Monday, January 9, 2012

Spellbound

It doesn't have to be Christmas for winter to be cheery.

This illustration would be beautiful on its own, but as a magazine cover design it is so effective with its warm yellow logotype, red price button and white type situated for a lovely balance.

I am spellbound by this graphic as I imagine the interior of this warm 'n' cozy little bungalow, probably with a warm 'n' cozy little den (back there where that fireplace is being used), filled with warm 'n' cozy little books.

Not only was there a golden age of illustrative design in the early xxth century, but also a golden age of architectural design.

R.C. Hare — Own Your Own Home — ca 1920s

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6 comments:

  1. KidJanuary 9, 2012 at 3:44 PM

    I almost want to live there.

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  2. Larry MacDougallJanuary 9, 2012 at 5:21 PM

    Nice !

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  3. BobJanuary 10, 2012 at 9:08 AM

    Very, very effective. Ink, do you think, or watercolor? I would think ink...

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  4. Thomas Haller BuchananJanuary 10, 2012 at 9:55 AM

    Bob, that's a tough one, but if I had to come up with a guess, I might say gouache. It seems consistent with the properties of gouache, and a lot of advertising art was created with it in the 20th century.

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  5. BobJanuary 10, 2012 at 2:24 PM

    Always ask an expert! Thanks.

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  6. Thomas Haller BuchananJanuary 10, 2012 at 4:11 PM

    Experts can be totally wrong any day of the week, so quote me only lightly.

    Thanks Bob.

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