Grant Coghill is originally from the cold northern Scottish town of Tongue. He now lives in nice, toasty and warm Innsbruck, Austria (sarcasm, although I hear it’s very nice in Austria). There is something very retro about his illustration work but the bold swaths of vivid color are very digital now. While browsing be sure to check out some of his absolutely stellar apparel designs for Creme. Good stuff.
Illustrator Jonas Bergstrand has been busy since I last dropped in and he has updated recently with some beautiful illustration work that shows an enormous attention to detail.
Christopher David Ryan has been really busy lately and has kept updating his Flickr-folio with new examples of his retro-inspired highly considered design and typography layouts. I have always been a fan of his work and his updates do not disappoint.
Re:collection is an inventory of Australian graphic design produced between 1960 and 1980 subjectively curated according to the tastes of Dominic Hofstede.
There is a nice cache of inspirational randomness including old adverts, movie posters, book covers and general strangeness in the Flickr pages of Junkyard Dogs. All of which is inspirational for the visually and creatively inclined.
Graphic designer Simon Page produced a series of retro-style posters to commemorate the International Year of Astronomy. The posters were originally created as self promotional work but IYA09 was so impressed by them they decided to use them to help promote the event.
You can find an inspiring archive of advertising and design work created by Erik Nitsche here. The archive has been lovingly added to and maintained by BustBright over the past four years or so. Inspiring work.
There is an overwhelmingly inspiring archive of graphic design and illustration in the Flickr pages of ‘A Journey Round My Skull‘.
Blurry, brooding and retro-inspired imagery fills the portfolio of young photographer Snjezana Josipovic.
I am really digging the throwback vibe of both this song and the video. Really well art directed and a lot of fun to watch.
Lots of credits and links:
Director: Alan Tanner
Producers: Jett Steiger and Matt Harfield
DP, Editor: Eli Born
Gaffer: Kevin Phillips
Key Grip: Wyatt Garfield
Swing: Jeremy Bowditch
Production Designer: Megan Fenton
Art Directors: Elizabeth Garner, Martha Carey, Ashley Fenton
Costume Designer: Jenny Reyes, Huy Tran, Oscar Covar
Makeup: Tiffany Johnston
jennylewis.com
alantannersvideos.com
teamgproductions.com
vimeo.com/channels/teamg
geronimocollection.com
It’s been a while since I dropped in on Andrew Holder and as far as I can tell, it looks like there is some new work in his portfolio (possibly even a new site). Either way, if you are unfamiliar with his work, it is a special retro-stylized treat.
You really have to appreciate the eye for spotting just the right retro/vintage imagery to create these undeniably cool photo-collage mashups. You can see the entire set in the Flickr-folio of Nick Blakeman (who really needs to make some prints of these by the way).
Yulia is an Israeli photographer who captures gorgeous retro-styled images of equally gorgeous women. It makes you want to wile away a romantic day at the beach and steal a kiss or two.
Illustrator Shane Harrison has launched a new site full of his unique brand of retro-inspired work.
Christian Northeast has a really nice retro illustration style going along with a really massive body of work.
Wow, there is some seriously awesome retro-design in this blue note album cover archive. Really inspiring stuff. It gave me a lot of ideas. I love finding stuff like this.
Wow, I seriously defy you to just try and find something more awesomely gratifying than Ben Pearce’s Flickr sets. Hours of pure enjoyment. His Retro set is classic.
You will need an account however, due to a little 70’s style nudity. A little retro nudity never hurt anyone.
