Sep
28
2012
Curated from the fantastic folks at Flickr, I present 24 great images of mid-century bowling alley architecture. Though, I am personally a terrible bowler, I have a particular fondness for these palaces of populuxe.
I'm sure the Dude, Walter and...
Aug
10
2012
Yes, clip art is boring and cliché, but looking at the cliché's of the past makes them seem new, ironic and way cooler than they ever were at the time. As they say in archeology (okay Raiders of the...
Jul
14
2012
Playing with PhotoShop again.... and remembering those glory years. A little homage to the best University on the Palouse!
Jan
06
2012
For today's Friday Freebie, an old school retro mic vector graphic. Lovingly crafted from an old magazine ad with Adobe Illustrator.
You know what to do, go rock the mic!
Click to download the file. Free to use for what ever...
Speaking...
Oct
26
2011
Another Wednesday has rolled around, so here’s my weekly collection of interesting digital ephemera I’ve found poking around the vast Internet wasteland. Think of me as your guide through the eclectic digital desert…
Today's Menu
Art & Design
Motion Graphics & Video
Marketing
Social...
Oct
13
2011
This is too fun not to share, Frances and Her Rabbit (1961). Learn to draw in this great retro educational film I found on the cool site TV Schoolhouse.
Oct
07
2011
If you love typography or the mid-century modern esthetic, you will love: "Our Fonts, Our Friends." It is a fantastically done, faux retro educational film about fonts from the stock image and font seller Veer. Naturally, it's an ad,...
Oct
03
2011
This is totally amazing. Céline Desrumaux, a fantastic artist has created the stunning Countdown. It is a masterpiece that took her two years designing, directing, and animating it. The best and most inspirational part for me is that she...
Jul
08
2011
Feeling the Aloha Spirit today, so I thought I'd pass along a little desktop wallpaper I created. I made it by mashing up a couple of images from a 1950's United Airlines promotional brochure of Hawaii. Very mid-century modern....
Mar
10
2011
A nice little interview with my favorite living artist Josh Agle, a.k.a. SHAG discusses a once up and coming show back in the heady pre-Obama days of 2006, a time in the distant past, when the Seattle SuperSonics still...
Mar
23
2010
Design Something Everyday 16/365
After reading the amazing tutorial "How to Creat a Retro Boxing Poster in Photoshop" from James Davies I was inspired to give it a whirl. I didn't get quite as faux-vintage as James did, but went...
Feb
11
2010
Day 7 and still designing, though 2 days behind schedule in posting. Be that as it may, in honor of tonight's premiere of Survivor Heroes vs Villains my design of the day is a little WPA inspired retro-esque poster...
