1960s Inspired Mad Men Posters
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1960s Inspired Mad Men Posters

May 14th 2013 by Christopher via DigitalArts

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Design The TV show Mad Men om AMC sets a high standard for designer aficionados and gives endless opportunities to pick up inspiration for designers, illustrators and animators. For the season six premiere, Cape Town-based agency Radio came up with a series of three vintage inspired Mad Men posters that feature Don, Roger and Joan in settings that resemble the works of Saul Bass. The three posters are stripped down and clean in their design which allows our imaginations to roam free in Mad Men land. Which one is your favorite? ( continue reading... )

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The Cocktail Nation - Queens Of Vintage

Episode 266    May 12th 2013

This week we talk to the publisher of an online magazine called Queens Of Vintage, her name is Lena Weber and recently she interviewed me in her kings of vintage portion of the website so I thought we should have her on to talk vintage culture and the English scene. Plus the best exotica and lounge music from across the globe.

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Vintage or Reproduction – Do you need to make a choice?
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Vintage or Reproduction – Do you need to make a choice?

Sep 26th 2012 by Koop Kooper via Ultra Swank Flickr Group

Design When it comes to the choice of reproduction or vintage I find that a mixture of reproduction furniture and clothing is often better way to go. Many years ago I was convinced that the only way of life was with vintage clothing and furniture, and lets face it, it’s truly marvellous because you are taking a piece of history and recycling and re using it giving it to give it a new life. In recent years I have changed my tact. Now I prefer to choose a mix-and-match approach. I borrow from the old wedding dress analogy of “something borrowed, ( continue reading... )

We go to the moon! – The Art of Robert McCall

May 4th 2012 by James Vaughan

We go to the moon! – The Art of Robert McCall
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Design “We choose to go to the moon, not because it is easy, but because it is hard!” John F. Kennedy, Sept. 12, 1962. Rice University, Texas. Huh! What did he say? President Kennedy’s speech, kicking off the Space Race, was inspired words. But everyone knows the real reason we went to the moon. We went because it was COOL! What showed us how cool it really was ( read more... )

Eastern European Movie Posters from the Past

Mar 2nd 2012 by Christopher

Eastern European Movie Posters from the Past
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Design Here is your chance to score some really cool looking vintage movie posters from the past. Eye Sea Posters sources original vintage film posters from around the world and makes them available at reasonable prices. Their collection is handpicked with an emphasis on design. They specialize in Polish film posters from the 1960s and 1970s by artists like Jerzy Flisak, Wiktor Gorka, Andrzej Krajewski and ( read more... )

How to create vintage looking posters

Feb 10th 2012 by Christopher

How to create vintage looking posters
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Design Here is a handy guide written by Roger 99 that shows us how to create old-fashioned posters with that special vintage look, complete with aged paper feel. The tutorial explains in detail using a step-by-step guide how a advertisement for Facebook could have looked if it was available in the 1950s. There are also examples of YouTube, Twitter and Skype included. Read the tutorial here ( read more... )

Unique Retro Flavored James Bond Cover Prints

Feb 4th 2012 by Christopher

Unique Retro Flavored James Bond Cover Prints
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Design Here’s something for the bachelor (or bachelorette) pad that has everything. Michael Gillette is the creative genius behind these unique covers of Penguin’s Ian Fleming James Bond novels that have instantly became iconic classics with every retro lover. Much requested, they are now available as limited edition, signed and numbered prints in conjunction with Ian Fleming Publications Ltd. Printed to the highest standards by the ( read more... )