As a Canadian I’m not sure if this campaign is characteristic of Amtrak or not. Either way, I love it. It’s refreshing to see a reference to old travel posters that doesn’t steal borrow the aesthetic so heavily that all you see is nostalgia.
Creative Direction: Mick Sutter
Illustration: Andrew Bannecker
Agency: Arnold DC
Via: Quipsologies
Love³ the latest book design from Jillian Tamaki.
See the making-of and other embroidered illustrations she’s done here.
The New Yorker nails it with this week’s cover. Also, bonus points awarded for the fact that they have a tumblr.
via: bmdesign
Movies R Fun is a project by Pixar Animation Story Artist, Josh Cooley, depicting scenes from classic R-rated films in the style of Little Golden Books.
Via YewKnee
Prague-based designer Pavel Fuksa created 178 original matchboxes for the My Place music video by Czech band Navigators.
(via Motionographer)
Scans from Ernst Haeckel’s Die Natur als Kunstlerin (Nature as Artist), published in 1904. Via Mandr, via Boing Boing. See more scans here.
“Haeckel was a biologist and an artist, and he merged both disciplines into a study of natural forms, shapes, symmetries and patterns from every aspect of the natural world.”
Dear Pixar,
Please make a movie based solely on this illustration. I know nothing about it other than:
a.) It’s from a French children’s book titled:
Diki, le Rouge-gorge Enchanté by Jean A. Mercier
b.) It was published in 1947
c.) It’s fucking fantastic. And curious. And Interesting
d.) Please make this movie
Thank you for your time in considering this matter.
Sincerely,
Marie Hohner
