A blog about vintage modern design & illustration curated by Javier Garcia
Vintage KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Pamphlet. Designer Unknown. I like the colors, very 60’s. Reminds me of Alexander Girard’s color schemes. Love the use of Eurostile and the cut out faces. Looks 500 times better in person.
Design: Unknown | Year: 1962 | Photos: Javier García
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I found this nice box of food boxes for the freezer. Probably designed around 1950. Printed in two very common 50’s colors. Nice use of space and type.
Design: Unknown | Year: Unknown | Photos: Javier García
Here’s a couple very cool kitschy brochures from Bell & Howell’s 8 mm movie camera and projector. I love the amount of color they added into the pages and the use of simple shapes plus overprint. Circles always attract my eye. It’s printed over a very textured paper. Typography is also very playful, clean and well organized.
Design: Unknown | Year: Unknown | Photos: Javier García
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Love this AD designed by Fritjof Pedersén for Sacandinavian Airlines System. Circa 1959. Sweden.
Another design by Joseph Low. I couldn’t skip this one again. The photo does not do it justice. Like the Haydn Society records I have, this book is best viewed in person. The quality of the printing, the mix of overprinting colors, etc. made this 3 color book scream to me from the shelve.
Other pieces of his work posted: Master Pieces of Music, Bach/ Finn Videro, Bach / Finn Videro 2, Bach, Buxtehiude and Haydn.
Design: Joseph Low | Year: 1953 | Photos: Javier García
Here’s a wonderful cover for the book called “Mobile Design” by Johh Lynch. Only the cover was designed by George Giusti. Despite how fun this book is inside, the colors of the cover just dragged my attention towards it. Couldn’t skip this one.
At first I thought the book was dirty but then I realized the background is a brick wall. Despite the Mobile shapes already being cool I love how they are placed in the composition, not to mention the awesome colors. The image in the middle is the image stamped on the book cloth.
Brief info:
George Giusti (1908-1990) was a Milan designer who emigrated to the U.S. in 1939. He had an association with Geigy Pharmaceuticals for twelve years and he designed several books, record covers and magazines.
Enjoy!
Design: George Giusti | Year: ? | Photos: Javier García