There’s a beauty about letter writing that is eternal. (And currently still an option for a little break from the general digital bombardment if anyone needed an alternative means to connect with friends and loved ones sometimes…) ✉️
Happy #WorldPostcardDay! At lunch time today, go out and send one. Don't have a postcard? Improvise. I once sent my dad a postcard that was literally plain brown cardboard packaging. 😄😄 Postcard below shows the Ayala Bridge in Manila, co-designed by Gustave Eiffel himself. 1/4
Scans from Lora Lamm. Grafica a Milano 1953-1963.
In the written history of mid-century Italian and Swiss Graphic Design, Lora Lamm’s name is often overlooked. Lamm was a major contributor to the Milanese design style of Italy during the 1950s and 1960s. https://t.co/mKVHKFaQyq
👀 Pour anticiper ce que sera le secteur de la presse écrite ds 6-10 ans, il suffit de s'arrêter un instant sur ces qq chiffres ! :
-> Les ventes au numéro de la #PQN, #PQR et presse #magazine ont respectivement baissé de 86%, 78% et 81% entre 2000 et 2023 (srce IGF/IGAC) !
One of the most wildly inventive of all counterculture zines, Kaliflower was an "intercommunal newspaper" first published in April 1969 by San Francisco’s Sutter Street Commune, later the Kaliflower Commune. It had a low survival rate - complete runs are rarely seen today. 1/
🗓️ Voici l'un des fameux "calendriers d'écriture" de Simenon.
✍🏻 Pour un Maigret, quelques jours de préparation, les journées d’écriture – croix bleues, de douze à quinze jours –, une brève pause, puis les périodes de relecture et corrections – hachures rouges – trois journées.