FASHION WORKS

Part fashion catalog, part psychedelic (hot gradients!) —posters and point of purchase artwork designed by the Indian firework firm Sri Kaliswari Fireworks, 5-A, Chairman A, Shunmuga Nadar Road, Sivakasi, 626 123, Tamilnadu, India. via Maurice and Steve’s Virtual Firework Museum  discovered via Clean Forgot

TOM MARTHA BUNNY

I nearly tumbled over when I saw these illustrations today. Bunnies are my spirit animal, mountains are my spirit terrain, and everything else pictured are some of my favorite things—winter time, wool mittens, rainbows, teepees, vessels, cabbage, rivers, home. Under the pseudonym Tom Seidmann-Freud—often shortened to just “Tom”—Sigmund Freud’s eccentric niece Martha illustrated a series of [...]

TRUE BLUE

Seasame Street True Blue Miracle, 1978. Christmas trees, singing songs, subway rides—keepin’ it real! via John Gambino  

MASK MAKING

Pinky bunny meets Mexican wrestler meets Fang. So good! Halloween, or Day of the Dead ideas for mask making. California Arts Council Workshop, Self-Help Graphic Arts program in L.A., 1982. via OAC  

LIONS RUG

Lion rugs & little girls. Judy Kepes in her nursery, 1949. Daughter to designers, Juliet and Gyorgy. See more pics of their wild Cape Cod nursery via LIFE.  

APT. DEPAS

Spencer, Rosalyn & Sophie Depas. 227 Cumberland St., Fort Greene, Brooklyn. May 19, 1978. Sophie has a loom in her room! Turns out Spencer Depas wrote a book titled Macrame, Weaving, and Tapestry: Art in Fiber—coolest ’70s Brooklyn dad ever! By-the-by: Brooklyn apt. sublet available Aug 31 – Sept 10 (Labor Day week) It’s my [...]

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