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Czechoslovakian reads

A collection of Czechoslovakian book covers. More over at 50 Watts.

Found via Mirko Humbert

El Lissitzky: ‘Frankreich’

Cover design by El Lissitzky for Roget Ginzburger’s Frankreich (France) 1929.

From Neues Bauen in der Welt, a book series on modern architecture published in Vienna.

Below, recent release by Brooklyn-based Dream Diary, El Lissitzky.


Dream Diary: El Lissitzky

Building Eiffel

Eiffel Tower under construction, 1887-89.


Spectra*Paris: Frozen Night

Garamond: ‘So be it’

The work of Murat Pak.

Found via Monsieur Bandit

Antònia Font: Robot

‘video del robot madison de antonia font’

Elektro: The robot that smokes!

‘Seven feet tall, weighing 265 pounds, humanoid in appearance, he could walk by voice command, speak about 700 words, smoke cigarettes, blow up balloons and move his head and arms.’

Westinghouse’s Elektro from his appearance at the 1939 World’s Fair.

More info (and construction diagram) here.


Meat Beat Manifesto: I am Electro, feat. Elektro

1940s London in colour

‘These photographs were taken using Kodachrome film by the improbably and wonderfully named Chalmers Butterfield, probably in 1949.’

Click on the images for larger images/zoom features/jump.


DJ Munoz/London Calling: You Drive Me Crazy (Yellow Drill Remix)

Images found via Peter Serafinowicz

The Like at The Plug

The Like performing Wishing He Was Dead at The Plug, Sheffield.

superhumanyouth: ‘electro&shit’

Nicky Bradwell survived my typography and design history classes and is now making music. Each month, he’ll have a new FLAVOR on Soundcloud.

Facebook page here.

MarchFLAVOR by superhumanyouth

TripleRainbowMix by superhumanyouth

‘Crank that mother fucker up’


Umwelt: ESA

Track found via Angel Danger; image via GIF Anime

‘The word fuck’

‘Say it loudly and proudly!’


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