PALMOWY.

It’s a week late, but here’s to Polish Palm Sunday! (Happy Easter, btw) Poland has adopted pre-Christian tradtion of carrying lavishly decorated straws, flowers and ribbons for Palm Sunday parades. Palm Sunday processions in the Kurpie region of Poland have their roots In earlier pagan traditions. Kurpie palmy are made by tightly weaving greens and [...]

CREDITS by SALLY C.

Last night my eyes were turned on by the opening credits to Ruthless People (checkin’ out Memphis Group interior design). BS said it looked like Paper Rad. I said it looked like Sally Cruikshank — we were both kinda right. Sally did design Ruthless People credits. After scrolling through Sally’s YouTube I discovered she also [...]

E S P R I T .

Is this not the most exciting & vibrant catalog & fashions of allllll time!?!1980s ESPRIT come back to us! or let’s make something this fun.  Black background, bright colors POP. Look at the patterns people! ESPRIT 1984-1986 catalog via Lady Greyer flickr my advice: open the scans at the original size & stare.I cropped some [...]

MARBLEIZED.

Decorative & decadent—Victorian era marbleized papers. Swoossshhhhh! via University of Washington

SELF HELP.

All ages art. Masks and beyond. Self-Help Graphics & Art, Inc. is a non-profit organization and serves as an important cultural arts center that has encouraged and promoted Chicano art in the Los Angeles community and beyond. via Self-Help Graphics Archives & Art Archives via Online Archive of California  

SIX SAMPLERS.

Psych embroidery samplers from the 1960s & 70s. Brilliant! Goldsmiths College, University of London. Constance Howard Resource and Research Centre in Textiles via VADS

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