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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Arts, Creative, Fashion, Illustration, Image Generators, Puppies and Flowers, Weird News AI Image Generation, DIgital Illustration, Fashion, Ladybirds, Prompts
The fashion industry has always been a platform for self-expression and creativity, pushing the boundaries of societal norms.
Creative, Generators, Hmmn Interesting, Illustration, Tech, Vintage, Vintage Posters AI Generators, AI Image Generation, BlueWillow AI, Dall-E, Discord, Midjourney
The Discord user’s prompt asked the AI to imagine a 1940’s style leading lady poster.
Creative, Design, Europe, Fashion, Food, Puppies and Flowers, Sculpture Clutches, Fashion Accessory, Hand Bags, Purses, Raw Meat Bag, 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 […]
Creative, Design, Graphic Arts, Illustration, Print, Vintage 1970's, Herman Miller, Nice Graphics, Steve Frykholm, Vintage 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 […]
Advertising, Creative, Design, Graphic Arts, Illustration, Print, Skills, Typography, Vintage 1890's, Abadie, Advertising, Belle Époque, Chat Noir, Chérettes, Cigarettes, Job Papers, Le Nil, Paris, pulling tubes, Rolling Papers, Skins, Tabu Papers, Vintage Posters
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 […]
Alcohol, Comedy, Creative, Design, Fashion, Food, Funny, PSA, TV, Urban Art Cakes, Colors, David Bowie, Freddie Mercury, GBBO, Jane Fonda, Mashup, Noel Fielding, Threads, twitter, Twitter Art
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 […]
Advertising, Creative, Design, Graphic Arts, History, Illustration, Logo Design, Print, Skills, Typography 1960s, 1970's, Design, Graphics, Iconic, Milton Glaser, Necrology, New York Magazine, Push Pin Studios, RIP
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.
Creative, History, Sculpture, Vintage 1931, Carving, Children's Book, educational, Potatoe, Soviet Union, Spuds, Sweet, Toys
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 […]
Advertising, Creative, Health, Religion, Urban Art Chicago, Guerilla Art, Jim Bachor, Mosaics, NYC, Pop Art, Potholes, Tiles, Urban 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 […]
Creative, Design, Film, History, Illustration, Painting Alphaville, Criterion, Film Posters, Illustration, Midnight Marauder, painting, Re-imaginings, Robert Altman, Tony Stella
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, […]