40 Jeux Pour Jouer a Plusieurs

Here's a gorgeous French children's book from 1977 which doubles as a collection of board games. The stylish illustrations by Luis Camps and Gérard Greé neatly compile people, places, things of all sorts into grids, paths, and other game structures.

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Philately Fridays: France, 1976

Hélène Majera

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OK OK I know it's been a while since I last posted and I apologize. Been busy with design work, Burlesque, music, life stuff, all that. Anyways, here's a fantastic illustration from French graphic artist Hélène Majera, created around 1976 for Helanca textiles.

Here's Lookin' at You

Came across this great alphabet designed for French type foundry Mecanorma by Austrian designers Hans Donner (now a furniture designer and Sylvia Trenker in the late 1970s.

Philately Fridays: France, 1982

Gotta love the pre-computer graphic representations of broad themes like "technology," "communication," and "industrialization."

Philately Fridays: France, 1979

France gettin' it in with a super retro-futuristic design for the 3rd world expo of telecommunications, held in Geneva Switzerland.

Merry Christmas from Prisunic

It's a little early in the year for season's greetings, but I couldn't wait to show this 1971 Christmas poster from French furniture store Prisunic.

Opening in the late 1960s in France, Prisunic was an ultra-modern furniture and plastic pop-art home objects store aimed at the French youth. Next week marks the 40th anniversary of the first ever Prisunic catalog and will be commemorated with a gallery exhibition of Prisunic furniture and catalogs, opening September 5th at VIA gallery in Paris.

Click here to read more about Prisunic and the upcoming exhibition.