Covers to Covet.

February 10th, 2012

A collection of amazing N+M magazine covers. From 60s Germany & not a dud in sight.

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Perfect Match.

February 10th, 2012

Saul Bass designed a collection of match boxes for Ohio Blue Tip back in the 60s. Aren’t you glad he did? You can see more here.

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Happy Friday.

February 10th, 2012

A brilliant accidental photo which is perfect for the end of the week. Read about it here.

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Make time for play.

February 9th, 2012

By Linzie Hunter.

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Puzzling.

February 9th, 2012

Two jigsaws from the archives. There’s no mark on them but we think they are Abbatt.

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Sonar.

February 9th, 2012

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Brutal.

February 8th, 2012

A great resource for brutalist architecture. Blocks galore. F yeah.

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King of the Castle.

February 8th, 2012

A beautiful hanging by Alexander Girard, created in the 50s for Herman Miller.

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Nick Fraser.

February 8th, 2012

A very nice coat rack made from powder coated plumbing pipes & taps. By Nick Fraser.

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Do or dial.

February 8th, 2012

Old dials used to calculated radiation levels and other things we don’t understand. Posted purely for aesthetic purposes. Via.

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Crowning glory.

February 8th, 2012

For the Jubilee year why not stitch a crown. Via sushipot.

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Flanders keepers.

February 6th, 2012

A few things we found in Belgium. Tins, stickers, giant chalk compasses, invoice books, stamps & bingo cards.

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Johanna Calle.

February 6th, 2012

Johanna Calle draws ledger forms & graph paper and then delicately distorts it. It appears to fall apart and is quite beautiful. Represented by. Introduced to us by Sarah Bridgland.

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On loan.

February 6th, 2012

Old library posters on loan from here.

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Boxes from Belgium.

February 6th, 2012

A few nice things we saw in Belgium this weekend.spacer

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