A few interesting bits of digital ephemera I’ve found on the information super highway in the last week.

Mid-century Modern & Tiki

• Paul Malon’s Flickr Stream, an amazing collection of mid-century ephemera, you simply MUST check this flickr photostream if you have any interest in the 1950’s.
• Summer’s officially over, however this is good advice on Tiki Torch Safety.
• Great posters from the 1950’s. Good inspiration for designers or fans of the 1950’s from the great design inspiration site Daily Inspiration. Posters: Part 1 Posters: Part 2

Good Design resources, tips and tricks

• Lifting a logo from a PDF via David Airey‘s other great blog Logo Design Love.
• HTML 5: What Designers need to know
• An important read, Typography Field Guide. Also from logo making master David Airey.

Design contests

• Pantone and Behance have a competition finding the best use of color in a design project.
• 125 video shortlist announced today for YouTube Play

Infographics

• A cool poster: Grand Taxonomy of Rap Names

Freebies

• Some great retro-inspired labels from Designer Cathe Holden’s great blog Just Something I Made.
• Cool 70’s inspired vector graphic from Allonzo Inc.
• Just in time for Halloween, a great collection of blood splatter brushes for Photoshop

Illustration

• One of my favorite illustration blogs Urban Sketchers. Loads of inspirations and great sketches from artists around the world.
• Ireland based artist and designer Jennifer Farley’s illustrations are simply amazing. I can’t wait to read her (hopefully) forthcoming children’s  book. Some publisher needs to jump on her book.

If you have any cool design, art, tiki or mid-century links or thoughts let me know. Leave a comment or shoot me an email.