Jun's Seriously Chairs

Found on adorable blog Tiny Candy, a reference to Jun Ichihara's whimsical illustrations of classic chairs. Unfortunately the JI site is totally in Japanese so I can't find out more about them.

Butts and berets

All work by Jun Ichihara

Flair by Fleur

Besides being a brilliant style blog, Mrs. Blandings is written with a wit and humour that only an interminably interesting lady could possess. She also possesses a fair amount of good luck ~ Finding an original Flair Annual 1953 on a shelf too high for her to reach.

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With a run of only 12 magazines over 2 years and a fiesty spirit of innovation, graphic artists and magazine folk still look to it for inspiration today. Read more about the visionary Flair creator and editor Fleur Cowles here. A write up on 2008 Paperdoll Convention Archive gives a good idea of the magazines as they were.

All above images thanks to Mrs. Blandings.

The dozen Flair cover images are thanks to Brilliant Asylum.

The Elements of Style Illustrated

.... is the next book on my impressive(ly big) list of "To Gets". Watch the video on the Barnes&Noble website as Maria Kalman talks about her inspirations and lots of juicy views of her illustrations.

Sandy's blog

I've just added Sandy's blog because I'm a huge fan of her work and her drawings are amazing little gems. They have a charm, innocence and folksiness that I've not seen much of, but they still reflect a real-life edginess.... you think its just a pretty sketch, go closer and you get a humorous wake up. Other reasons: She also has the loveliest personality and dresses like a french schoolgirl. Tres cute.