Words & Eggs

The French Novel: From Gide to Camus. Vintage cover, via Montague Projects.

(via typographie)

Vintage Alain Grée design - French book. Via Lesley Barnes on Pinterest.

Monograph from La chromolithographie et la photochromolithographie, by Frédéric Hesse. Paris: A. Muller, 1897. From the Bibliothèque nationale de France, via We Love Typography.

MERVEILLEUX! “Va chier connard!” Stellar argot design from Bien le Bonjour (Behance).

Via typeverything:

Typeverything.com - Bien le bonjour ! (via Bien le Bonjour ! on the Behance Network)

You have no idea how badly I want this original, mid-century French “POSTES” cast iron yellow mailbox. Via Rue des Louves on Etsy. Gah.

The Portable Voltaire: vintage book cover via vintageedition.

(Source: vintageedition)

La Loïe Fuller — Folie Bergère (Ernest Maindron, Paris 1896).

Jules Chéret, from Les affiches illustrées (1886-1895) [Illustrated posters (1886-1895)], by Ernest Maindron, Paris, 1896.

(Source: archive.org)

(Source: oldbookillustrations)

Paris en relief - See Paris in 3D! Via Agence Eureka. Yes, the little girl’s a little creepy.

Happy French Friday!

Drapeaux - Articles de fêtes: tarif #14 (1934), via Agence Eureka.

Vintage cover design: Publicité (Arts et métiers graphiques), 1939. Via Designers Books.

(Source: crankypressman)

Calligraphed envelope seals, featuring love-related words and sayings in English and French. Here: BISOUS (“kisses”). Available in my Etsy shop HERE.

“Nue sous un manteau de vision,” vintage French paperback cover via POPCARDS.

“Faites l’amour, pas la vaisselle,” vintage French ad via POPCARDS. 

Vintage luggage label via Designersgotoheaven.com. Looks like a badge. An AWESOME badge.

Via andreirobu:

Designersgotoheaven.com - Vintage luggage label.

(Source: fromtheska)

Another shot of my place card calligraphy, featured in the French-themed “Haute Hostess” event on New Brahmin blog HERE.

Photography by Joe Wallace Photography. Event designed by Lo McShay of LoLo Events.

So fun!