I’ve sat here for the past fifteen minutes trying to come up with a description that does Clare Owen‘s work justice. I’ll skip the flurry of adjectives and attempts at being clever and just say charming. Absolutely charming. More after the jump.
As the resident PUBLIC SCHOOL Mexican, I’m pumped to feature these Star Wars related calaveras. They were illustrated and printed by José Pulido who was inspired by the style José Guadalupe Posada made famous.
You’ve probably figured it out by now, but for the unaware, calavera is Spanish for “skull”. José Posada is famous for using them to satire late 19th century Mexico, but in modern times they have come to be associated with the Mexican celebration of Día de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead).
The problem with digging around the Library of Congress‘ collections is that you can easily spend hours doing it. Sometimes you’ll find amazing stuff and sometimes you’ll see nothing but old scanned paperwork. Today though, I found a ton of American Advertising from between roughly 1840 and 1875. The type alone is just beautiful, but the illustrations are something to gawk at as well. Hours lost or not, the Library of Congress is a treasure trove of inspiration today.
More great ads after the jump.
My not-so-bold prediction of the day: Tom Rainford has a long a successful illustration and animation career ahead of him. As a student at Winchester School of Art, Tom is producing incredibly charming work. I’m already a big fan of his illustrative style and the quirky nature of his short animations and I’m looking forward to see where his creativity takes him moving forward.
Click through to check out his newest piece “Grocery Day” as well as the animation that accompanies the image above, “The Strange and Mysterious Signal”. (Thanks to our pal Christie Young for the heads up)
Think that the info-graphic trend is a new thing? Think again. Here is a collection of some beautiful Victorian info-graphics including one beautiful topographic map of old New York.
Let’s all have a meat machine dance party!
Shredder wants you for the foot.
Whoa, some weird cows.
Awesome People Hanging Out Together.
Great short on Winterhouse.
All it took was 6.24 seconds.
America looks like a shark or something.
Amazing Iron & Wine poster by Landland.
You missed the top. “Oh ah!“
Those fine fellas over at The Post Family have a fresh new redesign!
I’m a pretty big fan of this beautiful typeface called Helmut.
We’re getting closer and closer to terminator days.
No one wants to be that bored couple.
You don’t need more closet space. You just need Magritte Hangers.
What can I say? I’m a glass half full kinda guy.
The White House flickr stream is pretty neat.
It’s been a long time since someone has actually yelled, “stop the presses!”.
Lamebook.com has officially released an iPhone App.
I used to have an airedale, he couldn’t do this.
The world’s smallest horse, no you can’t ride it.
Please let this be the new Lil Wayne cover.
Connecting science and art.
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