Archive for the 'Found/Ephemera' Category

Wednesday - Green

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

matchbox label

Hungarian matchbox label depicting road safety

Part of Colour Week

Tuesday - Blue

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

Audio Tape

Philips audio tape

Part of Colour Week

Monday - Yellow

Monday, July 9th, 2007

cine film

Found cine film, golfer practicing his swing.

Part of Colour Week with Hula Seventy

Matchbox Labels

Thursday, June 14th, 2007

My interest in matchbox labels lies primarily in the design but also the concept that these small images can communicate to a large number of people.

1950s and 60s Eastern European labels captivate me most. Why did this area of the world embrace modern design and imagery when many countries, including Britain, still preferred the Victorian aesthetic?

Subject matter is also fascinating. As with advertisers, governments were quick to realise the potential of these far reaching messages. Propaganda was popular but so too was public service announcements including fire safety, hygiene, money saving, alcohol abuse and road safety.

This combination of subject and design has left behind an invaluable archive of its time.

matchbox labels

matchbox labels

matchbox labels

matchbox labels

1950s North American Prefab Booklets

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

Summer Living cover

Summer Living inside

Valley Lumber cover

Valley Lumber inside

Architecture Books

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

My parents are clearing out their house in preparation for retirement and a big move. I am trying hard not to transfer the piles of unwanted stuff to my flat. My Dad’s architecture books were too good to pass. I love the similar style of design - blocks of colour with transparent monocrome photography.

Architecture books

Photobooth Friday

Friday, January 26th, 2007

I’m a fan of Hula Seventy’s Photobooth Friday. This is the first time I have found a photobooth picture in a second hand shop and in true Hula Seventy style I’m calling her Joan. Taken by Jerome Studios, Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 24 March 1964.

found photobooth

found photobooth

Ready to hang white magic crossover curtains

Saturday, January 20th, 2007

It makes me happy that this came from a charity shop. Granted that the woman behind the counter didn’t know how an empty curtain box got into the shop, perhaps it had some shoes in it at some point, but it was potentially throw away packaging that I was willing to spend money on.

ready to hang white magic crossover curtains