This book is filled with dope early 70’s design, period. Modern Publicity is an annual survey of the best graphic designs in international advertising and communications. The illustrations in this book were selected from over 7000 entries submitted by designers all over the world. The book contains separate sections on poster design, press advertising, direct mail, trademarks and house-styles, letterheads, packaging, TV and film advertising, new typefaces, and book jackets. Illustrations in b/w and color.

Excerpt from preface:
“Modern Publicity 1972-73 presents an exciting survey of new trends in design and typography, new techniques of presentation and printing, and changes in attitudes and approaches to graphics around the world. It will be a invaluable source of information for designers, art directors, advertising agencies, and everybody else who is interested in graphic design.”

$50.00, phone orders available. Call the shop at (323) 651-0131.

The Steady Machine Show was contrived by Mestizo of Machina Muerte and Dumbfoundead of Knock Steady with resident in house DJ ZO. The two West Coast heavyweight emcees decided to pull together the extremely odd and the undeniably talented artists of Los Angeles they know and throw them on Reserve Radio to expose audiences to new and unheard forms of music. Expect nothing but the rarest and rawest artists featured on The Steady Machine Show, we guarantee you will never pin point what they are going to do next.

The Gaslamp Killer was a West Coast dirty drum, neck-break beat phenomenon, but as of lately has become a worldwide house hold name in the mouths of eager nutcases waiting for his return to ears and venues. Gaslamp was kind enough to come down to The Steady Machine Show and start off our tirade with a 35 minute murder mix. If you haven’t had the chance to see this man in person, every Wednesday night he’s at the world famous Low End Theory Club in Los Angeles. Gaslamp left the tracklist to the listeners imagination, so do your homework on the GLK.

[33:29 | 39MB]

Yesterday was the official re-launch of The World’s Got Problems, a hyperlink-rich column of news and analysis, illustrated with digital collage, brought to you by Freshjive and Jason Rosencrantz. The site had been dark for a few weeks, but of course the darkness of the world’s problems continues unabated. In the inaugural post of the relaunch, Jason takes a step back and looks at certain recent developments as they relate to be an underlying problem–the dominant political culture’s selective and variable application of the 14th Amendment and the concept of “personhood”.

The World’s Got Problems

Note to fans of TWGP: Please update your RSS feed to the new site, as the URL has changed.

Introducing 2 special edition t-shirts by Freshjive in collaboration with famed rock n’ roll and celebrity photographer Guy Webster. Guy is one of the early innovators of rock photography, having shot covers and billboards for groups including The Rolling Stones, The Mamas And The Papas, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, The Doors, and many more. His long list of celebrities include Dean Martin, Natalie Wood, Rita Hayworth, Truman Capote, Candice Bergen, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton.

Two images that resonated the most with us are of Dennis Hopper and Harry Dean Stanton.

These designs are now available at retailers worldwide and can also be purchased direct at http://www.reservestoreonline.com/

Out now are 4 t-shirts in collaboration with Seymour Chwast. He is one of the most important graphic designers of the 20th century and a co-founder of Push Pin Studios. The 4 shirts are images from his vast history of design. The shirts–Terrorist, Bad Breath, Monkey, and War Business–are available at selected retailers world wide, and available direct at http://www.reservestoreonline.com/

Mr. Chwast first gained notoriety in the 1950’s with a playful expressive approach to type and layout based on revivalism, which was a radical alternative to the Swiss formalism at the time. Chwast is noted for his strength in concept and design. A sense of humor underpins his illustration along with a keen understanding of traditional design. Chwast, along with his colleagues in Push Pin Studio (which they founded in 1954), reintroduced the long divorced principles of illustration and design. Moreover, he helped formulate a new graphic lexicon based on knowledge, appreciation, and re-application of past styles and forms. His work has been published in countless design books and publications. Chwast, along the many years of design, has also been committed to social and political issues. The combination of an expression of these issues along with a graphic wit seemed all too obvious to have him collaborate with our company.

Seems like a pretty bold thing to name a book. Either that or just really vague. Whether or not you consider this the design source book, it definitely is full of great designs of all mediums, from “1850 to the present day” (present day being 1989, the year this book was released).

$45.00, phone orders available. Call the shop at (323) 651-0131.

Don’t judge a book by its cover. While it may look pretty bleak from a distance, this mid-1950’s edition of Modern Publicity contains some great mid-century design references, which as most of you know was a golden era of sorts for the development of 20th century design. Modern Publicity is an annual survey of the best graphic designs in international advertising and communications. The illustrations in this book were selected from over 7000 entries submitted by designers all over the world. The book contains separate sections on poster design, press advertising, direct mail, trademarks and house-styles, letterheads, packaging, TV and film advertising, new typefaces, and book jackets. Illustrations in b/w and color.

$55.00, phone orders available. Call the shop at (323) 651-0131.

We love this book to death. It’s a must-have for any vintage arcade game enthusiast. It goes into great detail about each game, and gives an in-depth timeline of pretty much any pinball game you could think of from the beginning of time. Or, at least the beginning of pinball.

Excerpt from preface:
“This book provides a complete survey of the ultimate 20th century toy: the graphic artistry, the technical innovations— from the 1930’s when the game was than a coin-operated bagatelle, to the present day, when machines talk back. Theme games, celebrity linked-games, bumpers, kickers, solenoids, and flippers, Pinball is a delicious indulgence for the fanatical collector or competitor, and the casual Player.”

$50, phone orders available. Call the shop at (323) 651-0131.

Freshjive owner and founder Rick Klotz was featured on Hypebeast TV today. From their words:
“Our hypebeast.tv series continues with an episode documenting Freshjive’s new direction for 2010, with commentary from the brand’s head honcho, Rick Klotz. Amongst the many topics, Rick discusses the controversial connection between Freshjive and Budd Dwyer, themes for Spring/Summer 2010, and just about everything in between. Definitely one of our more intriguing episodes to date.”

Special thanks to Daniel Ahn and Hypebeast for the feature.

Creativity 11 is a complete pictorial record of Creativity ‘81, a show sponsored, judged, and hung by Art Direction magazine. Super great book full of early 80’s design work, and in amazing condition.

Excerpt from preface:
“This annual presents over 840 award winning visual solutions from every school and style of advertising art and design, illustration, photography, type design and type layout. All media are represented: collateral; packaging; annual reports; television; print media—from newspapers to consumer, to business publications, letterheads, logos etc.”

$100.00, phone orders available. Call the shop at (323) 651-0131.