collection of vintage linoleum floor design, c. 1952 

(discovered via Daily Bungalow)

vintage Olivetti Studio 44 poster designed by Giovanni Pintori (via ninonbooks)

collage of vintage sheet music titles
(via  wackystuff)

workspaces for designers
(via Creative Review, above “idea wall” from the Acrylicize offices)

photograph of vintage signage for Owl Cigars (via LizzyD_2257)

German matchbox label
(discovered via Shailesh Chavda)

“Retro Vintage Plastic Perpetual Desk Calendar” (via junkculture)

“Tibor Binder displays his winning poster design for the
1958 Festival of the Snows in Cooma.”
(discovered via National Archives of Australia)

a Polaroid Celebration! in honor of the good news (via tubes.)

Reply Paid by H. F. Heard c. 1944,
cover art by Gerald Gregg
(discovered via PopKulture on flickr)

Universal Postal Union 1874-1974 postage stamps c. 1974 
(discovered via Scott Billings)

one of many examples of significant design appropriation found in a somewhat baffling Similarities flickr set

left: designed by Ellen McFadden c. 1968; right: designer unknown c. 2007
(discovered via b_caruthers)

“Spooky the Cat” illustration by Frank Chimero

I Need All The Friends I Can Get (via SoylentG)

book cover c. 1973 (discovered via Montague Projects on flickr)