Archive for the 'Rubylith' Category
Mexican House Numbers
January 24th, 2008A gallery of Mexican house numbers, via I Like. Sí, I like.
Cheap Thrill: Children’s Books 1957-69
January 21st, 2008You probably know this already, but we love to thrift. Lately I’ve been spending more time in the kids’ book section. Granted, pawing through endless filthy stacks of cheesy Disney tie-ins and bios of teeny bopper stars from ten years ago can get a little depressing, but the drudge is worth it when coming across […]
Bass-O-Matic
December 9th, 2007Images from Henri’s Walk to Paris, a rare children’s book designed by the legendary Saul Bass. Via Drawn of course. Because we like to indulge our loves of cats and über-cool movie credits in the same stroke, I also present the Bass-designed opening sequence from Walk on the Wild Side:
Good ‘Ol Charlotte Braun
December 5th, 2007I came across the funniest thing this morning: a letter written by Charles M. Schulz to a Peanuts fan concerning Charlotte Braun. Miss Braun was a character who only appeared in a few mid-’50s strips — and her main shtick of having a loud, annoying voice ensured that she would never join Charlie Brown, Lucy […]
Cuteness In Bulk
November 30th, 2007I’m awashed in a lot of things right now. Awash in work, awash in computer problems, but mostly awash in cute. To give you an example — recently I asked Christopher what kind of gift he desired for our anniversary. He replied that he wished for a drawing featuring (and I quote) “a bunny and […]
The Future According to Syd Mead
November 17th, 2007Back in 2001 I put together a little site showcasing artwork from Sentinel, a book of futurist concept paintings from the legendary Syd Mead. Six years on, I never expected that it would continue to have a life. Various sites still link to it, and people still send me emails asking where they can get […]
You Can Practically Smell the Patchouli
November 7th, 2007Jennifer Sharpe recently did an NPR story on finding a stash of discarded old photos taken by the studio of James Kriegmann (via Coudal Partners). At his mid-20th century height, Kriegsmann was the preeminent photographer of every type of musical entertainer. I just love the lighting, the outfits, the props, and the poses in his […]
Industrial Light and Magic
October 28th, 2007Trying to find a place to share some illustrations scanned from a 1966 issue of Fortune magazine, I started a new flickr group called Vintage Industry. I’m hoping the group members will make this into a virtual storehouse of great vintage industrial imagery — like the two below, which have that gross/cool “messy” painting technique […]
Peel a Wheelie
October 18th, 2007Wicked-cool artwork: Branded In The ’80s takes a look at Weird Wheels stickers, a kustom kar series that owes a big visual debt to Ed “Big Daddy” Roth. I would’ve loved to have pasted these on my Trapper Keeper!
March of the Penguins
October 4th, 2007Hello — I am back from Key West, Florida, with a keen suntan and lots of stories to tell. More about that later, but first I wanted to write about something I found in the Atlanta airport bookstore. Shortly before our return trip, I had finished the Peggy Lee bio I brought and was in […]
Collage Course
September 19th, 2007Artist Brian Dettmer carves into old books, creating wild and complex three dimensional sculptures around the illustrations (via Design Observer). These are gorgeous, although the bottom two closely resemble some of the termite-ridden stuff we’ve fished out of our garage.
So Close, Yet So Far
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Princess Molecule, originally uploaded by agitprop.
Okay, I’m in a bit of a tizzy since I narrowly missed getting a Tim Biskup “Princess Molecule” signed print like the one seen here. One was listed on eBay, but the auction […]
Concrete Reasoning
August 14th, 2007Last weekend we caught a photography show called Midcentury Modern Buildngs in Phoenix at the local library. The Phoenix metro area doesn’t have a whole lot of eccentric midcentury architecture, but what we do have is something to be cherished. I’m glad to see a gallery of prints celebrating this stuff before short-sighted developers destroy […]
Looky Lou
August 10th, 2007Spurred on by my illustrations from The New England Cookbook scrubbles post, Ward Jenkins has unearthed more of artist Lou Peters’ wonderfully versatile work from vintage cookbooks. This appetizer artwork is as elegant as the New England stuff is whimsical. The fact that this guy was somewhat prolific, yet doing ephemeral cookbooks for desperate ’50s […]
Mostly I Want to Play ‘Baby Bash’
July 29th, 2007As a special treat for Christopher’s birthday, the two of us caught an opening day screening of The Simpsons Movie. I was excited, and a bit leery. The Simpsons is a classic, one of the best shows on TV, but the creators have gone into autopilot over the last decade. I cherish the first 8 […]
