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Mid-century Moderncat: Thomas the Cat

Friday, October 10, 2008

More great mid-century moderncat illustrations from Dave over at Grain Edit. This week he guest posted on Design*Sponge about the 1956 children’s book Thomas by Mary Harris with illustrations by Cliff Roberts. The story is about a young girl and her cat Thomas. The beautiful face posing with the book above is Dave’s cat, who [...]

Mid-century Moderncat: Polish Matchbox Label

Saturday, September 27, 2008

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Mid-century Moderncat: Polish Matchbox Label

This handsome fellow was found in an incredible collection of vintage matchbox labels compiled by Maraid Design. Most of the labels in this collection are from Eastern Europe in the 1950s and 60s. As Maraid writes on her blog, matchbox labels from this part of the world and this time period embraced modern design while [...]