Archived entries for Retro

Illustrations by Cecilie Ellefsen

I just discovered the website of Norwegian illustrator Cecilie Ellefsen, and I had to share her work with you guys.

Her style has a nineteen fifties feel to it, and some of it reminds me of Tove Janssons Moomin characters, which I’ve always loved.

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Live Current Vol. 5 Packaging

Lovely retro CD and LP design for Live Current Volume 5 by Aesthetic Apparatus.

Via Aesthetic Apparatus.

Rome: Signs

Hi, all!

I just returned from a stay in Rome, which is why I haven’t updated the blog for some time.

I took mostly pictures of buildings, statues, and the like, but also found some nice signs that I thought I’d share with you.

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Tina H – All Those Memories

This brochure for Norwegian fashion label tina h really caugt my eye.

Your friends describes it as follows:

The collection is modern, but have a nostalgic feel bringing memories to grandmas old attic. We wanted to convey that feeling through the design.

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Java Nest Coffee

Recent graduate Cari Caldwell shares one of her projects, Java Nest Coffee. Take a look below.

“My concept for my packaging is a retro feeling coffee. It is a series of coffee that uses the onomatopoeias for the various blends of coffee, such as Cock-a-doodle-doo for breakfast blend. The brand name I made up was Java Nest Coffee because of the bird theme. This was an open project for my student portfolio, and was awarded “Best Packaging” in Texas Tech’s senior portfolio show for Communication Design. ”

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