1970-80's
Chicago Gang Business Cards
Chicago Gang Business Cards from the 1970s & 1980s, recollected from a book by Brandon Johnson documents more than 70 business cards, presented as historical objects. Through these small printed pieces—often handed out for recruitment, identification, or affiliation—the book reveals how typography, symbols, and graphic language became tools for signaling loyalty, territory, and identity within Chicago’s street networks.
1962
Best of Ikebana
Ikebana is the traditional Japanese art of flower arrangement. Best of Ikebana is a beautifully photographed 1962 four-volume set by masters including Sofu Teshigahara, Houn Ohara, Senei Ikenobo, and Minobu Ohi, introducing the major schools and history of ikebana.
1970-2000
U.K. Crisp Packets
U.K. Crisp Packets is a book showcasing graffiti artist Chris Packet’s archive of crisp packets from 1970-2000. Packet’s obsession with these humble artefacts grew whilst spending time in tunnels painting trains. Away from sunlight and street sweepers the crisp packets found ideal conditions for survival. It is an ode to the ground-level visual identities that ruled childhoods.
1900's
Communion Souvenirs & San Valentine's Postcards
A collection of communion souvenirs & San Valentine's postcards, found in an ephemera and seconda hand book market in Bordeaux, dating around 1900's.
1900's-Today
Silver Spoons
A collectors guide to silver spoons, from 1900's to today.
1958 - Today
Ed Ruscha Typography
The Ed Ruscha 'Now Then' exhibition was a major retrospective held at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, running from 2023-2024. It was the most comprehensive exhibition of the artist’s work ever staged, featuring over 250 works spanning more than 65 years, from 1958 to the present.
1979
"ASPARAGUS" by SUZAN PITT
1981
Texan Cowboy Boots
Texas Boots (1981), a cult photography-and-design book by Sharon DeLano with photographs credited to Star Black and David Rieff. It’s one of those beautifully odd early-1980s Americana books that turned a piece of regional fashion into almost an art object.
VINTAGE ARABIC VINYL COVERS
A collection of Arabic vinyl covers, found in various archives online.