Now your smartphone can go to town in fashion. SabaiSmile the Thailand maker at Etsy is making miniature denim jean jackets for smartphones.
Vintage Surfing Photographs
What appears to be vintage surfing photographs were actually taken recently. These pictures were created old school style, tintype to be precise. Joni Sternbach the photographer behind this elaborate process explains her art. She has released a book called SurfLand where more of her technique is explored.
“The process of posing can be a little intimidating as each surfer has to stay in the same position while I frame the image and coat the plate and then finally snap the shutter,” says Sternbach. “That could take anywhere from 5-10 minutes. All the time there are people on the beach watching and sometimes interacting, so they are ‘on view’ as they wait around for the photograph to actually be taken.”
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Vintage Calculator Museum
The internet seems to hold just about everything. Even a vintage calculator museum. With a gratis virtual Windows based calculator there is not much need for an actual one for many. Calculations are now incorporated in most computerized applications. In the 70′s calculators were a must.
Ultra Man art by Takayoshi Mizuki
The Ultra Man universe burst into small screens in North America in the early 70′s and has spun into many television series in Japan. From 1965-1972 Takayoshi Mizuki was busy illustrating the Ultra Man universe and the various monsters that populated the screen in the post apocalyptic nightmare that gave fruit from Godzilla.
Sign of the Times
Smashing Magazine has some rare collection of old school signs from well known companies made from porcelain enamel. These metallic signs have found their way on diners and basement walls are considered art pieces. Vintage signs are a vibrant market for collectors who desire these elusive pieces for their collections. Read more>>
Ad Boy: Vintage Advertising With Character
Ad Boy: Vintage Advertising With Character is a study of North American culture icons in advertising. For many years companies have created characters to sell their products. Where did the ideas come from and how many have disappeared in limbo since their inceptions. Many are still with us today, some changed and others are still as fresh from creation. Many parent groups wised up to companies peddling cartoon characters to sell products to kids but many still linger today and have relevance as marketing tools to both kids and adults. This richly engrossing book of illustrations and photos of past advertising campaigns are time capsules of youth and hope, a testament to people of the time. Warren Dotz and Masud Husain have compiled a great book of the study of characters in advertising.
More than 450 American ad characters, industry icons, and product personalities hailing from the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s pack the pages of this vibrant, vintage collection.
Wham-O Super-Book
Toys used to be simple and fun. Today toys are too elaborate and complicated. These over priced toys don’t hold up a candle in the wind to Wham-O’s history of fun toys for all. The vintage packaging takes you back to a time when things were simpler and easy. Tim Walsh a 15 year veteran game inventor authors the latest book on Wham-O. Wham-O has created some pop culture icon toys for many generations.
Wham-O’s irresistible toys practically define childhood for an entire generation. The Frisbee Hula Hoop SuperBall Slip ‘N Slide Silly String and Hacky Sack are all cherished companions that brought kids together and still enjoy an enduring popularity today. Super-Book ("the most fantastic book ever created by science") showcases these amazing toys and a wide array of entertaining and downright odd playthings dreamed up by a company started by two childhood friends. Released in time for the 60th anniversary of Wham-O and featuring an engaging history of each plaything colorful vintage packaging and ads as well as photographs of the toys this boisterous book is sure to inspire nostalgia and a trip to the nearest park Frisbee in hand.
Wacky Packages
Topps was always known as the baseball card company and also Bazooka bubblegum. Wacky Packages is a collection of vintage wacky stickers collected through the years of wry humor of brand mocking. Way before Photoshop, they did this the hard way, they painted them. They had to draw it from scratch. Kids collected "wacky packs" and they found new homes on practically anything where stickers could stick. A favorite destination were lockers in school. Wacky Packages is introduced by artist extraordinaire Art Spiegelman. Cult comic artists who graced these sticky pieces of paper are the likes of Kim Deitch, , Bill Griffith, Jay Lynch, and Norm Saunders. Celebrate over 40 years of nonsense and nostalgia. See Wacky Packs online>>