Monthly Archives: February 2016

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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OBSCURE BUT NOT IRRELEVANT OFFERINGS BY BIG NAMES IN VINTAGE GRAPHIC ART

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Jim Clark

  http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/graphic-design-dole-pineapple-1938.html Sometimes a graphic artist has a creative reason (perhaps more than one) to stay small. There may be a clutch of motives for putting tableau-scale poster work aside; and in this report I’d like to put them in … Continue reading →

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A RAPID CHANGE IN MIDTOWN ARCHITECTURE

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Jim Clark

We used to be pretty bored with midtown Toronto architecture and its precious earnestness seeping into everything about the place. We’re delighted to survey here the new mid-town, dropping British constraint and beginning to see the point of shooting skyward. … Continue reading →

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OUR VINTAGE POSTER GALLERY TREASURE TROVE !

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Jim Clark

The permanently situated framed vintage posters (for sale) in our entrance-way gallery and the rotating display of unframed vintage posters in our studio combine to provide in a flash (the speed, in fact, posters get going with blowing us away) … Continue reading →

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