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grain edit: inspiration from vintage kids books and modern graphic design

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Grain edit inspires hundreds of designers and illustrators each day with our fresh content and exclusive interviews. Daily posts are hand picked for the best of timeless modern graphic design, typography and illustration from the 1950s – 1970s and contemporary designers that draw from that period. We feature rare design books, vintage kids books, posters and mid century modern ephemera from our bookshelves as well as other designers’ libraries.

• Added on: Dec 22nd, 2007
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: grain edit
• Listed in: Graphic Design Visual Arts
• Tags: books design illustration modern typography midcentury

Recent Posts

• Sandra Juto

  Posted on Friday September 5th, 2008 at 12:25 in contemporary, found design, graphic-design, illustration, Photography, typography

  Gothenburg, Sweden’s own Sandra Juto has a great collection of work up on her site. Her work is a mix of illustration, collage, crochet, and design. I love her illustration style; simplistic with nice details, and some cool type! She also has a...

• Chronicle Books Office Tour

  Posted on Thursday September 4th, 2008 at 04:13 in architecture, books, studio visits, tours

  Thanks to Geoff Wagner and the rest of the crew at Chronicle Books for  for taking the time to show me around the Office.  It’s a beautiful space with lots of nice architectural details including exposed bricks, beams and piping. Large globe ...

• Dirty Laundry: Art of the Stain in Modern T-Shirt Design

  Posted on Wednesday September 3rd, 2008 at 02:34 in art, events, exhibitions, t-shirts, usa

  Going to be in Hawaii sometime this month? The Nuuanu Gallery in Honolulu is hosting an exhibition called Dirty Laundry: The Art of the Stain in Modern T-Shirt Design. The basic concept is that they asked designers to stain t-shirts with a medium of ...

• 1960s - 1980s Which? Magazine Covers

  Posted on Tuesday September 2nd, 2008 at 01:25 in 1960s, 1970s, found design, graphic-design, illustration, magazines, out-of-print, retro, vintage

  Which? magazine offers reviews and advice for various products and services. It looks like it’s a British version of Consumer Reports magazine. In addition, to the cool cover each issue features interesting information graphics and illustration...

• We have a winner!

  Posted on Monday September 1st, 2008 at 03:14 in contests and giveaways, giveaways, posters

  Be sure to check the grain edit RSS Feed/ Email update today.  We have announced the winner in the Raymond Savignac Poster Giveaway! Thanks to everyone who participated! We will be announcing a new giveaway soon. No TagsShare This ...

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