Retro Packaging

Feb 23, 2010 by Jennifer Farley    4 Comments    Posted under: Blog, Graphic Design

There’s a Flickr stream called Advertising that has tons of photographs of retro packaging. I just love looking at this stuff and graphic design from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. The packaging is generally brightly coloured, although often with a limited palette per item. The fonts and typography are very cool and the illustration quirky . The pictures in this stream are by Roadside Pictures and you should check out their cool American roadside photography too.

Here’s a couple of my favourites from the Advertising set.

Tags: design, Graphic Design, Retro

4 Comments + Add Comment

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  Devlin February 24, 2010 at 6:56 am

  Great post, I love the roadside pictures stream. Another good one is Paul Malon, lots of good vintage advertising:
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmalon/
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  Fran February 26, 2010 at 8:28 am

  Jennifer, the next time your in London you should visit the http://www.museumofbrands.com It exhibits packaging and branding samples through the years. With some displays showing how the graphic designs subtly changes over time. It’s quite a small place but interesting all the same.
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  jennyrusks February 26, 2010 at 8:39 am

  Thanks Fran, yes that sounds like it’s right up my street!

  Hi Devlin, lovely stuff on the Paul Malon flickr stream, thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
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  Bru February 26, 2010 at 8:22 pm

  If you love retro, check out these photos on flickr. Trust me when I say you’ll be amazed by the revelation in last couple of slides..
  http://tinyurl.com/yatvmg4

  Sorry if this is a little off topic.