5:55

Video for Charlotte Gainsbourg’s 5:55.

On The Run

Video for the Jeffrey Campbell Fall/Winter collection. Directed by Andrea Cruz.

Iswarienko shoots

The photography of Kurt Iswarienko. Interview here.

Found via Fashion Indie

Tovaglia watercolor

The work of designer Pino Tovaglia, circa 1960.

Lui covers

Started in 1963, Lui was a French take on adult magazine pioneer Playboy.

So successful was Lui, in 1972 Playboy licensed their own version for the US market, titled Oui.

No longer published, Oui still holds some significance in the small town of Shawano, Wyoming.

Sorta.

Oui! script

The work of Matt Owens.

Found via Hannah Dollery

Lollipop duet

Serge Gainsbourg and France Gall sing Les Sucettes. From 1967.

Siebyl

Siebyl Anikeeff, by Edward Weston, 1921.

Found via Evlory Dearing

Penn

Photography by Irving Penn. From Vogue USA, January 1950.

Found via Vintage and Classy

Leda

Poster for Leda, a fashion store in Warsaw. Design by P.P. Reklama, 1963.

Arthur Baker and my type classes

It started with the advice: ‘You have to go back to the broad edge pen. It’s all there.’

Brilliant calligrapher Arthur Baker gave me direction when I first set up my beginning typography course. And I’m still using the same approach today. [Read more →]


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