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Advertising, Graphic Arts, History, Music, Politics, Print, Typography, Vintage Caricatures, cyrillic, Festival, Jazz, Matchbox Labels, Moscow, Package Design, Packaging Design, Print, retro, Soviet, Typography, Vintage, Youth
I love the bold graphic quality of this matchbox label set. The contrast in colours and the block of cyrillic type balancing the comical caricatures that look like letters of the alphabet. Lovely stuff! 1957 International Youth Festival, Moscow 1957 1957 International Youth Festival—was held in Moscow from July 29 […]
Asia, Creative, Fashion, Photography, Sex, Skills burlesque, carnival, Corsets, cyberpunk, Dolls, erotic, Fantasy, Gothic, Japan, Kiyo Murakami, Photography, post-apocalyptic, retro
Not to be confused with that master of magical realism Haruki Murakami, Kiyo Murakami’s work could well be considered to be its photographic equivalent. Post-apocalyptic-carnival-retro-gothic-erotic-fantasy-burlesque-cyberpunk art. See for yourself. FROM KIYO MURAKAMI’s website: I was born in Shizuoka, currently based in Tokyo, Japan. After I graduated from art school, I […]
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!
Arts, Design, Illustration, Print, Vintage Linocut, Linocut Prints, retro
Link to more of arcticcobalt‘s photostream on Flickr.
Advertising, Fashion, Sex Black & White, madonna, retro, Steven Meisel, Viktoriya Sasonkina
Stunning photoshoot by photographer Steven Meisel and the beautiful Viktoriya Sasonkina. More recently known for this Calvin Klein campaign which was met with some controversy, not likely to happen with the current Louis Vuitton Madonna shoot.
Comedy, Entertainment, Film, Funny, Skills B Movie Posters, Cheesy, Entertainment, Film, Flick, Funny, James Cordan, Lesbian Vampires, Movie Teaser, retro, Spoof
A la Shaun of the Dead, Lesbian Vampire Killers starring James Cordan and Mathew Hornelooks like a fun little spoof. I really like the posters, shown here courtesy of Heart Attack. Best bits of Lesbian Vampire KillersWatch this video on YouTube
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.