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Graphic Artist Raymond Savignac | France 1907-2002

I've recently been introduced to the deceptively simple, optimistic and humorous work of the late Raymond Savignac, 1907-2002 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Savignac - who started under the direction of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandre -  fantastic free mark-making style, characters and compositions which were popular in the French advertising industry of the last century.

 
Here's a collection of the 'Trouville-Sur-Mer' posters on the Normandy coast of France where Sauvignac spent his later years. His style is evident everywhere in Trouville - branding the Hotels, Shops, Casino's and Beaches - there is a line up of his work all down the beach board-walk, the style really adds to the historic, laid-back seaside town and really puts it on the map. 

A selection of work from Savignac's long career in advertising and graphic communication...

Poster archives: http://www.guyantique.com/savignac.html and http://www.posterclassics.com/i2/Savignac-posters.html

Trouville is sometimes overlooked due to being a stone's throw from Deauville http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deauville the popular vacation spot for Coco Chanel during her affair with Boy Capel. The two opened her second shop there, which was the first place Chanel took the step from hat making to clothing. Deauville was the birth place of Chanel's clothing career.

Futurist Art by Arthur Radebaugh

The illustrative work of Arthur C. Radebaugh, 1906-1974 - a dynamic joy to behold...(especially the artwork for BOHN). See more in a great collection here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/sets/72157622518584561/

"Radebaugh was a top-notch commercial illustrator who worked for companies as diverse as Chrysler and Coca-Cola. He was based in Detroit from the 1930s to 1960s, and much of his work anticipated design revolutions in the automotive and other industries. He once described his work as "halfway between science fiction and designs for modern living." from http://www.cartype.com/pages/2913/radebaugh

See more futures that never happened in my new favourite blog: http://www.paleofuture.com/

'Tokyo Illustrators Society' Picks


Just been going through this brilliant site featured on the Coolhunting site http://www.coolhunting.com/culture/tokyo-illustrat.php called the Tokyo Illustrators Society - http://en.tis-home.com/ - here's some of the work...Illustrators featured in this gallery: Toshico Tsuchihashi, Sugio Yamazaki, Keiichi Tanaami, Satomi Sakurai, Kaori Kumura, Osamu Kitamura, Fmio Watanabe, Satoshi Maruyama, Tatsuro Kiuchi, Takato Yamamoto

Robots, Robots, Robots

Robots in adverts, Robots in film, Robots on album covers, Robot toys - you get the picture, it's all about the Robots - see more in my 'Robots, Robots, Robots' Gallery on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/kathykavan/galleries/72157623949303367/

In another style, the brilliant lego set 'Robots Indoor' which are small robots, droids, mechs and other creatures - http://www.flickr.com/photos/24005582@N05/sets/72157607608428410/

It's not just the retro robots, am enjoying the fresh feel of the 'Robot Academy' illustrations by http://www.evantsaidesign.com and on Flickr here: Robot Academy - http://www.flickr.com/photos/teacher_evan/sets/72157616831284324/ and more here: Robot Academy 2 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/teacher_evan/sets/72157622394507793/

Assorted source:

Gundam: http://www.flickr.com/photos/weesen/sets/72157619513261869/

Robbie The Robot, The "Lost In Space" Robot And The Bionic Man Walk Up To A Bar... http://www.flickr.com/photos/55396233@N00/3704325755/in/set-72157603702021021/

Robert McCall: Salute to a Legendary Space Artist

Get blown away by the incredible body of work by the late Robert McCall, made especially famous by his artwork for Kubricks '2001: A Space Odyssey'. There's so much good stuff I couldn't fit it all in, so check out his work on the various links below, especially his site at http://www.mccallstudios.com/index.html - H. Lester Cooke, former curator of painting at the National Gallery of Art, once noted that Mr. McCall had “the quality and scope of imagination to travel in space, and carry us along with him.” He does that and some...