Högt Spel 1931
Poster for No Limit (1931) – featuring original ‘It Girl’ Clara Bow.
The Shocking Blue: Venus (Alex Dias Remix)
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Coty 1938
The work of Charles Loupot, advertisement for Coty, 1938.
The Burning Hotels: Stuck in the Middle (Baron Von Luxxury Controls Everything Remix)
Barradas 1927
The work of Jorge Barradas, from ABC Illustration No. 362, June 23 1927.
Baron Von Luxxury: The Lovely Theresa
Found via Gatochy
Cocain 1921
Illustration for F.W.Koebner’s original Das Magazin, Berlin 1921.
Soundshaperz: Cocaine (Original Mix)
Found via Susanlenox
Russian status symbol: The Book of Olga
‘Billionaire Sergei Rodionov shows off nude fantasy wife to world . . . if it succeeds, perhaps other Russian oligarchs will follow suit and such books could become the hot new status symbol.’
The concept of what is a ‘material possession’ and a ‘trophy wife’ has taken a new direction with Taschen-imprinted The Book of Olga, which showcases Rodionov wife ‘Olga’ in over a hundred erotic photos shot by French photographer Bettina Rheims.
I think when Paris Hilton became famous for being . . . well, whatever it is she is, that was just the tip.
Rest of the iceberg is showing. More here.
Found via Sexy Hot Beauty
Russian Coke
Art Nouveau meets Russian Constructivism. Motion design by Matt Duplessie.
Red Son
Superman, as portrayed in Mark Millar’s Red Son (2003).
Motion comic here.
Found via Raving Toy Maniac
Eastern Block
‘A typeface designed to reflect the aesthetic qualities of Soviet Union product design and manufacture. The typeface uses a unilateral x-height, cap height and faux Cyrillic to create a blocky, angular and awkward response. To allude to the dated methods of production, I produced the entire face as printing blocks.’
Andy Barnes’ Eastern Block typeface. Website here.
Found via Arts Thread
Suprematism/Constructivism, experiments
Stefan Bürke’s Airplane Flying
Two short interpretations of the work of Suprematist Malevitch and Constructivist Lissitzky.
Jostein Finnekaasa’s Suprematism/Constructivism
Shifted Constructivism
Constructivism by Ukraine-based video art/vj collective, Shifted VJs. Music by Evol Intent.
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