Once upon a time there were entire art departments dedicated to churning out splashes of colour and movement that were all directed to persuading people to purchase goods and services that they may or may not have needed.  The 1950′s and 1960′s are my favorite periods of colour use. I can’t get enough …

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Series 4 of Madmen started on Sunday night …. a timely reminder of a generation that thought smoking was cool!

Very funky! This poster is available via and was created by Tor Weeks. Via

This is the surest proof that global warming is definitely happening.

These shields are not going to stop the stink when you’re running away from that tiger!

With the current trend towards trying to ban the burqa in some countries, this vintage ad made me laugh, as a possible arrest would ensue if someone (especially a woman) tried using the ‘portable darkroom’ in 2010!

It must have been an amazing feeling to be filled with visions of what could be in the period that followed WWII. This translated into a wonderful and imaginative vision of what how we would be living now!

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