books do furnish a room

here.

vintage travel

nice & funny pictures of vintage travel, in the nyt magazine.

lego

sometimes xkcd is so perfect.

betty crocker's party book

i recently found this sweetly illustrated (by anne and harlow rockwell) party book (menus, decorations, recipes), published in 1960.

finnish modern design (yale)

alvar aalto, 1898-1976


saara hopea, 1925-1985


nanny still (-mckenney), b. 1926


tapio wirkkala, 1915-1985


eva taimi, 1913-1991


gunilla jung, 1905-1939

highlights from a recent secondhand book shop find, Finnish Modern Design: Utopian Ideals and Everyday Realities, 1930-97.

junior deluxe editions

scott lindberg has a nice collection of junior deluxe edition books.

he also has some wonderful elaine lustig covers, like this one:

scandinavian design (taschen) - toys

Kay Bojesen solider & puffin (1954), and monkey (1951).

scandinavian design (taschen) - some chairs

hans wegner 1950


nanna ditzel 1962


nanna ditzel 1957

scandinavian design (taschen) - textiles pt 2

gocken & lisbet jobs 1945


josef frank 1930


josef frank 1943/44


josef frank 1943/44


lis ahlmann 1947


lis ahlmann 1958

scandinavian design (taschen) - tapio wirkkala

lightbulbs (1959) and K2 series pendant lamps (1960).

scandinavian design (taschen) - textiles pt 1

grete prytz 1955


sven markelius 1958


marie gudme leth 1937


marie gudme leth 1946


gocken & lisbet jobs 1946


gocken & lisbet jobs 1950

i've been looking at charlotte & peter fiell's great reference book 'scandinavian design.'

word magic and etc

recent vintage finds: a nice book and a clever folding basket for gathering eggs.