photos from “Sesame Street Exhibit at Brooklyn Public Library”
(discovered via a swissmiss tweet via My Modern Metropolis)

marker illustrations by Hollis Brown Thornton
(discovered via BOOOOOOOM!)

likeable:

photography by Christian Patterson
(via BOOOOOOOM!)

“Two designers team up for neckties made of recycled cassette tapes—sounds like a sharp-looking idea…”
(via Fast Company)

“Hello Kitty: A cool cat turns 35” today
(article via latimes.com, and link to the animated design history promo)

loveallthis:

Pencil collectors. I’m just an amateur.

“Candygrams are odes to candy by guest authors during the month of October.” 
The collection includes articles by Jim Coudal, Khoi Vinh, Rob Giampietro…

(via Candygram, Articles Archive | Jason Santa Maria)

Debbie Millman on Ninety Years of Refrigerators, and Logos
(via Brand New)

The Lego Book! (above logo found in book c. 1946)
(discovered via Creative Review)

“…For the last 50 years, inside an unmarked warehouse here, a historic movie prop has rested in a deep, deep sleep. Last month a Walt Disney Company archivist awakened it…”

‘Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives’ Blows Off Pixie Dust
(article via NYTimes.com)

The Early TV Memories commemorative postage stamps will be first released on August 11th, 2009 at the Academy of Television Arts & Science.

They honor the following television shows & personalities: Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Dinah Shore Show; Dragnet, Ed Sullivan Show, George Burns & Gracie Allen Show, Hopalong Cassidy, The Honeymooners, Howdy Doody, I Love Lucy, Kukla, Fran and Ollie, Lassie, The Lone Ranger, Perry Mason, Phil Silvers Show, The Red Skelton Show, Texaco Star Theater, Tonight Show, Twilight Zone, and, You Bet Your Life.

(via USPS Postal News)

used to be one of my favorite toys. memories…what an awful voice it had, bet it drove my parents insane.

suddenly:

Speak & Spell (via Ethan Hein)

“Notable and Crazy Sony Cassette Walkman Editions“ 
(via Gizmodo)

Michael Jackson (1958-2009)
image found via blogcu 

“Kodak to Retire Kodachrome, Its Oldest Color Film Stock” (via NYTimes.com) “Mamma don’t take my Kodachrome away…”