Winners in the fifth olympiad (1912)
Pictures of the winners of each event of the Stockholm 1912 Olympic Games – as featured in the The Fifth Olympiad: the Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912, published in 1913 by...
View ArticleCake Icing Graffiti
Shelley Miller is a Montreal-based artist. Much of her work is created using sugar and cake icing.
View ArticleLost in Decoration
A little while ago, I came across this very old German book called Kunstrichtige Schreibart (1655) and fell in love with the crazy beautiful letters it features. Eventhough I knew there wouldn’t come...
View ArticleVintage Type Design Resource Freebie
Are you looking for some free vintage super swirls for your design? Have a look at these free design resources. All three letters are alpha transparent PNG files and are ~600×990 pixels in size. The...
View ArticleVintage Ornamental Type Design Resource
These 25 beautiful uber decorative letters from the olden days make for a great addition to your designs. The scans and vectors preserve all the scratches & nicks the letters got over time. The...
View ArticleUnicef Switzerland: World Food Day
16TH October 2012 – World Food Day Hunger kills 2.5 million children every year. Your donation nourishes: www.unicef.ch Great ad for Unicef Switzerland. Found on Ads of the World.
View ArticleCompetition to design a new tower in London (1890)
From Descriptive illustrated catalogue of the sixty-eight competitive designs for the great tower for London compiled and edited by Fred. C. Lynde (1890). (Full Book)
View ArticleFolded Paper Photoshop Brushes
Looking for some old, worn and folded paper for your design? Maybe this brush-set has something for you. This brush-set works with all versions of Photoshop, PNG layers are available if the .abr file...
View ArticleExploding Stuff
Pictures created by an explosion and photographed with a very fast flash. Fascinating photos of stuff exploding. A nice hobby of Alan Sailer.
View ArticleI suppose this was a space suit prototype
Photo courtesy of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory / NASA (Original Size)
View ArticleNehemiah Grew’s Anatomy of Plants (1680)
From University of Strasbourg scans here and here.
View Article‘Calligraffiti’ – When Calligraphy Meets Graffiti
Based out of Athens, Greece, artist and designer Greg Papagrigoriou has a love for lettering. Greg Papgrigoriou on Flickr Greg Papgrigoriou on Behance
View ArticleIt’s Real Life Not A Fantasy
Beautiful handlettering by Mateusz Witczak from Poland. Let’s not cringe over the missing apostrophe.
View ArticleLaudanum
Laudanum is a condensed serif display typeface inspired by 19th century posters. Designed by Carl Rylatt and available for 10$.
View ArticleAmsterdam for Lucky Brand
Another great piece by Bioworkz for Lucky Brand in Amsterdam.
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