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The Pigeons & The Parrot Swedish Matchbox Labels A small flock of labels, at a guess from the mid-century. Sweden was a mass producer of matchbox’s and labels, presumably due to the vast resources of wood, that also supplied the paper industry with wood pulp. I do like a pigeon! #swedish #matchboxlabels #midcenturymodern #pigeon #parrot https://www.instagram.com/p/BuGM8NLgL7k/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1pxq0sm5pr9ns
Grands et Petits Elisabeth Ivanovsky Stone lithographs from her 1930s book from Desclee de Brouwer. A subject that is still popular today and I’m sure there must be collectors of Animal Family books as a genre. This appears to have to stencilled onto the stones, a fusion of lithography and pochoir. #elisabethivanovsky #russianemigree #stonelithography #animalfamilies #frenchchildrensbook #littleandlarge https://www.instagram.com/p/BuDldgKgi4O/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1k9dr86ertdou
Old & New Illustration Magazine So thrilled to have been featured in the new edition of Illustration. You can see a few of the new books from illustrators such as @hicksjenkins @mickmanning.rca @alicepattullo and they’re all scheduled for this Spring with others in the pipeline from @skindbergia . In good company too with a brilliant article on Barnett Freedman, and others. I’ve posted the new books on my website as I’ve had enquiries re preorders. So many thanks Ruth! #illustrationmagazine #designfortoday #newbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/BuBDpPfgGMP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=tmlz2d1f1njn
White Horses The ‘lost’ Puffin Picture Book. In the late autumn of 1939 Eric Ravilious set off on a whirlwind painting tour of the chalk figures on the Downs. It was for a book, that sadly never made it beyond dummy stage. These original paintings, with black & white illustrations by Alice Pattullo, based on Ravilious’s dummy, will finally see the light of day in their intended format, a reimagined Puffin Picture Book. White Horses can be pre-ordered now via the link in my profile. #ericravilious #whitehorses #downlandman @alicepattullo #designfortoday #chalkpaths #puffinpicturebook https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt-cFKygFxX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1fg48yygfn5n5
CMYK Festival Hay on Wye If you find yourself near Hay on Wye next Saturday I’ll be talking at the Graphic Design Festival and will have a little table of books too. A good excuse to visit! #cmyk #hayonwye #designfortoday https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt79SsWAXtE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1kgois4i6bunr
Animals of India Arnrid Johnston A selection of her autolithographs from her Puffin Picture Book. There is currently a very welcome resurgence in focus on the women artists and illustrators of the last century and I hope Arnrid gets a mention. She studied at the Slade and went on to lithograph a good number of children’s books, posters for London Transport, and London Zoo. She specialised in the illustration of animals and (imo) was one of the most talented of illustrators. #arnridjohnston #animalsofindia #sladeschoolofart #puffinpicturebooks #wscowells #autolithography https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt76qtSgiWv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19qnb7w2pno
Portrait of Dorset Rena Gardiner Her second book, taking her several years to complete, was only published in an edition of 30, more for friends than wider publication. It is the only survivor of her books that I have, aside from her Dorset trilogy, but the best. She was absolutely remarkable, researching, drawing, then autolithographing direct to zinc plates and printing everything from her cottage press. Later distributing from her cottage until taken up by the National Trust. The genius of self-publishing. If I had to take a book to the Desert Island this would be a contender. #renagardiner #dorset #autolithography #selfpublishing #theworkshoppress https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt5U4Afg9Ri/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=o151aaj1twpj
Travellers’ Verse Edward Bawden Bawden’s first book after WW2, commissioned as one of the New Excursions into English Poetry series. Bawden autolithographed this at the Curwen Press, where he had also started work on The Arabs. He found the whole process of lithography bewildering at first and managed to persuade Harold Curwen to come out of retirement to advise him. An attractive book, but in a way a warm up for the Arabs, which is far superior (imo). #edwardbawden #travellersverse #thearabs #curwenpress #haroldcurwen #autolithography https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt2vztagMMP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1w9lexysyil76
Sneak peek! Badger Mick Manning A little preview of ‘Near The Bear, North’ a pochoir alphabet of the beasts, fish, birds and fauna found in Northern Britain and Scandinavia. It is brilliantly illustrated by Mick Manning, one of a small band of illustrators and printmakers still using pochoir. It’ll be a large format book, printed on uncoated paper, and published this Spring. TheSpecial Edition will have a giclee print, and we’ll be asking you to vote on which print you’d like us to use in a week or two. #mickmanning #nearthebear #pochoir #designfortoday @mickmanning.rca #badger https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt0LXzUANbK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=z3w81s3ft970
Extinct Animals Hilary Stebbing Lithographs from her post-war book in the Puffin Picture Book series. It was begun in wartime when she managed to get access to the Natural History Museum (closed at the time) to draw and research her book. It was the first Puffin to be published in hardback, followed by only a few others, and was clearly intended for the schools market. Allen Lane intended all their Puffins to make the transition to hardback but as so many were in advanced production stages on plates that were a different size it became too much of a nightmare, so the idea of a hardback series was abandoned. Not the best decision in hindsight. #puffinpicturebook #hilarystebbing #cowells #extinctanimals #lithography #dinosaursofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BtxnYdBAfOt/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18nx5z0uojfs7
Hotel Belvedere Praha Stylish set of Matchbox labels promoting Prague. Printed, at a guess, in the 1960s by Solo Suice who were responsible for a huge number of Matchbox designs in Eastern Europe. Love the colour combinations. #midcenturymodern #czechrepublic #prague #solosuice #matchboxlabels https://www.instagram.com/p/BtvCi3ojilj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17b19ctqjvgaj
What I’d Like to Be Bruno Munari What do animals dream of? What would they like to be? Swipe to see Bruno Munari’s brilliant lift the flap book, published here in 1945 by the Harvill Press for whom Noel Carrington acted as consultant for their children’s books. So ahead of its time and this series were just wonderful, reissued now in Italian, French and English too. Bruno Munari, the Italian genius of graphic design! #brunomunari #genius #graphicdesign #lifttheflap https://www.instagram.com/p/Btsmht7Atv7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1730lecfkyh34
White Horses Eric Ravilious & Alice Pattullo Early settlement. A screenprint by Alice Pattullo, off to be signed for the Special Edition. White Horses is the reimagining of the ‘lost’ Puffin Picture Book that Ravilious never completed. His iconic watercolours of the Downs and chalk figures will reappear in their intended format with additional b&w illustrations by Alice Pattullo, including this illustration. Available to pre-order via link in my profile. Published this March. #ericravilious #whitehorses #puffinpicturebook @alicepattullo #settlements #thedowns https://www.instagram.com/p/BtqDFRqAqKW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=kq4bg1eva25l
Sister Corrita Kent House of Illustration An inspiring show of her posters and graphic work has just opened at London’s House of Illustration. Corita’s work reflected her concerns about poverty, racism, and war, and her messages of peace and social justice are never more relevant than today. If you’re in the area head down. #illustrationhq #sistercorritakent #graphicdesign #whatssofunnyboutpeaceloveandunderstanding https://www.instagram.com/p/Btp6OUigZ0Q/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wifpze34uct2
I-SPY The Unusual Charity shop booty! A little pile in the ephemera box, from the late-1950s. I remember being given a few at Xmas, but never bothering to fill them in, unlike these few which were completed by Andrew F Pierce from 11 Bridge Rd, Whitstable, in 1958. I do like the ‘unusual’ things to spot though. Swipe left to see! #I-Spy #newschronicle #keepingthemquiet #carjourneys #theunusual https://www.instagram.com/p/BtnVTvEg2-K/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=e5js4tl4dchx
A History of The Countryside Margaret & Alexander Potter A few pages from the Potter’s Puffin Picture Book. They were conscientious objectors during the war and ended up in mid Wales supervising Italian POWs working on the land. Alick was an accomplished architect, and Mary a gifted caricaturist and artist. Their books for Puffin and John Murray’s were true collaborations, Alick responsible for the more technical drawings and Mary the human figures. Their books were amongst the best selling of the Puffins. #countryside #puffinpicturebooks #historyofthecountryside #margaretansalexpotter https://www.instagram.com/p/BtkwpgkgSci/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1axvkr3pt6no
The year of the Pig Franchise Themerson To welcome in the Year of the Pig here’s a few lithographs from the 1939 Album du Pere Castor, Cochon Aerodynamique a tale of a pig that yearned for travel and speed. #yearofthepig #cochon #albumsduperecastor #stonelithography #chinesenewyear https://www.instagram.com/p/BtiS3eWAD8P/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=m3pqqy3lhw8o