July 2017

Eddie the Night Monkey

Those amazing guys at Art on the Underground have done it again ! What a character and what a story ! This is what their website has to say For the second edition of the Night Tube pocket map Art on the Underground have commissioned London-based Filipino artist Pio Abad to create a new work …

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Today in History: Ludwig Hohlwein born in 1874 — Vintage Poster Spotlight

Today in History: Ludwig Hohlwein born in 1874 The famous German poster artist was born 143 years ago today. Hohlwein was a trained and practicing architect. He moved to Munich in 1906 where he started to focus his talents on poster design. A self-taught graphic artist and influenced by the work of the Beggarstaff Brothers, […] …

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Lets Work

A recent tweet got me thinking about this image : I could have sworn it was Kauffer but in fact its Carlu I found this information on the tremendously informative Cooper Hewitt site This is a poster. It was designed by Jean Carlu and printed by U. S. Government Printing Office and published by Office of Emergency Management. It is dated 1942. Its medium …

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