Portfolio Magazine Volume 1 Number 1 1950. Cover, layout and typography by Alexey Brodovitch. While there were only three issues published of this treasure box of a periodical, it was no mean feat to find all three. More to come on the glorious contents.
Our Friend the Atom, Walt Disney book from 1956 by Heinz Haber. Illustration from the chapter on radioactivity.
Exhibition at the Milan Fair for the Montecantini company. View of a hall devoted to projects carried out by Montecantini for other companies abroad. Architect, Gio Ponti; designer Pino Tovaglia.
Riccardo Manzi Illustration for an article on air pockets in Rivista Pirelli 1967. From Graphis Annual 68/69.
Nikola Tesla reads.
Rounding out my early 2012 frame-a-thon is this 1968 lithograph by M Peter Piening, ‘Scientific Portfolio’. Piening was art director for Fortune magazine in the 1940s.
Theatre poster (Selected Fables). Designer Ikko Tanaka. From Graphis Posters 73. Blogged at Aqua-Velvet.
Sam Henderson’s filthy valentines
(lots more on his site)
