Spectres

The art/design blog of a graphic design student, this is the stuff that makes me happy and keeps me inspired. I tend to obsess pretty hard over Penguin books and mid-century modern architecture. My personal blog is @howling--fantods.

[vintageanchorbooks]

“There is an old American saying ‘He who lives in a glass house should not try to kill two birds with one stone.” ― Vladimir Nabokov, Pnin

[midcenturymoderndesign]

[midcenturymoderndesign]

[vintageanchorbooks]

A look at Edward Gorey’s lesser-known book design…

[aessestudio]

[graphicgraphic]

Ettore Sottsass Valentine Typewriter for Olivetti

[vsw-blog]

[shihlun]

Nine Swimming Pools and a Broken Glass by Ed Ruscha, 1968

[re-formstudio]

Experimental Jetset

[praial]

NYC subway map (2nd version), Massimo Vignelli, 1972.

[design-is-fine]

Paul Renner, advertisement for Futura, 1927. Frankfurt, Germany. Via Nosbüsch-Stucke. “Die Schrift ist die Seele jeder Reklame.”

[jonasgrossmann]

craig ellwood… fields house, case study house 18, beverly hills, 1958 @ midcentarc

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[garadinervi]

Experimental Jetset LongLunch 52

[bishopbriggs]

British Rail Corporate Identity Manual - Design Research Unit (1965)

[torsovertical-inspirations-deac]

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[jonasgrossmann]

craig ellwood… rosen house, los angeles, 1963 @ midcentarc

[jonasgrossmann]

craig ellwood… hale house, beverly hills, julius shulman, 1951 @ primo

[jonasgrossmann]

craig ellwood… hale house, beverly hills, julius shulman, 1951 @ primo