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Mad Men & Crazy Critters - Animal Style
 Robert Hardmeyer, 1905 Cesare Simonetti, 1910 ca.Marcello Dudovich, 1921Ecce, 1926Jupp Wiertz, 1928-32   F. Calza, 1930 ca.Alois Carigiet, 1933-35Studio Mingozzi, 1940sMarc Von Allmen, 1950, via Ωméga...
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Powerful Lines
L'azienda del campo, 1924, via ChaudronFor my second post dedicated to the Italian artist Duilio Cambellotti, I wanted to focus on his draughtsman's skilland the beauty of his expressive line work, as...
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Wild Cycles
Toti ScialojaDuring next week, Firenze is going to be invaded by the World Cycling Championship.While we citizens are feeling apprehensive since it's not clear how and if we're going to be able to move...
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Logo Love
Bulgarian Pavilion, Okinawa Expo 75With one of my classes, I am about to embark on the annual logo and corporate identity project.If you're not a graphic designer, logo design may seem deceptively...
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Whaleriders
Jimmy LiaoJean de Brunhoff, Le voyage de Babar, 1932Bohdan Butenko, Pan Maluśkiewicz i Wieloryb, 1956, via HipopotamstudioPeter Arno, 1962Werner KlemkeWilliam Steig, 1971Agata DudekKathleen...
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Lust for Life
Illustration, 1930Giò Ponti was one of the most productive and eclectically creative Italian designers of the 20th century. He was born in Milan in 1891, and after serving as a captain in WWI,...
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Savage Ancestors
 Colette CalascioneIt seems like we're all looking for our wild rootsSvjetlan JunakovićKatrina RhodesMargo SelskiMahendra Singh, Fables of La Fontaine, via 50 WattsAnne SiemsOlivia BeaumontMarcela...
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Animal Acrobatics
Alice Potter, Harry on BallDorothy Lathrop, The Fairy Circus, 1931Alice and Martin Provensen,The Golden Circus, 1950Jerzy Flisak, movie poster, 1965Carlos Marchiori, Sally Go Round the Sun, 1969, via...
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Animali in Viaggio
Pia ValentinisAfter missing it when it first opened last March at Zoo in Bologna, this Saturday I was finally able to see the Animali in Viaggio exhibition when it arrived for a short stay at the...
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An Illustrated Life
Le Monde A Envers, (Pomme d'Api), 1942To celebrate my daughter Michelle, who just found out that she's been accepted for an Erasmus exchange stay at the Académie Royale des Beaux Arts in...
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A Flutter of Moths
Sarah GillespieMister FinchRose SandersonRaoul VeroniAmy DoverBecca StadtlanderMangle PrintsJulia GukovaRaquel AparicioDi CalderYumi Okita, thanks to Elsa MoraAllyson ReynoldsBrian LarossaJohn...
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Mad Men & Crazy Critters - Wild on Wheels
Adolfo Busi for Pirelli, 1910Â Achille Mauzan, 1920 ca, 1926Mario Broggi, 1922Tadeusz Gronowski, 1923Georges Favre, 1924Charles Loupot, sketch for Bugatti, 1924Cassandre, 1925Jean d'Ylen, 1920sJean...
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Call of the Mountain
The Swiss graphic designer, painter, and illustrator Alois Carigiet was born in 1902, the seventh of eleven children, and grew up in his family's farm in the small village of Trun. In 1911, economic...
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The Life Aquatic
Ture EkroosDear readers, in case you worry, Animalarium and I are still alive. Right now my life is quite hectic, but July should be slower paced, so expect more posts soon... There are lots of things...
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A Matter of Life and Death
Dear readers, if you're still hanging around, I'd like to inform you that as today I resume my Animalarium postings. I feel I owe you an explanation for my long absence, so here it is: I was at a loss...
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Joyous Carousel
How ant hurried home, 1967I discovered the illustrations of Lev Tokmakov a few years ago, thanks (unsurprisingly) to 50 Watts, and was recently very pleased to stumble upon a large treasury of his...
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Rockin' Raccoons
Sweet BellaRaccoons are one of the things I miss from living in the Californian Sierra foothills. I had never met these animals before moving to the States, and was very amused and fascinated by their...
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A Woman's Work
Beatrix PotterDear followers, I apologize once again for the recent lack of posts,but this semester I taught one more course that usual, and soon realizedthat I had to give up some of my leisurely...
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Penguin Parade
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, KÔ et KÔ, 1933After these long quiet weeks, expect to see lots more picture-based posts during the holidays,as I plan to upload a good number of themed image galleries...
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Bedtime Stories
Karel FrantaAbécédaire de Babar, 1934Willy Schermele, 1941Maurice Sendak, Little Bear, 1957Elisabeth Brozowska, Isidore L'Hippopotame, 1969Wendy Watson, Father Fox’s Pennyrhymes, 1971Alice and Martin...
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