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More horse ephemera from my dad’s collection: racing...

Sat, 26 May 2012 17:23:04 -0700

More horse ephemera from my dad’s collection: racing sweepstakes tickets from the late 30s.

thepowerofart: Grant Wood, Young Corn, 1931.

Sat, 26 May 2012 17:18:43 -0700

thepowerofart:

Grant Wood, Young Corn, 1931.

Been sorting through our remaining stash of records prior to...

Sat, 26 May 2012 12:02:48 -0700

Been sorting through our remaining stash of records prior to selling most of them. We still have about 300; they take up space and are a pain in the ass to move around. But they trigger so many good memories, and aside from a certain music fidelity, albums have something no mp3 has—a massive area for art and design.

These two date from the early 80s. I like them for being untypical classical-music images, and for the way they tie into the story behind each piece of music.

Stud ad for Truxton King (b. 1965) in a 1970 issue of The...

Tue, 22 May 2012 10:59:06 -0700

Stud ad for Truxton King (b. 1965) in a 1970 issue of The Blood-Horse.

TK came from Thoroughbred royalty, being a son of Bold Ruler and the mare Primonetta, who was a daughter of Swaps. This ad caught my eye because in 1980 I bought several late-70s Thoroughbred auction catalogs at a library tag sale, and it seemed as if every fourth horse listed was a son or daughter of Truxton King. (At the time I didn’t know that that was also the name of a novel).

TK never raced despite his noble pedigree, and went to stud at the age of five. That happens, sometimes.

Front cover of The Blood-Horse, April 14, 1934. Australian...

Mon, 21 May 2012 21:08:28 -0700

Front cover of The Blood-Horse, April 14, 1934. Australian runner *Winooka is the cover boy. He was brought over to America just a year after Phar Lap died.

Found a big manila envelope of paper scraps last week, including...

Sun, 20 May 2012 19:18:15 -0700

Found a big manila envelope of paper scraps last week, including some old mat board bits left over from college art-class days (very early 80s). Love the classic imprints on the board backing. Memrys, all alone in the mooooonlight….

Prescott sunset on a day of smoke and partial eclipses.

Sun, 20 May 2012 19:13:41 -0700

Prescott sunset on a day of smoke and partial eclipses.

theoinglis: Loving these cityscapes by Portland based painter...

Tue, 15 May 2012 18:47:28 -0700

theoinglis:

Loving these cityscapes by Portland based painter Matte Stephens. Got a lovely M.Sasek-esque feel to them, I’m sure he must be a fan of his judging from the influences he lists;

“I love Mid 20th century industrial and graphic design like the work of Charles and Ray Eames, Alexander Girard, George Nelson/Irving Harper and fine artists of the same era like Ben Shahn and Paul Klee.”

He doesn’t just do city paintings though! All his work is really lovely so go have a look;

http://www.matteart.blogspot.co.uk/

blowncovers: “So, Maurice: Wish you could’ve been here for the...

Sun, 13 May 2012 18:31:15 -0700

blowncovers:

“So, Maurice: Wish you could’ve been here for the outpouring of deserved affection that coursed through the media when you split. If there’s anything to this posterity thing, you’re with us through your work as fully as Laurel and Hardy or your beloved Mozart … so why do I miss you so?” - art spiegelman, for the New York Times.

‘Lost in the Andes’ 90s style, part 5 of 5, plus some related...

Thu, 10 May 2012 11:33:28 -0700

‘Lost in the Andes’ 90s style, part 5 of 5, plus some related bits and bobs.

itsfullofstars: New satellite images of our home planet and its...

Thu, 10 May 2012 11:27:16 -0700

Colorado river, Mexico

Betsiboka river, Madagascar

Ganges river, Bangladesh and India

Amazon, Brazil

Yukon river, Alaska

Yangtze River, China

Bombetoka bay, Madagascar

Lena river, Russia

The Bijagos archipelago, Africa

The Ganges basin, Bangladesh

itsfullofstars:

New satellite images of our home planet and its rivers released by NASA.

As good an epitaph as I can think of. Thank you, universe, for...

Tue, 08 May 2012 20:49:41 -0700

As good an epitaph as I can think of. Thank you, universe, for Maurice Sendak.

heyoscarwilde: “You must tell the truth about a subject to a...

Tue, 08 May 2012 15:50:06 -0700

heyoscarwilde:

“You must tell the truth about a subject to a child as well as you are able without any mitigating of that truth. You must allow that children are small, courageous people who deal every day with a multitude of problems, just as adults do, and that they are unprepared for most things. What they yearn for most is a bit of truth somewhere.” - Maurice Sendak

preliminary drawing of Max from Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak circa 1963 :: scanned from The Art of Maurice Sendak :: Abrams Books :: 2003

‘Lost in the Andes’ 90s style, part 4 of 5.

Mon, 07 May 2012 22:25:00 -0700

‘Lost in the Andes’ 90s style, part 4 of 5.

Gorgeous design. And a little creepy. theoinglis: Existential...

Mon, 07 May 2012 22:14:36 -0700

Gorgeous design. And a little creepy.

theoinglis:

Existential Ennui- Beautiful British Book Jacket Design of the 1950s and 1960s

See a lot of book covers like these in second hand bookshops, something so British about them. Very different from American or European book covers of the same time. They are quite hard to place in the overall history of graphic design, must be somewhere between the transition from commercial artists to modernist graphic designers.

Check out the original blog post by the collector of these books for dates and designer credits.

THIS show, I would watch. heyoscarwilde: Breaking Bad Baking...

Mon, 07 May 2012 22:09:59 -0700

THIS show, I would watch.

heyoscarwilde:

~~Breaking Bad~~ Baking Bread

Illustration by Samanta Flôor :: via cornflake

‘Lost in the Andes’ 90s style, continued over on my...

Sat, 05 May 2012 10:24:45 -0700

‘Lost in the Andes’ 90s style, continued over on my blog.

I am proud to be part of a species where a subset of it’s...

Fri, 04 May 2012 19:09:37 -0700

I am proud to be part of a species where a subset of it’s members willingly put their lives at risk to push the boundaries of our existence.

- Neil deGrasse Tyson

This part of the species helps make up for the not-so-proud-of part.

wnycradiolab: kqedscience: “Objects take on a kind of magical...

Fri, 04 May 2012 19:05:37 -0700

wnycradiolab:

kqedscience:

“Objects take on a kind of magical quality when viewed from this unusual perspective…and that’s exactly what drove photographer Alex MacLean to get a pilot’s license and take to the sky.”

Love love love.

More of my 1994 color guides for ‘Lost in the Andes’...

Thu, 03 May 2012 20:05:00 -0700

More of my 1994 color guides for ‘Lost in the Andes’ over on my blog.