www.journaloftheprintworld.com/Devoted to opening eyes to the beauty of works of art on paper.
5. Film Noir
http://filmsnoir.netA rich compendium of information and poetry about the dark side of the art deco era.
