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Olympus OM-10 camera system packaging

Oliver Tomas — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:40:21 +0000

27/11/11 – Original packaging design for the OM-10 camera system by Olympus (c. 1979-87): box graphics for camera body, lens and semihard case.

Imre Reiner: Grafika (1947)

Oliver Tomas — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:35:50 +0000

19/09/11 – Selections from Imre Reiner’s Grafika: modern design for advertising and printing published in New York in 1947. English edition limited to 1000 copies.

Sources and related information
Images from Imre Reiner’s Grafika on Flickr

Interkosmos space program stamp series (1970)

Oliver Tomas — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:20:43 +0000

13/09/2011 – Czechoslovak stamp series designed by Jaroslav Lukavský in 1970 for the Interkosmos space program.

Interkosmos was a space exploration program begun in 1967 by the Soviet Union and was designed to include members of allied Warsaw Pact countries in manned and unmanned missions.

Sources and more information
Czechoslovak stamp collection on Flickr
Interkosmos entry on Wikipedia

Books from 1960s Czechoslovakia: part 2

Oliver Tomas — Fri, 27 May 2011 13:40:57 +0000

27/05/11 – Second installment of book covers, dust jackets, endpapers and title pages from Czechoslovakia circa 1960.

Sources and more information
Czechoslovak books collection on Flickr

Books from 1960s Czechoslovakia: part 1

Oliver Tomas — Fri, 20 May 2011 13:40:23 +0000

20/05/11 – A selection of book covers, dust jackets, endpapers and title pages from Czechoslovakia circa 1960.

Sources and more information
Czechoslovak books collection on Flickr