Vintage Reborn Necklaces. At Hero Now.

Made from vintage molds, these designs are anywhere from 40 - 150 years old. These beauties are available at Hero now and are the perfect gift for the vintage loving lady in your life, or they make for a wonderful guilt free reward to yourself for all your hard work this year. Oh and the best part? They start at just $20

Light of India - A Conflagration of Indian Matchbox Art

Our good pal Tom Rooney of Pavlov's Togs brought by this wonderful book Light of India, A Conflagration of Indian Matchbox Art, by for me to thumb through and drool over a while back. I am FINALLY taking the time to scan it and post about it (then sadly give it back).

This colorful book is a dazzling collection of more than 300 vintage matchbox labels from India, dating from the turn of the century through the 1950s, each one is even better than the one before. Abounding with pouncing Bengal tigers, regal jungle elephants, and Hindu gods and goddesses, each miniature masterpiece is so skillfully produced, yet some done ever so simply. I could look at this book time and time again and find something new to look at each time.

Here are just a few of my favs:

"Helvetica, of course."

Awesome print ad for Helvetica that was published in a 1966 issue of Print Design and Production. Here’s another one.

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More Matchbox Art

Wow, I am a sucker for all these beautiful vintage matchbox labels and covers. Found this great set on Flickr.
It is just so amazing how such small images can communicate in such a large way.

Check out some of the other posts we've put up in this blog, with more of these vintage goodies.

Here's a small sample of some of the gems found in that Flickr group:

Vintage Coasters and Beermats

Found over at Delicious Industries

"Sell! Sell! have posted up more of their fabulous vintage coasters and beermats. Check out their Flickr group to see the full collection."

So many goodies in there!

The Dot and the Line

A romance in lower mathematics.
Just saw this over on the Firebrand blog and it made me smile, I LOVE it. Good find Jess!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Amazingly sad but still kinda cute, vintage Thankgiving Postcard - Artist noted as "Weaver"

We just want to take a minute to say "Thanks". Thank you to everyone that supports Hero, our family, our friends, the people that work with us, our clients, the customers of our store, anyone who has ever bought something we made, etc. Hero is what it is because of all of you - so thank you!

Thanksgiving is one of the best holidays - it is all about food and it officially kicks off the Holiday season, my favorite time of year. It will be quiet around here until Friday, but then, we are back in it full blast.

Enjoy your holiday!

The 9 most disturbingly misogynistic old print ads

Crazy (almost hysterical) the way the world viewed women back in the day. Here are nine of the most bizarre and anti-woman ads ever.




Click here for some hilarious commentary on the above ads.

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Matchbook Museum

Came across this lovely website the Matchbook Museum, a great collection of vintage matchbooks, with descriptions about the business they are for.

Here are some of my favs:

Pelican Book Covers

Anyone who knows me well, knows my obsession with book cover designs, both new and old. I came across this link on NotCot.org, it is a collection of Pelican covers from 1930's - 1980's organized by decade, and then by year. There are so many gems in there!!! Here are just a few of my favs.

The End

The End is one of the coolest Flickr collections I have ever seen. The collection so simply named, is from Dill Pixel and it is and assortment of end screens from old films. These images are all teasers just begging me to go back and watch the whole movie that brought those amazing final screens.

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Vintage Type Pretties and the modern work they inspire

Thanks to a twitter from Val at This is Portable I got to see this lovely showcase of vintage and retro typography and the work they inspire. There are some beauties in there for sure. Check them all out here.

Infancia '76

Posted over on So Much Pileup is this lovely poster from Spain, 1976. Designed by Francisco Bas for the 14th Children and Youth Festival held from late 1976 - early '77. How can you not LOVE 'V's made out of ice cream?

Nerdbots: Found object robot sculptures for your inner nerd.

Oddly obsessed with all things robot, married couple Nicholas and Angela from Kansas City, Missouri, decided on a whim one day to do nothing other than to build one themselves.

After piecing together parts found at their favorite antique and thrift stores, they created their first robot friend. Since that first day, Nicholas and Angela have added many fabulously geeky robots to their beloved robotic collection.

I am absolutely in love with robots myself, and these just take that to a whole new level. I think I want to adopt Drip or Compacto. Which would you adopt?

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Welcome New Neighbor Package, 1960's

Came across this image while looking around on Flickr for some reference photos. It's a package to welcome your new neighbors to the neighborhood from the 1960's. I wish I had more information about this product and where it came from - it is just so sweet.

Check out more of Roadside Picture's Flickr photos of old advertisements here and check out his full photostream here - there are loads of greatphotos of old Roadside Diners and more.

Archive and Gallery of Vintage Packaging and Advertisements

Tick Tock Toys Archives and Galleries feature scans and photos of vintage packaging and advertisements. Some of my favorite design is from the 50's - 70's and there are loads of wonderful examples of that in these archives.
Above is a VERY small sample of some of my personal favs, but I could just go on and on, there are so many goodies. What are your favs?