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May 20, 2010, 5:34 pm
Another big thanks to for Borr who identified Rogelio Naranjo as the artist of much of the work in the last post on Nexos magazine. I went searching for more of Rogelio Naranjo's work and found scans of his 1982 book Qué caso tiene at La Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo's site, w... Comment - Like
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May 16, 2010, 10:46 pm
Nexos is a monthly cultural magazine published in Mexico City. The magazine was started in 1978, and is not related to the South American Nexos Magazine published by American Airlines. Following are some visual works from the first several issues that I found. Unfortunately, I have no information o... Comment - Like
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Apr 15, 2010, 1:03 pm
There are already a few posts about from this incredible exhibition, including one by the great BibliOdyssey, but I couldn't help but post a few more.
Ruslan Naiden - Signs list #1 (Paper, ink, pen, 46x46 cm, 1994)
Georgy Kozubov - Expromt (Paper, ink, worn brush, pointed pen, 1989)
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Apr 7, 2010, 7:45 pm
Beverly Hills High School Commencement, 1942
Philately in Europe brochure, 1939
Incantation, Textile Design, 1947)
Christmas card, 1940
Typography Manual, Art Teacher's Association of LA, 1941
Self-Promotion broadside, 1941
Twenty-Third Commencement - Beverly Hills High School, 1940
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Mar 22, 2010, 12:00 am
While checking out my town's new rare/used book store, Logos Books, I found this book of a collection of works from China's 'Central Academy of Arts & Design'. The full (and awkwardly translated) titled is "Selections of Designing Work the Central Academy of Arts & Design, 1956-1986" by Zhong Yang,... Comment - Like
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Mar 1, 2010, 12:42 am
From various collections at the Netherlands Architecture Institute's website.
City on Pampus, Megastructure, by H. Klopma and J.B. Bakema, from the architectural firm Van den Broek and Bakema, drawing, 1964
Eindhoven city expansion - an expansion model based on a regional concept, J.M. de Casseres... Comment - Like
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Feb 10, 2010, 11:40 pm
I came across a worn Russian book of Nikolay Pavlovich Akimov’s theatre posters, called Teatralʹnyĭ plakat N. Akimova. The book was published in Moscow in 1963 and is now out-of-print, but can be found at a few libraries in the US, UK, and Japan. Below are some of my favorites. EDIT - Huge than... Comment - Like
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Feb 1, 2010, 12:52 am
This is a dual post with Will, from the great A Journey Around My Skull. All of these magnificent covers come courtesy of Quinn Dombrowski's impressive South Asian books project, in which she photographs book covers from the "PK" section (Indo-Iranian languages and literatures) of the University... Comment - Like
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Jan 25, 2010, 5:14 pm
"In February 1921, in Zagreb, the poet Ljubomir Micić launched Zenit, an international magazine for art and culture, as it said in the subtitle; around its zenitist poetics and aesthetics, the magazine gathered representatives of all branches of art, both in the narrow and a broader meaning of ... Comment - Like
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Jan 22, 2010, 2:45 pm
There are already a lot of illustrations from this famous German political-satire magazine floating around the blogosphere, but a few more wont hurt. Here are some of my favorites:
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see most of the issues at their amazing archive
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Jan 5, 2010, 1:10 pm
All posters are from the Swiss Posters Collection (note the watermark in the bottom-right).
by Claude Kuhn; Natural History Museum of Bern, 1985 (see more by the amazing Claude Kuhn --->)
Reopening Geology, by Claude Kuhn; Planet and Space, Natural History Museum of the Civic Community of Berne, 1... Comment - Like
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Dec 29, 2009, 7:10 pm
'Lumpenball' is a popular(?) type of ball in Germany where guests come dressed in ragged and tattered clothes.
2. Lumpenball am Fastnachtssonntag im Industriehof (Second Ragged Clothes Ball on Carnival Sunday at the Industriehof), c. 1925
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Dec 28, 2009, 10:13 pm
Yesterday TheSilverLining posted some great links to Elaine Lustig Cohen works. Here are some more of her works that I have not seen posted elsewhere.
A Type Specimen page, 1950
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Nov 1, 2009, 11:15 pm
Muerte en cruceta; by Lola Cueto, 1947
La bohemia de la muerte; anonymous, 1958
El crepusculo de la noche, in Tricolor no. 35; July-August 1924
El Hospital Juárez - (Ironia); by Carlos Neve, 1951
detail of Calaveras televisiosas todo por un hoyito; by Leopoldo Méndez and Mariana Yampolsky, 194... Comment - Like
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Oct 27, 2009, 12:53 pm
The following are from Elaine Lustig Cohen and Ellen Lupton's book Letters from the Avant Garde: Modern Graphic Design, most of which came from Elaine Lustig Cohen's personal collection. Elaine Lustig Cohen was an excellent artist/designer who was married to the great Alvin Lustig. She and her secon... Comment - Like
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