The Rise of Ladybird Women in Fashion
The fashion industry has always been a platform for self-expression and creativity, pushing the boundaries of societal norms.
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Blue Willow AI Imagines Retro Leading Lady Posters
The Discord user’s prompt asked the AI to imagine a 1940’s style leading lady poster.
Meat Purses and more by ROMMYDEBOMMY
ROMMYDEBOMMY – Food themed purses ROMMYDEBOMMY is a 29-year-old artist living in Harlingen, Netherlands. She creates wacky food themed fashion accessories. Her Raw Meat and the Supermarket Chicken purses first caught my eye and reminded me of that salami meat dress from years ago. There are four main categories you […]
Steve Frykholm’s Picnic Posters
Steve Frykholm’s first assignment on his new job at Herman Miller was to make a poster for the company picnic. The rest is history as they say. I was curious to see if there was one for 2020 and what imagery it used but no dice. In an interview for […]
20 Cigarette Rolling Paper Posters From 1889-1924
Setting the tone for this post with a poster by Jules Chéret (1836-1932) advertising Job Cigarette Papers. You could say he was the Godfather of stone litho printing as a ‘pop’ phenomenon and just seeing his work demonstrates the influence it had on younger artists in Paris of the late […]
Noel Fielding as Cakes
What, cakes you say? Sure. Why not. The Mighty Boosh was a pretty surreal comedy series and these days he’s a host on the Great British Bake Off, a show with contestants and cakes. However Noel Fielding as Cakes is only one in a of series celebrity personification threads, the […]
Milton Glaser RIP 1929-2020
Milton Glaser (June 26, 1929 – June 26, 2020) was an American graphic designer. His designs include the I ❤ NY logo, the psychedelic Bob Dylan poster, and the logos for DC Comics and Brooklyn Brewery. In 1954, he also co-founded Push Pin Studios, co-founded New York magazine with Clay Felker, and established Milton Glaser, Inc.
Toys Of Potatoes
These images jumped out at me. What can I tell you, I’m Irish and I do like potatoes! They are the pages of a 1931 Soviet era schoolbook. I think that younger kids might find this fun even by today’s tricked out standards—although I doubt they’ll be packing a pen […]
Pothole Tile Mosaics Guerilla Art
The first time I saw this Purell mosaic, apart from liking it instantly, I was curious about its story. Was it pandemic guerilla marketing for Purell? What was the tie-in with the potholes? Well, it turns out they are the work of Chicago artist Jim Bachor who has been filling […]
Midnight Marauder Reimagines Robert Altman Film Posters
In the early 2010’s Midnight Marauders art blew up when he began posting his criterion style film posters on his tumblr account. Soon people were asking where they could their hands on them and a new career got off the ground. Today he runs Alphaville Design with partner Tony Stella, […]