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The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings, 1881-1882

Total eclipse of the sun. Observed July 29, 1878
Aurora Borealis. Observed March 1, 1872
The planet Jupiter. Observed November 1, 1880
The planet Mars. Observed September 3, 1877
The planet Saturn. Observed on November 30, 1874
Partial eclipse of the moon. Observed October 24, 1874
The November meteors. Observed between midnight and 5 o'clock A.M. on the night of November 13-14 1868
The great comet of 1881. Observed on the night of June 25-26 at 1h. 30m. A.M.
The zodical light. Observed February 20, 1876
Part of the Milky Way. From a study made during the years 1874, 1875 and 1876
Star clusters in Hurcules. From a study made in June, 1877
The great nebula in Orion. From a study made in the years 1875-76
Mare Humorum. From a study made in 1875
Group of sun spots and veiled spots. Observed on June 17th 1875 
Solar protuberances. Observed on May 5, 1873 

Source: http://digitalgallery.nypl.org

Virtual Letterpress on Your iPad | Kickstarter

I love this iPad app, & so do 933 (and counting) other backers on Kickstarter too. What's not to love, they're keeping the art of letterpress alive in the digital medium. It's already got more than enough pledges and good luck to John Bonadies and team with this gem of a design project.

"Experience the Art and Craft of Letterpress Printing on your iPad
LetterMpress™ will be a virtual letterpress environment—released first on the iPad—that will allow anyone to create authentic-looking letterpress designs and prints.  The design process is the same as the letterpress process—you place and arrange type and cuts on a press bed, lock the type, ink the type, and print. You will be able to create unlimited designs, with multiple colors, using authentic vintage wood type and art cuts. And you can print your design directly from LetterMpress or save it as an image for import it into other applications." http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/821242145/lettermpress-a-virtual-letterpr...

'Garo' Avant-Garde Manga Magazine Covers | Japan 1960's - 1970's

Garo was a monthly manga anthology magazine in Japan, founded in 1964 by Katsuichi Nagai. It specialized in alternative and avant-garde manga. Here's a collection of over 50 of the front covers...for more info visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garo_(magazine)

Source:
The Three Steps Over Japan blog is a real labour of love, all the Garo magazines have been archived, scanned and reviewed by TSOTE, really good http://threestepsoverjapan.blogspot.com/

http://www.tcj.com/international/garo-1992/
http://vintageninja.net/?p=550

Vintage Variety Theatre Posters

Inspired by 'The Story of Variety with Michael Grade' on BBC4, I've collated a pack of original Variety Theatre Posters all with the crowded typographic aesthethic of eye-catching headlines, status lead billing hierarchy and bold display fonts much emulated today. Interestingly, the smaller the font the further away from the stage the acts dressing room was, so font size directly reflected status and salary!

More info about the show: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00z7hj3
Posters from http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/Posters/index.htm and http://www.vaudeville-postcards.com/index.html

Beautiful 3D Fractals by SubBlue

Surface detail from SubBlue

This is beautiful, and the author Tom Beddard is working on a WebGL 3D fractal renderer that will let you explore structures like this in real time...can't wait! See more http://vimeo.com/subblue - latest work here http://www.subblue.com - Tweets here http://twitter.com/subblue

Statement by Tom Beddard - "I have a fascination with the aesthetics of detail and complexity that is the result of simple mathematical or algorithmic processes. For me the creative process is writing my own software and scripts to explore the resulting output in an interactive manner. The best outcomes are often the least expected!"