Philately Fridays: Australia, 1984

Three Australian stamps for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

Philately Fridays: Canada, 1986

Merry Christmas from Canada with a touch of art deco vibes.

Long Live Buddy Esquire, King of the Flyer

In late January 2014, the King of the Hip Hop flyers sadly passed away. Lemoin Thompson III, better known as Buddy Esquire, made his name known through his groundbreaking flyer designs, crafted by hand for early hip hop parties featuring Grandmaster Flash, The Cold Crush Brothers, Kurtis Blow, and other pioneers. Combining rub-on Letraset type, cut-out photographs, and hand-rendered art deco borders and frames, Buddy's style became iconic and, to this day, remains synonymous with old school hip hop. Here is just a taste of some of his work.

There is a book of Buddy Esquire's flyer designs to be released this Summer! Keep your eyes peeled for that!

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DO NOT MISS this enormous collection of old school hip hop party flyers from Buddy Esquire, Phase II, and others!

CBS Family Film Classics

Fantastic type design by the legendary Gerard Huerta. Such a rare treat to see 1920s art deco revival style laid out in a needlepoint pattern and rendered in early computer pixel fashion. Huge YES to all of those. Stay tuned for more incredible work from Mr. Huerta next week!

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.