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Arts, Europe, Graphic Arts, History, Illustration, Print, Typography, Vintage, Vintage Prints 1896, Art History, Art Nouveau, Cover Art, Germany, Heidelberg University Library, Illustration, Jugend, Magazine Covers, Top Ten, Vintage
Here’s my top ten Jugend vintage magazine covers from its first year of publication in 1896. Jugend, meaning ‘Youth’, was a German art magazine that with its variety of front cover styles and being loaded with illustrations, led the way for Germany’s Art Nouveau artists. It’s amazing to think that […]
Design, Fashion, History, Mechanical, Sculpture, Vintage Brass, Cast, Containers, Copper, Decorative Arts, Germany, Gold, Japan, Jewelry, match safes, Silversmith, The Smithsonian, Tiffany & Co., vesta boxes, Zippo
The Smithsonian have a terrific collection of Match Safes dating from the mid nineteenth century to the 1920’s. Also known as Vesta cases, vesta boxes, or pocket match safes, these containers basically kept your matches safe and dry and came in an amazing variety of designs. Check out the tiny […]
Advertising, Europe, Film, Graphic Arts, Photography, Sex, Vintage 1936, Brinkmann's Cigarettes, Cigarette Cards, Film Stars, Germany, Graphic Design, Greta Garbo, Nice Graphics, Shepard Fairey, Vintage Photography
These colorful German cigarette cards from the mid 1930’s caught my eye. The background designs reminded me of Shepard Fairey‘s Obey series. All of the cards are from Brinkmann’s Cigarettes Bunte Filmbilder –or Colored Film Pictures– series 1 and 2 which ran in 1935 and 1936. The designs are almost […]
Advertising, Design, Europe, History, Illustration, Print, Typography Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithographs, Lithuania, Matchbox Labels, Phillumeny, Poland, Prints, retro, Romania, Vintage
A small sampling of vintage matchbox labels. Just look at the lovely graphics, colors, typography and mis-registration. Phillumenists get it. They are a thing of beauty I tell you!
Fraudsters, Hmmn Interesting, Tech, The Planet, Weird News, Words etc Germany, Quantum Tunneling, Science, Speed of Light, University of Koblenz, Weird News
From ZDNet article: German scientists claim to have broken the light-speed barrier, which could blow away the known limitations of modern networking, but the technology is unlikely to make it into a product–if at all–until most administrators working today have retired. Exceeding the speed of light, approximately 300,000km per second, […]
Fashion, Funny, Sex, Skills, Weird News Fashion, Germany, Grandmas, Kinky, Sex, Weird, Wool
Snippet: A group of German grandmas have turned their knitting circle into a company selling kinky knitwear. Their range includes lingerie, face masks and willy warmers, as well as conventional woollen clothing. Manuela Buesch-Dankewitz, 45, who manages the group of lady knitters said: “The women love to knit, and it’s […]
Europe, Funny, History, Hmmn Interesting, Weird News Germany, Weird News, Weird Story
From Spiegel article: The stripper was Tom Luszeit, a 34-year-old who — for his day job — dresses up in various period military outfits to pose with souvenir-seeking tourists. The widow was Alexandra Hildebrandt, 48, who has run the Wall Museum at Checkpoint Charlie since her husband passed away in […]
Alcohol, Europe, Events, Funny, The Planet, Weird News Funny, Funny Video, Germany, Händewaschen
Händewaschen Ultra Fail
Arts, Creative, Entertainment, Europe, Film, Painting, Urban Art Animation, Arts, Film, Germany, Graffiti, Herakut, Illustration, painting, Street Art, Urban Art, Video
Lovely new video from the German street artist duo Herakut
Design, Fraudsters, History, Tech, Vintage Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithographs, Lithuania, Maraid, Matchbox Labels, Phillumeny, Poland, Prints, retro, Romania, Vintage
Well the slideshow appears to be history… but I’ve posted more matchbox labels here. and the new link takes you to Maraid’s Flickrset.