Look it up

Wezz and I were in our building's office waiting to talk with the man in charge. I glanced over at his secretary's desk, saw this super groovy dictionary, and snapped a quick photo. Wild stuff, man.

Philately Fridays: Mexico, 1970

One of my all-time favorite stamps. Designed by the great Lance Wyman, this one commemorates the total solar eclipse of March, 1970, the greatest point of which was visible over Mexico.

Do check out more of Lance Wyman's incredible graphic design work.

Philately Fridays: Venezuela, 1976

There's something hiding in that image - I just can't figure out what it is. Ideas anyone?

Philately Fridays: Uruguay, 1978

Uruguay comin' with the ill 1000-sided cube pattern.

Cocina Mexicana

Last November, I posted some images from a book called BOOZE - a book of drink recipes featuring some super groovy illustrations. Just last week, Pileup reader and frequent image contributor Jeremy Pettis hipped me to a similar-looking book of Mexican recipes called Cocina Mexicana. After seeing a few of the page images, I realized the book was indeed written and illustrated by the Booze crew! (author June Dutton, illustrators Ann & Bruce Butte) I tracked down a copy and am very excited to share these samples from Cocina Mexicana.




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Philately Fridays: Switzerland, 1972

A stamp commemorating the 125th anniversary of the Swiss railway. If you feel so inclined, you can read more about the Swiss railway here.

LOGO WARS VII

This time we're putting the Canada Broadcasting Corporation sunburst up against the Nuclear Pacific Inc of Seattle radioactive burst!


CBC


Nuclear Pacific

FIGHT!

Letraset Type Samples

Extra tough typography from German designer Christof Gassner for a Letraset type sample catalogue, circa 1980.

Organ Lecture Recital poster

This poster was designed by Dietmar R. Winkler for MIT's combination lecture series and organ recitals circa 1966. Heavy geometry in effect.

Philately Fridays: Venezuela 1975

This stamp commemorates the 200th anniversary of Universidad Central de Venezuela. Still not 100% sure what the geometric design is supposed to represent. Any ideas?