Early Sign Painting

Good selection of old street photography of Sign Painting found on Messynessy.

Fruit Crate Label designs for USPS stamps: Michael Doret

Letter Illustrator Michael Doret shares some of the sketches that led to the United States Postal Service stamp designs. More info on his blog: Alphabet Soup

Aaron Draplin's Memo Book Collection

One of my favorite designers Aaron Draplin, uploaded a massive collection of his prized memo books found around the heartland. Check out the whole collection and video here: Field Notes

Stamp Typography

From Sheaff Ephemera.

Marker era of american print advertising

Finding some really good stuff on Vintage Ad Browser.

Brus Trains

photos from Brus Montana Blog.

Custom Cut Butchery

Recent quick ad for The Local Butcher Shop in Berkeley. I included the sketch, which was pretty close to the final. By Kel Troughton, with some awesome pilot pens I picked up in Tokyo.

Early graphic design, 1900s

Getting ready to draw a new ad for the local butcher shop. Here is a couple of things that caught my eye to redraw, from Vintage ad Browser.

Advertising Typography

Various examples of lettering in Advertising from teh early 1900's to the late 1900's, mostly found on vintage ad browser and sheaff ephemera.

Stilla Typeface

Stilla, the typeface used for the Typographics Festival in New York This summer. Designed in 1972 by Boltana.