Credit Game

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Designed by Gerstman & Meyers in 1971 for Chase Manhattan Bank.

Philately Fridays: Bulgaria, 1982

6 stamp series from one of my all-time favorite stamp artists, Stefan Kanchev.













To see more work from the incredible Kanchev, check out this post on Grain Edit.

Façade

Walked past this album cover in the classical section of the record store last night and did a double-take. Snapped a photo for the blog. Love the '70s watercolor cartoon style.

Art direction: Marvin Schwartz.
Design: Tri-Arts.
Record released in 1972 from The Gramophone Company Ltd.



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Art of the Arcade

DO check out this great Tumblr site Art of the Arcade. Too much good stuff on here that you don't wanna miss.

Across the pond

Two posters created for the London Transport Executive circa 1977.

London Zoo designed by Abram Games and Ceremonial London designed by Tom Eckersley.

Philately Fridays: Switzerland, 1982

A stamp created in support of the World Intellectual Property Organization.

Lion time

Logo for First Isaiah Corporation, a Philadephia-based religious group. Designed in 1970 by Mel Richman, Inc, who are also responsible for designing the Philadephia Flyers logo.

Life is Flashing Before Your Eyes

Check out Vince Collins' psychedelic animation from 1984. Thanks to my man Chad for the link!

A Few Record Covers

A great way to refamiliarize yourself with your record covers is to move your entire record collection from one house to another. This weekend I had the opportunity to do just that and I gotta say ... beyond almost blowing my back out, sweating profusely, busting my shin on a coffee table, and putting my right thumb out of commission after I used it as a hammer while assembling a new record shelf, the reward of seeing my record collection set up in a new, clean spot is a pretty tough one to top. Here are a few album covers I encountered which I hadn't thought about in a while and forgot how nice they looked...

Philately Fridays: Cuba, 1973

C.O.B.R.A.

OK, this movie is probably going to suck, but I'm still going to see it tonight. Whatever. Can we just talk about how good this logo is?

Philately Fridays: Israel 1979

Two stamps celebrating the hot springs of Israel. That sounds really good right now. Artwork once again by the fantastic Asher Kalderon.