SOURCE: Reference Library

Apron designed by our friend Andy Beach, made by Workers in Japan.

Andy is curating a real world version of his blog Reference Library at Kiosk in Manhattan, November 28–December 7 (with an opening party on Black Friday, November 28, 7–10pm: I assume Andy will be there and you should stop by to meet him---a very cool guy).

Kiosk
95 Spring St. between Broadway and Mercer
Second Floor
New York, NY 10012

If you don't read Reference Library you're missing out on an amazing world of folk design, obscure case goods, kids' stuff, trench art, unusual typography, cool old clothes, and lots more stuff mostly inspired by his adventures exploring the craziest corners of eBay and beyond.

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For years I've been collecting old architectural drafting texts, and I just scanned a bunch of pictures from one published in 1972 full of all kinds of great images that would have been used in architectural presentations. There are about ten pages like this that are all of people in their groovy period dress, and I print them out on 8.5x11 paper and let the kid color them.

Yes, we have truly entered the age of coloring books around here.

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This blog is intended solely to share the things I come across that inspire me. If I have posted a copyrighted image, I have only done so to the extent necessary to comment upon or discuss it; I will always include a link to the original source of the image if that source is online or acknowledge the source if it is in print. If I have reproduced anything of yours here that is copyrighted and you want me to remove it, please do not hesitate to contact me and I will do so right away.