Tuesday, December 21, 2010

It's 1938 Again!

Illustrations and Designs copyright © 2010 Daniel Pelavin.
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Welcome of the forgotten days of our past!
Designer/illustrator
Daniel Pelavin has meticulously recreated these matchbook designs in the form of the New Year's Calendar for 2011 or in this case 1938!
All the colors, designs
, and fonts have been inspired from his collection of old matchbook covers and masterfully redesigned to give you that 30's romantic feeling. The slightly off printing, the shimmer of metallic ink, even the simple illustrations give you a sense of what it was like to be in the Art Deco and Depression Modern era.
Danny is the newly crowned King of Retro!

5 comments:

Amanda said...

Gorgeous!

José Cruz said...

Danny is Tops!

daniel pelavin said...

Thank you Amanda and José. I like to think of it as mid-century modern.

José Cruz said...

I'll take your word on it but I always thought Mid-Century implied the 40's,50's and 60's!

Dan Palatnik said...

"Close Cover Before Striking" and "Lick'em, Stick'em" are my MidCentury bibles and Mr. Pelavin hit a home run!