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Archive for the ‘Art’ Category

  • Jauna Gaita – Cool Covers From Latvia

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    Sometimes minimal and simplistic graphic designs are the most effective way to sell your products, and here at VoEA we think this applies to these cool covers of Canadian-Latvian culture magazine Jauna Gaita (New Course) When the second world war finished...

  • Falling in Love at Woodstock Festival – The Comics

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    You’ve heard the album, listened to the song, seen the film, and got the T shirt or perhaps you were there (man) at the most famous rock festival in history, but now it’s time to take a look at Woodstock – The comics. Here we have not one,...

  • Andy Warhol – The Early Years

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    As the enfant terrible of the 1960s New York art scene and the man who almost single-handedly defined pop art Andy Warhol’s career is the stuff of legend. To us here he also gets VoEA bonus points for coining the phrase ’15 minutes of fame’ which, in...

  • The Art of Joseph Smith – Film Posters

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    Unknowingly we’ve posted artwork by Joseph Smith before in our Biker Movie posters post – He illustrated the wonderful film poster for Werewolves on Wheels (the poster’s better than the film). Smith’s most well-known work is the poster...

  • Roy Lichtenstein Unveils Billboard

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    Usually when you cast your eyes upon the name Roy Lichtenstein, the article will be followed with a colourful collection of paintings by the famous pop artist. However in this post everything’s black and white – from Roy’s suit and polo...

  • Syd Mead – Imagining the Future

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    As a designer and concept artist Syd Mead has had a remarkably long career at the top of his game and is still,  producing work that impresses and inspires. Since 1959 he’s been consistently busy whether it be creating the whole look of the Blade...

  • Whisky a go-go – Sixties Suntory Adverts

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    When we take a look at Suntory Whisky we could talk about the Sofia Coppola film Lost in Translation, possibly Sammy Davis Jnr. advertising the product or even discuss the slightly crazy (to our western eyes anyway) idea of the Japanese producing what is...

  • Ford Times Illustrations 1962 – 1976

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    The Ford Times was a monthly magazine produced by the Ford Motor Company. It started in 1908, and featured all your latest Ford news, plus articles on other subjects. Especially so it seems, Expos and state fairs. Perhaps because a lot of exhibits were...

  • Frank Horr – Man of Mystery

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    When we put together a post we like to do some research and get a bit of background detail to not only satiate our never-ending thirst for knowledge (!) but also to share the information we’ve obtained with our good readers – just posting pictures up...

  • 1960s Canadian Architect Magazine Covers

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    Yeah you guessed it- The Canadian Architect is a monthly publication aimed at people who work in the world of architecture in Canada. The architecture magazine has been continuously published since 1955.  However we first encountered the magazine when we...