LIST 157) An ebay find: Modernism 101 Rare Design Books

While visiting one of my favorite blogs, grain edit, I learned about photo lettering.  That lead me to ebay (it's not difficult to lead me to ebay), where I found modernism 101, an ebay purveyor of rare design books.  Here are some of my favorites:

1. I like how the lowercase "i" fits so well into the uppercase "I" on the cover.  I also like how each of these brochures has the sales pitch, "26 good reasons to use..."

2. Love the colors and the composition of the cover.  You can barely see it, but I also love the scrolly composition of the "Photo Lettering Incorporated" logo.

 

3. Great layout.

 

4. I think the Bauhaus typeface is great.

 

5. I chose this one for the fighting cat and dog and the toy soldiers discussing "More Business."

 

6. I wish I could order from this poster, at the original prices.  

7.  If only plastic were a more environmentally sound material, I'd gladly live in an all plastic Utopia.

8. I just think the Saarinen tulip base is super swell.  Great "K" Knoll logo too.  

 

9.  Herman Miller sales materials are always outstanding.  How terrific it would be to own this one, with the fabric swatches and all.

 

10. I'm intrigued by the layouts and colors shown in the interior pages of this magazine. 

11. How great is this cover?

12. Fashion layouts and pussy galore.  Hee hee. 

13. Another great abstraction of a pencil.

  

14. Who doesn't love a mechanical bird?

 

Note: I'm only linking the books, magazines, etc. shown here back to the store, not to the individual items, due to the temporary nature of ebay listings.