Blogs we like: Mid century modern freak

Nice little nod of the hat to a modern masterpiece form these guys at Mid Century Modern Freak

British design at the V&A

Can't wait for this exhibition to get going, looks amazing.

In the country…

New Pylons for the UK? This was the winner and below are a few of the runners up, have a look.

I hope it doesn't happen, the original 1920's pylon is a piece of classic British modernist design and is so familiar that you hardly notice them. Like the Motorway signage we developed it's function, with the perfect balance of form. Leave them as they are.

This image is from a fellow Blogger who I couldn't find a contact for - see his blog here.

Muharrem Çetin

Esoteric collage for the anatomy enthusiast. More here.

Hipster Hitler

Quite a nice little comic that will make you chuckle.

The Vader Project

The dark side of art. Gallery here.

All about the idents

This site has a lovely little collection of title sequences in full, makes better viewing than some of the films.

Matthew Woodson

Is pretty good at illustrating stuff, look.

This is what it's all about

Great product design, a beautifully simple solution to a problem for the masses.

Storm Exhibition

Storm Thorgerson's work is on display here for the next month, how exciting!

Citroen DS

Had to share this. Awesome blog post from Southsiders on the history of the iconic Citroen DS. Good job lads.

An engineer’s guide to drinks

The old engineering graphic style on this drink making guide is refreshingly beautiful. Every ingredient has a pattern to represent it, just don't try following it after having the Zombi.

Bar code revolution

These people make custom bar codes which is nice use of an often overlooked aspect of packaging, well done.

Sleevage

Sleevage is a great collection of album cover art. You can find out background information about each album featured, what more could you ask for.

Horror movie posters

Here's a great collection of horror and b-movies posters. Just in time for Halloween.

Grzegorz Domaradzki aka Gabz

Mental yet cool art and design from Grzegorz Domaradzki (Gabz). Website here.

Matchbox labels

This is one of the most beautiful collections we have ever come across. There's over a thousand matchbox labels here and the enlarged 50/60's print work reveals detail that was never meant to be seen. Delve deep, you will find some gems.

The Movie title stills collection

This site has an amazing collection of title sequence stills from classic movies. Keep checking back as it is always updating. Below are a few of our faves.

Milton the master

In the world of graphic design Milton Glaser is the master. We've all seen his work even if we don't know him by name but one of our personal favourites is a book he illustrated for George Mendoza many years ago titled 'Fish in the Sky'. 

What a collection

This collection of old magazine covers is fantastic and non biased towards a genre, have a look now.