This particular gig may be long over, but we can’t stop looking at this gorgeous poster for a Decemberists show by Sean Freeman of East London’s There Is. He specializes in illustration, art direction and creative typography—and that is clear in this piece.

images via There Is 

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There may not be a great significance to today’s date, but it rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it? Hope you’re having a happy day!

© Curious & Co. Creative

Apparently the soup can’s fifteen minutes are not up yet.

Campbell’s soup has gotten a Warhol-inspired make-over and will go on sale at Target this weekend. 50 years ago, Andy Warhol created “Campbell’s Soup Cans” and the company is commemorating that anniversary with four pop art cans complete with quotes from the artist.

Just to review: art was created with soup cans as the subject, only to later have those same soup cans imitate the artwork in which they were a subject. It’s this wild, meta, infinite loop of life imitating art imitating life.

photo via Campbell’s Condensed Soup’s Facebook page

Thanks to The Gothamist for the heads-up.

While visiting an antique shop recently, I came upon a small bin of matchbooks. I immediately scooped them up. I don’t care so much about the matches, but as a designer, I love looking at the typefaces and artwork. It’s also a great peek into our American history. Most of the matchbooks I picked up are from California or Reno, NV and I’m guessing many of them are from the 1950s-1960s (phone numbers such as 4541 and FA 9-1483 give it away). These little cardboard pieces of advertising history are such fun to look at. Most every business used to advertise like this, until the 1980s when anti-smoking campaigns, among other things, put a strain on the industry. People still light candles and make fires, right? I say we bring back matchbook advertising! Until then, I’m left to sift through this memorabilia from motor lodges, casinos, and hotels of another time. I can almost hear the piano in the bar, ice clinking against glass, and the delighted cheers of “jackpot!”

Photos taken by budding phillumenist, Maggie Mae Moore.