My mouth is so dry ...

Windy ...

Pavel Sidorenko's Vinyl Record Clocks

More designs here.

Brush a gogo

Frits Jonker reports:

"Believe it or not: Pieter Dorrenboom has his own site! As i have said more than a few times, it was a long time waiting, but the result is worth it. So, for today, all i want to show with you is a link to Brush a-gogo !
(And for those with some money to spend, Pieter sells some prints and other cool stuff. Impress your friends with work of Hollands most underrated comic artist on the walls of your living room!)"

Invasion of the 1970's Recreational Vehicles

Gilligan at Retrospace takes a look at 1970's Recreational Vehicles:
" ... They looked similar to home decoration, but the enclosed space makes it all the more shocking. It's almost too much to take in at once. It's an all out assault on the eyes; it's everything bad about 1970's decor condensed. ..."

"Poor up that tea woman before I go blind!"

Because good design speaks for itself

A clip from Design for Today (1965).
You don't have to be Einstein to figure out from what part of the world this film was made after seeing the Umbrella.

Clip uploaded by BFIfilms

Saucy Typefaces.

The designers over at Wallpaper* are hosting a gallery of "type tart cards" -- variations on the venerable British tart cards, but each dedicated to a different typeface.

(Psst! Watch out for that Arial. She'll leave a mark!)

[via The FontFeed.]

Harrah's Casino

Soviet Mayan Playing Cards

"... The only vendor for playing cards (as for many other stuff in Soviet Russia) was the Soviet State, so there were only a few type of the cards - just maybe ten at most, not hundreds or thousands as in free market societies, and one of the types of the playing cards were devoted to the Mayan culture for some reason. ..."
The Soviet Mayan Playing Cards at English Russia. (via Martin Klasch)

The Many Faces of Blue Note.

Vintage Vanguard has a terrific (and incredibly comprehensive) gallery of Blue Note album covers (front and back!), stretching from the mid-1940s to the late 1970s or so. Gorgeous design work. The fun starts here.

[via The FontFeed.]

Monster Crazy

Halloween's a comin' - you getting MONSTER CRAZY yet?
The concept is simple. Images of creatures grotesque or cuddly from a vast spectrum of sources and an infinite variety of styles, simply laid out for maximum appreciation.
I've even got my 3 year old hooked on it.
I'm all over this 365 a year but it's a fine month to cycle back through previous submissions.
Enjoy!

Exotic Ephemera

Japanese matchbox label. Uploaded by wackystuff
Click image to view it at source.


Japanese matchbox label. Uploaded by maraid
Click image to view it at source.

Exotic Ephemera, a sparkling group pool over at Flickr. (with a little help from Coudal Partners)

Vintage Gas Stations

Esso (Exxon) gas station built in 1954, Netherlands.
More images of this specific station can be found here)

Top 15 modernist gas stations, ranked by the readers of oobject. (via Coudal Partners)


Uploaded by The other JAVA1888

Also check out the Flickr pool Vintage Gas Stations - "This group is for old gas stations (pre-mid-1970s) in any condition (restored or in disrepair; in use as a station or used now as something else)".

Dam!

vacation spot from
wackystuff's photostream
on Flickr

The O-fficial PCL Link Dump Belt Buckles

Yee Haw!

Bigger pic - link at pic - link click pic

Tomi Ungerer

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Anti-war poster, published 1967

"Tomi Ungerer’s work, along with that of a handful of others, might rightly be considered to not only embody the design style of the 60’s and 70’s, but to have played a central part in that style’s ascendence. Throughout those decades Mr. Ungerer’s work was everywhere, encompassing everything from politics and commercial concerns to erotic publications and children’s books. He was prolific, and in no realm more so than in that of the poster. .."

Jaime, The Nonist found the 1971 book "The Poster Art of Tomi Ungerer". He has scanned and uploaded a "small sampling" for our viewing pleasure. Nice.

Lou's Strange Hair Net Collection

Lou Brooks' Strange Hair Net Collection (via Dadanoias)

Oddio Kids

"Oddio Overplay is pleased to announce the launch of the world's first netlabel devoted to children, Oddio Kids, featuring recordings by kids, recordings of fun music by grownups, audio stories and printable books and toys!! You -- kids and adults -- are invited to participate.

We need your help:

° Musicians and Musicmakers
° Visual Artists (for cover art, print toys, stories)
° Label Staff
° Story Readers and Story Writers
° Sound Effect and Music Techs

There is also a design contest where you can submit your ideas and win $50 (US). Don't worry about the way things look now. The site will be awesome looking in a couple of weeks after the illustrators get their hands on it. This is historical, after all, as the first kids netlabel ever!"

Learn more over at ... Oddio Kids! (via Blogio Oddio)

Some changes

... are taking place.

We have a new logo/masthead!
It was created by our great artistic team member Lex10.

I was running tired of the old one and thought it was time for a change.
We have also changed the label buttoms (but that is still a work in progress as long as the brainstorm continues to roar ...).

Some other changes will continue to roll out during the hours and days to come.

It's still the same old blog though.

The best PCL LinkDump out there.

/Z aka mrdantefontana

Ideas for Recreation Rooms

'Garden Party Room'

'A Scheme for Teen-agers'

Ideas for Recreation Rooms, 1968, an inspirational set at Flickr uploaded by Miss Retro Modern. (via Senses Working Overtime)