The Wallpaper Files

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On the steps of the Sydney Opera House
24th October 1990

Summer!

noreply@blogger.com (The Wallpaper Files) — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 06:00:00 +0000

Slim Aarons (1916 - 2006) was an American photographer who described his career as "photographing attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places".

Summer is officially here, so let's go poolside with Slim Aarons and the beautiful people!

Leisure And Fashion
Palm Beach, Florida / 1961

Sundowners
Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France / 1958

Penthouse Pool

Athens, Greece / 1961

Coconut Cocktail
Acapulco, Mexico / 1952

Sea Drive
'Amphicar' at Nassau, Bahamas / 1967

Poolside Gossip
Palm Springs, California / 1970

Many more wonderful Slim Aarons photos can be found here

noreply@blogger.com (The Wallpaper Files) — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 04:00:00 +0000

"Hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do."
- Oscar Wilde

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Portrait of Oscar Wilde
oil on cardboard / 1895

noreply@blogger.com (The Wallpaper Files) — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 06:43:00 +0000

George Shiras III

Jumping Deer, North America / 1921

Still

noreply@blogger.com (The Wallpaper Files) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 06:43:00 +0000

These paintings by Cathy Cullis have a beautiful stillness and simplicity to them.
I love a good still life!

The Magpie Painter

acrylic on canvas / 2011

Just Before the Fennel Flowers

acrylic on canvas / 2011

Bee Jar with Oregano

acrylic on canvas / 2011

The Blackbird Bowl

acrylic on canvas / 2011

Destination

noreply@blogger.com (The Wallpaper Files) — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 06:42:00 +0000

These are just a few of the typographic logotypes for EF International Language Centers who have
40 destinations around the world. They were designed by art director & designer Albin Holmqvist.

Shark Walk

noreply@blogger.com (The Wallpaper Files) — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 05:34:00 +0000

Carlsbad, California

via Unurth

T-shirt Weather

noreply@blogger.com (The Wallpaper Files) — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:00:00 +0000

It's officially the last day of summer in Australia, but there is still plenty of t-shirt weather left.
Below are some of my favourite t-shirt designs.

Loch Ness Monster Adventure Club
Wigu & O.C.

Shoes

Beaver & Steve

Edward Scissorhands

Rocky Road Rena

Jesus is gay and I don't mean happy or homosexual,

I mean a third thing you don't know about

T-shirt Hell

Death, bit of a worry, isn't it?

Turtlehead

Sarcasm is just great

Wondermark

noreply@blogger.com (The Wallpaper Files) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:30:00 +0000

A Man Without a Country / 2005

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"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today.

It's already tomorrow in Australia." - Charles M. Schulz

Marcela Restrepo
Vegemite
open edition giclée print / 2005

This fabulous print and others can be bought here

Happy New Year!

noreply@blogger.com (The Wallpaper Files) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:30:00 +0000

via Sense and Situation

Automobiles

noreply@blogger.com (The Wallpaper Files) — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:55:00 +0000

All photos by Thomas Skou

Zap The Bad Things

noreply@blogger.com (The Wallpaper Files) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:30:00 +0000


Jen Ray Zap The Bad Things card

Woody

noreply@blogger.com (The Wallpaper Files) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:55:00 +0000

Here is a blog dedicated to reviewing & discussing every film ever made by Woody Allen.

from "Take the Money and Run" 1969

"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying." - Woody Allen

Ornithological Studies

noreply@blogger.com (The Wallpaper Files) — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 09:20:00 +0000

set of 2 prints by Lily Moon

Sentimental Idiot

noreply@blogger.com (The Wallpaper Files) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:41:00 +0000

These great prints are part of the You Sentimental Idiot project by artist Rikkianne Van Kirk.
Some are inspired by direct quotes from antique diaries while others are what the artist imagines
the writer would have seen. More here.


Saw a shark—not man-eating variety print from an original drawing

Sharks
print from an original drawing

Fish
print from an original drawing

Dog Fights
print from an original drawing

Horse
print from an original drawing

Northern Hemisphere

noreply@blogger.com (The Wallpaper Files) — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 08:53:00 +0000

Steph Parke
polaroids / 2010

Andrea Jenkins
polaroids / 2010

Photos from the Words to Shoot By photographic collaboration.

Restless Things

noreply@blogger.com (The Wallpaper Files) — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:58:00 +0000

Olivia Jeffries creates small beautiful drawings from reclaimed paper.
They are also available as prints in her shop

Similar, But Not Quite The Same

drawing in pencil and gouache on salvaged book page

Exemplary Simulacrum

drawing in pencil and gouache on old book page

Epilogue

drawing in pencil and gouache on book page


Sketches mini print set

Champion

noreply@blogger.com (The Wallpaper Files) — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 06:30:00 +0000

Happy 65th Birthday Freddie!

Human Animals

noreply@blogger.com (The Wallpaper Files) — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:50:00 +0000

Corey Arnold

Kitty and Horse Fisherman / 2008

Herbert List
Untitled / 1950s

Paolo Ventura
Winter Stories #48 / 2008

Gjon Mili

Pablo Picasso / 1949

noreply@blogger.com (The Wallpaper Files) — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:15:00 +0000

"Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes" - Carl Jung
photo by Dmitri Kessel

Jung is 136 years old today and is still analyzing dreams via his twitter account

noreply@blogger.com (The Wallpaper Files) — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 13:52:00 +0000

via Stork Bites Man

Apathy

noreply@blogger.com (The Wallpaper Files) — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 03:39:00 +0000

Olly Moss

Eclipse

noreply@blogger.com (The Wallpaper Files) — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:14:00 +0000

Polaroids by Eva Dueñas
All available to buy in her online shop

Big moon

La Pedrera

Bird house

noreply@blogger.com (The Wallpaper Files) — Tue, 31 May 2011 14:55:00 +0000

via The Wooster Collective