Leartset | Design, Graphics, Posters & Typography

The Smiling Sun

The “Smiling Sun” logo was designed by Anne Lund in April 1975, in dialogue with Søren Lisberg, both 21 year old activists with the OOA* at the time, organising the Danish anti-nuclear power campaign. The … Read More →
The Engravers Art

Harry Eccleston worked for more than 25 years as a banknote designer at the Bank of England and was best known for the series D notes, issued in 1978 and the first fully pictorial series. … Read More →
Silhouettes and the cave of bats

From its original graphic meaning, the term “silhouette” has been extended to describe the sight or representation of a person, object or scene that is backlit, and appears dark against a lighter background. The term … Read More →
Old Penguin book covers

An imaginary Penguin book design based on the War of the Worlds original, more originals and re-workings can be found at little pixel, and The Pelican Project and Joe Kral’s flickr set. The design and … Read More →
Playing Cards

King of Clubs poster and t-shirts for sale at Society 6 Society6 dot com
Crowns

One of the many derivative of the posters made famous by Barter books, who are the people who found and brought to light one of the few surviving originals, which were printed in 1939 never … Read More →

Citröen – Jorg Hamburger

Written by admin. Posted on 9 Jun ’11. Filed under art & design. Tagged citröen, graphic design, Jorg Hamburger, poster. No comments.

Link – vintage european design resource Link – inspiration for this page

The Eye of Providence

Written by admin. Posted on 25 Mar ’11. Filed under illustration. Tagged clubs, diamonds, Eye of Providence, graphic design, hearts, Leartset, spades. No comments.

The Eye of Providence, or the all-seeing eye of God, is a symbol showing an eye often surrounded by rays of light or a glory and usually enclosed by a triangle. It is sometimes interpreted … Read More →

A Book of Scripts, Alfred Fairbank

Written by admin. Posted on 7 Oct ’10. Filed under illustration. Tagged Caligraphy, design, King Penguins (books), Leartset, Penguin Books, typography. No comments.

First published in 1949, in the King Penguin series. The cover design is an adaptation by Jan Tischichold from a design by Juan de Vicar, 1547.

Seashore life and pattern, by T.A. Stephenson

Written by admin. Posted on 1 Oct ’10. Filed under illustration. Tagged graphic design, illustration, King Penguins (books), Penguin Books, Seashore, woodcuts. No comments.

Number 15 in a series of 76 volumes published by Penguin Books in their King Penguin series. the series started in November 1939, the series ceased twenty years later in 1959. They are small hardcovers, … Read More →

borders

Written by admin. Posted on 16 Sep ’10. Filed under free vector art. Tagged borders, download, graphic design, Illustrator, Leartset, pdf, printers ornaments. No comments.

The carpet from the Overlook Hotel

Written by admin. Posted on 8 Sep ’10. Filed under illustration. Tagged graphic design, Illustrator, Kubrick, Leartset, optical art, Overlook Hotel carpet, pop, seventies, The Shining. No comments.

The Overlook Hotel is a fictional hotel from Stephen King’s novel The Shining. Stanley Kubrick’s film adaptation of the book used Timberline Lodge, a mountain resort in Oregon, as the establishing shot in his film, … Read More →

Zig-Zag papers

Written by admin. Posted on 1 Sep ’10. Filed under illustration. Tagged graphic design, Le Zouave, logo, poster, Zig-Zag. No comments.

The Zig Zag company was founded in 1879 by Maurice and Jacques Braunstein. Based in Paris, in 1882 the company built the Papeterie de Gassicourt, a cigarette paper production plant near the town of Mantes-la-Jolie. … Read More →

Ace of Spades

Written by admin. Posted on 12 Nov ’09. Filed under art & design. Tagged Ace of spades, graphic design, Illustrator, Leartset, ornaments, pdf, playing cards, printers ornaments, spades. No comments.

Elements from the Leartset page ‘swirls’ used for a playing card design.

Design, Graphics, Posters & Typography

The Smiling Sun

The Engravers Art

Silhouettes and the cave of bats

Old Penguin book covers

Playing Cards

Crowns