Crashed Can
THESE cans once quenched the thirst of men and women and, when emptied, were thrown away. And in this busy world, it didn’t took long before the cans were flattened. Normally the Coca-Cola cans would rust away in the gutter, but Herny Cannon saved these…
Plenty Of Horns
COOL display of horns and that is about all I know to say about these two images. Found them on flickr and can’t find the source no more to give credits.
Viva El Chen
WITH his escape from house arrest and consecutive fled to the US embassy in Being Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng caused a momentum that was perfect to release his video on youtube. In the statement directed to premier Wen he focuses on the widespread corruption in…
Pony & Wildebeest
I could make up some kind a myth about the pony and the wildebeest as content for these two zoomorphic logotypes I made, but I’m not going to do that. Now they are joined with the logo of this blog, in right upper corner. …
Battle Royal
YOUR fist reaches as far as your arm is long. A sword adds a meter. If you really want to make a difference, use a lance. Like these Japanese rioters in 1971, protesting against the plan to build Narita Airport in Tokyo. The photographer is…
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At Home In Brooklyn: Dinanda Nooney
THE interior of a house says something about the person who is living there. It tells about likes and dislikes of the inhabitant. What kinds of posters hang on the wall? Do they sit on an IKEA or Eames creation? An interior also gives an image of a time. For instance, looking at the pictures below, we know that in the late seventies racing bicycles were cool too. In 1978 and 1979 photographer Dinanda Nooney went ...
Design By: Isa Van Bladel
SOME advertisements don’t easily loose their appeal. Take for example this poster for Levi-Strauss Europe. Jeans normally cover the skin, but graphic designer Ida van Bladel flipped that concept around. The only fabric she used was the little label that is stitched together with the back pocket. Next to that she used ink and the soft flesh of a female bottom. The result is a great photo of a bare back pocket. The poster was ...
Political Ties
IN 1976 Rolling Stone Magazine approached photographer Richard Avedon (1923-2004) to make a series about the political landscape before that years presidential election. He decided to make portraits of the Washington establishment. Senators, congressmen, union leader and members of the media appeared before his white background. Not only it shows the power elite, but also a great variety of seventies ties. It is not surprising that the piece of garment stands out. Avedon started in the ...
Design By: Jacques Nathan Garamond
JACQUES Nathan Garamond is most known for his elaborate posters he made in the thirties, forties and fifties for companies such as Air France. But give me the work he did in the sixties and early seventies. Especially the trademarks Nathan Garamond designed in this time are top notch. In this period his style became more minimal. See his poster Nathan Garamond made for Air France in 1973. Jacques Nathan Garamond is one of the founders ...
NY Streets: Joel Meyerowitz
NEW YORK street photography is almost a genre to itself. The mix of rich and poor, black and white and locals and visitors that walk the streets of Manhattan gave some of the biggest names in photography inspiration to roam the streets. Like Joel Meyerowitz. Born in 1938 in the Bronx, Joel Meyerowitz knows the streets of New York by heart. In 1962, after a short career as an art director, he became a street photographer. ...