Wood for children

Too bad the box is covered with ugly brown tape...

Judy Kaufmann

Judy Kaufmann lives in Barcelona. According to herself she was never interested in economics, law, or even art, but somewhere she began to draw stories of her life.
And she does that beautifully! She sells her stuff through Etsy.

Johanna Basford

Amazing work by Johanna Basford. Beautiful handdrawn black and white textures. Here is what Johanna says about her work on her website:

Tumble down the rabbit hole and find yourself in my inky black and white Wonderland... I'm a creative catch-all; a designer / illustrator / printer on a mission to cover the world with my hand drawn patterns and motifs. I'm not a Vector Technician, but one of the dwindling number of creatives who still likes to put pen to paper.

I know (for sure)

This is a small encyclopedia from 1954 which could be filled with full colour trading cards. Each part of the book could be ordered at Blue Band (a butter brand).

That was then and this is now

Okki is a children's magazine which started in 1953, a catholic magazine for preschool children. Okki is still alive and kicking, but has a different look though...

My uncle's fairy tales

I discovered this book in a moving box a while ago and realised it used to belong to my uncle. He's almost retired, that means that the book dates back to the fifties.
The funny thing is, in my memory my uncle looks like the man in the drawing on the first page; blond guy with beard.

Collected agendas

I love a well designed agenda. I love them so much that I never want to use them, I prefer to keep them 'clean'. I have a small collection of agendas I never used which are beautifully designed, the concept, the typography and the photography. These where all a gift. Most of them were given to me by paper suppliers, printers or friends. The ones shown in these pictures are examples of the Munken Agenda. (Munken is a paper brand.) These agenda's always show photos by Magnum, the photographic cooperative.

ABC on a string

Sooooo lovely, these handmade letters by Zim and Zou. Wish I had this great idea! I remember making a 'picture' like that when I was young. Such a great idea. Have a look at their website and discover some more fantastic concepts.

Orange paper

A few new additions.

Sasha Prood

I found these beautiful images on the Behance Network site. This wonderful watercolour typography is done by Sasha Prood, designer/illustrator/artist. Check out her website to discover more handdrawn typography and colourful sketchbooks.