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Your source for all things retro & vintage!
Blanche’s Boudoir
Read how I made my first cute isometric 3D model of Blanche’s Boudoir from the classic 1980s TV Show The Golden Girls.
The Amazing Posters of Saul Bass
If you haven’t heard of Saul Bass you’re about to be amazed. Saul Bass was the master of minimal color
Travel Back in Time to Disneyland in 1968
I love theme parks and I love looking at old photos of theme parks. I’ve begun collecting slides and negatives
Architectural Matchbooks Covers – A Time Capsule of Architecture
This time we look at all the great architecture renderings on the covers of matchbooks. You’ll notice a lot of these tend to be from the 1960s & early 1960s.
Some Great Mid-Century Design Matchbooks
This time we’re looking at matchbook covers that just scream Mid-Century / Atomic design. Below are some great examples of line art, halftone, and the minimal design that was so popular during the 1950s / early 1960s.
Wonderfully Printed Matches
I love to see all the different ways matchbooks and the actual matches themselves were used to promote a business. Some of these matches are too pretty to just light on fire.
Enjoy These 14 Gorgeous Tiki-Themed Matchbooks – A Great Collection of Mid-Century Design
I’m really starting to dig the whole Tiki/South Pacific design style and while recently gathering matchbook cover images for the gallery, I ran across some beautifully designed Tiki themed matchbook covers.
An Exciting Look at Space Colony Living From the 1970s & NASA
It seems that back in the 1970s over the course of three summers, artists and scientists at NASA’s Ames Research Center set out to envision what living in a space colony in the future might look like. Turns out it’s pretty ambitious.
