Falling for it...

Fall is finally here...

really feeling for the following:

Opening Ceremony X Deyrolle scarves.. (from FNO, i'm a bit late here sowhatwhocares)

do you not know about the Deyrolle? (pics from OC blog)

Karvt iphone 4 covers make your hi-tech look logger tech. 

And for only $25, well, duh. 

Every fall finds me searching Marcel Dzama...

something so folky and fallsy about his sketches/ ink drawings... 

it looks like apple cider tastes. For me anyway.

Then there's Kate Bellm...  stumbled upon her tumblr recently and was instantly in love with her work. 

Early fall soundtrack: Lync - these are not fall colors... I think it's c.1994... 

I was in highschool then (whoa) but it totally brings me back in a sepia-tone-nostalgia-kinda-way.

Sticker Shock...

Was doing my daily blog crawl and stumbled on the work

of Payton Cosell Turner. Blew my little mind.

As somebody whose childhood treat for good behavior
was a pack of stickers*...This just hit me straight in the heart.
*(An obsession which continued through later life with a massive skate sticker collection,
then band stickers,and now, not ashamed to admit - f*cking Post-it's even!!!I need major help) 
From faraway her "wallpaper" looks like baroque or rococo florals..

(the artist on the right)

Then, zoom into that and see the real magic? Do you see do you see???

Also  - her illustrations and illustrated wallpaper are great too. 

Sort-of naive, and kinda reminiscent of the doodles in the covers of Wes Anderson DVD's.

If my walls weren't brick, or already covered with too much stuff (story of my life)... I'd commission her in a heartbeat.

*all photos from thecut and the artist's own website. Links above*

Thursday flora...

somehow managed to end up on the Penhaligon's website this am...
So incredibly crushed out over their packaging...
Had crossed paths with an older woman in the pharmacy ages ago wearing this very classic... simple scent.
"What is that you're wearing?"
She smiled as if ready to share some insider information."Penhaligon's violet, dear" Accented English, of course.
I'm still hunting down a bottle. Will have to add a bottle of "artemisia" to the order because, well...
UNICORNZZZZ.

Here, some amazing examples of their packaging... Looks like it hasn't changed since, oh i dunno.. the early 1900's? (just a guess).Also- valentine's cards designed in 2008 with the same gorgeous aesthetic. (via paulcartwrightbranding.co.uk)

practicality...

as promised... excerpts from the Webster's Practical Illustrated Dictionary, 1942 edition. Still trying to sort out what's so practical about a dictionary with only 378 pages... surely there are words left out. Maybe they left the important ones only? Practical indeed.

Anyways... after a quick thumb-through, i realized they have chosen only to illustrate some key items... photo'd my faves. (Any non-slouch would've scanned but guess what - i'm lazy).

Hyena and ibex on the same page? You couldn't ask for more...

Brilliancy you say?

Sh*t photo, but know that i am a sucker for  a great bird illustration.

Yep... and a unicorn!!!

I haven't even gotten to the military and naval terms, though i saw a sweet page of illustrated boats and battleships... <3

Time traveling...

Early morning reading:
Popular Mechanics c.1917 via google books.

Highlights include: how-to for 2nd bike seat (pictured), (Jul 1917)
and a wealth of amazing pre-1920's adverts.
Bonus points for imagery and verbiage!  SOFA KING GOOD!

Words...

...happened upon the work of Nathan Coley just recently...
I have a serious Ed Ruscha fascination... to which nothing compares
however this is definitely a temporary fix.

Find myself gravitating to the lit up words most of all, but generally a solid portfolio.

currently listening to:Lilys - Precollection

Vices...

So, have come to grips with the fact that i am a smoker. again.
Whatever... death toll... lung cancer... etc. etc.
i get it.
but... it's apparently not as glamourous as it once was.
Here, a bunch of old cigarette adverts pulled from vintageadbrowser.

Some pre- Mad Men era ads... loving the illustrations (some of them really bent and twisty wtf style)

case in point.. wtf? 

pretty fucking elegant...

 

again - nothing says elegance like being toted around in your sedan chair by men in loincloths and headdresses while you sit and smoke.

Ahhhhh... born too late.

BOOK JACKETS

I've always been a fan of 60's book jacket art. Googled Lawrence Ratzkin (one of my favorites), and led me round the web to this set on flickr.

book jackets via holgalicious on flickr

BTW - none of these are my photos.