MI – MASSES.

The Masses, a magazine. With the appearance in America of The Masses in 1911, a new alliance was formed between art and politics. Originally established as an earnest but ultimately dull socialist magazine, The Masses was taken over in 1912 by artists whose commitment to a new artistic age was only equalled by their support [...]

SWISS SHOES.

Swiss Bally shoes. I want those wooden sandals with rope laces now! —a remake waiting to happen. Browse through hundreds (maybe thousands) of posters via Swiss Posters Collection care of the Swiss National Library in Bern. discovered via Eye Blog Thanks be to Matt C! Oh yeah, I am leaving for Switzerland today. Pictures of [...]

FL – MOD DUTCH.

Enjoy Florida beaches & The Wolfsonian’s Modern Dutch Collection at the State University Libraries of Flordia. This goes out to my old boss/friend Arjen & who is moving back to Holland this summer with his wife Christie. They will be missed and hopefully visited by me in Holland soon! 1. Ons thuis : geïllustreerd maandschrift [...]

DE – CARDS.

Delaware & its postcards & its postcards of beaches. It’s hot! via University of Delaware

UNIVERSAL CRAFT CARDS.

Learn from the Universal School of Weaving Draft sample cards. It’s not just the beautiful colors and textures of the samples but it’s the so seventies hand lettering and woodcut Universal School of Handicraft seal that makes me love these oak tag sample cards. Weavers in the Appalachian area worked on their own and often [...]

JACKETS.

Calligraphy, gradients, marbling, photo-montage—it’s all so contemporary! Displayed here are dust jackets from the 1940s collected by anonymous librarians. Despite the fact that dust jackets often include useful information about a book and its author, including biographical notes and often a portrait, it has long been Research Libraries practice to remove the jackets from new [...]

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