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Illustrator ⁓ Graphic Artist | Design History Obsessed ⊸ Visual Perfectionist

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Sahar ⟀ @cathlynsa.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
William Eggleston — Untitled (Red Car), 1970–1973.
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Retro Computers @retrocomps.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Invent Your Own Computer Games (Fred D'Ignazio, 1983)
The cover for the book "Invent Your Own Computer Games: A Computer-Awareness First Book" by Fred D'Ignazio.  In the orange frame and background book, a cathode-green sphinx and a white dragon play tic-tac-toe on a board balanced on a black pyramid; the white dragon, playing X, has just lost.
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Sahar ⟀ @cathlynsa.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Covers that still feel current, 1970s. #DesignArchive #ArtDirection #DesignHistory
INPUT/ NO. 24 — 1977
GALAKSIJA / NO. 73 — 1978
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Sahar ⟀ @cathlynsa.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Light Drawings — photograph of Pablo Picasso by Gjon Mili, 1949.
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Sahar ⟀ @cathlynsa.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
East Village Eye magazine covers from the '80s —illustrated by Glenn Miller and Lee Quinones. Classic downtown NYC vibes!
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Sahar ⟀ @cathlynsa.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Dallas Theatre Three • [Program: For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide], pamphlet, 1980.
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Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
International Dog Day may have passed but dog breads are a great snack 24/7/365. instagram.com/virgin_honey
Slices of white and brown bread have simple dog features added, cut from contrasting Bread. Eyes, ears, noses, and cute expressions 
These slices are cut to look like dog profiles. Little pieces have been removed to look like mouths and then  features have been added
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Paulo da Fonseca @paulodafonseca.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Pedro Xisto. Caminho, 1979
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Sahar ⟀ @cathlynsa.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Variety (1983, Dir. Bette Gordon) 📽️ Cinematography by Tom DiCillo/John Foster. — A strange loneliness runs through the film, about searching for connection and getting lost in the versions of people we create in our minds. #80sCinema #filmsky
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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
mission elevator, concept art (1986) www.mobygames.com/game/13131/m...
on graph paper, a blue door, two plants on stands against the wall, a partial view of the level below with the mona lisa (copy of?) on the wall, a set of two candles and a partially drawn door.
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Sahar ⟀ @cathlynsa.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Covers that still feel current, 1970s. #DesignArchive #ArtDirection #DesignHistory
INPUT/ NO. 24 — 1977
GALAKSIJA / NO. 73 — 1978
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New Beverly Cinema @newbeverly.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
50th anniversary! TAXI DRIVER screens in 35mm this weekend: Friday & Saturday, August 7th & 8th, at 7:30pm and Sunday, August 9th, at 6:30pm.
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Sahar ⟀ @cathlynsa.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Variety (1983, Dir. Bette Gordon) 📽️ Cinematography by Tom DiCillo/John Foster. — A strange loneliness runs through the film, about searching for connection and getting lost in the versions of people we create in our minds. #80sCinema #filmsky
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In time of daffodils @themoonlookson.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Milan Kundera (Immortality) “The purpose of the poetry is not to dazzle us with an astonishing thought, but to make one moment of existence unforgettable and worthy of unbearable nostalgia.” .
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Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Face Castings by StudioMama www.studiomama.com
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Sahar ⟀ @cathlynsa.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
80s arcade culture, in Pac-Man stickers 👾
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Design Reviewed @designreviewed.com · 02/08/2026
De Tampon, Organ for the students and former students of the School for Graphic Design, Utrecht, 1931-1932 designreviewed.com/artefacts/de... #graphicdesign #dutchdesign #designhistory
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Benedict Drew @benedictdrew.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
13 Spells Against Southern Water. New solo album on Thanet Tape Centre. thanettapecentre.bandcamp.com/album/13-spe...
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Sahar ⟀ @cathlynsa.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Gretchen Bender • TV Text Image, 1986.
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Design Reviewed @designreviewed.com · 03/08/2026
Only an Ocean Between - America and Britain, Lella Secor Florence, 1943 (Isotype) www.designreviewed.com/artefacts/on... #isotype #infographics #dataviz #ottoneurath
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People‘s Graphic Design Archive @peoplesgdarchive.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Piet Zwart, Brochure for Nijgh and van Ditmar, 1931 Archived by @marinabyocean From Letterform Archive #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
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People‘s Graphic Design Archive @peoplesgdarchive.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Bookjacket for Three Lives,
by Gertrude Stein designed by Alvin Lustig, 1947 archived by @marinabyocean ”Lustig's cover depicts three female figures floating in a field of color, visually uniting the collection's three stories.” Cooper Hewitt #PeoplesGDArchive #GDArchive
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Elizabeth Goodspeed @goodspeed.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
A new Casual Archivist issue about lesser-than-ephemera and the visual detritus of everyday life (as evidenced though bootleg Bollywood VHS tapes)—read it here casualarchivist.substack.com/p/spine-ting... 📼
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Spine-Tingling
I’ve always had a soft spot for design made by non-designers. When I tell people this, they usually think I’m talking about punk flyers, or the kind of sweetly naive drawings of fruit that one might f...
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Sahar ⟀ @cathlynsa.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
I Shop Therefore I Am - Printed Paper Shopping Bag ∘ Designed by Barbara Kruger, 1990.
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Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Many many thanks to @its-nice-that.bsky.social for this chat about setting up our stationery shop, collecting ephemera & our recent book. www.itsnicethat.com/features/pre...
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The story behind Present & Correct, the perfectly curated stationery shop that’s every graphic designers dream
We catch up with co-founder Neal Whittington as the fan favourite print ephemera and stationery brand makes its first foray into the publishing world with a debut title from P&C Additions and unco...
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Design Reviewed @designreviewed.com · 31/07/2026
Design, Council of Industrial Design, 211, July 1966. Cover design by George Daulby designreviewed.com/artefacts/de... #designmagazine
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Mainly Museums @mainlymuseums.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Okay, I know we have a lot of aviation aficionados following the site…what about things that fly but have no engines…interesting? Theresa has some personal history here. #museums #museumfromhome #soaring #aviation mainlymuseums.com/post/1387/th...
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The National Soaring Museum – Exploring the History of Motorless flight
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Sahar ⟀ @cathlynsa.bsky.social · 28/03/2024
Ayumi Ōhashi • Japanese Illustrator known for her cover illustrations in magazines. She gained recognition for her work in Heibon Punch, where she drew almost every cover for a decade. Ōhashi also contributed to other magazines like Takarajima and Men's Club, 1969...1975.
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Sahar ⟀ @cathlynsa.bsky.social · 19/10/2024
Retro Toucan Desk Lamps ∘ Designed by H.T Huang, 70s / 80s.
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Counter-Print @counterprint.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
👀 Just finished these new die-cut bookmarks ✂️ I will include one with every Counter-Print order placed today as small thank you! L
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Nick Spence @nickfromupnorth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
David Bailey. David Hockney, 1965.
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Christoph Niemann @christophniemann.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Very happy that some of my NYC ink drawings made it into the pages of my 🖤 @newyorker.com . To see the whole article: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Sahar ⟀ @cathlynsa.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Album cover picks, '60s. It's interesting how both covers are built around the same simple shape: a circle.
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Sahar ⟀ @cathlynsa.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
1965 poster by Jerzy Treutler for How the West Was Won
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Robin Rimbaud - Scanner @scannerdot.com · 23/07/2026
I bought this single in 1984 and not until today did I discover that some rare copies have writing by the band inside the sleeve when they were apparently bored at the @creationrecords.bsky.social office, and I opened up mine to find this note from William of the band @themarychain.bsky.social
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Sahar ⟀ @cathlynsa.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Marcello Nizzoli, adding machines: 1/ Olivetti Multisumma 20, 1964 2/ Summa Prima 20, 1974. Slow calculators with no stored memory (beside the paper strip). This changed with the introduction of the microchip in the 1970s.
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Sahar ⟀ @cathlynsa.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Olivetti Divisumma 24, 1960s.
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Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Video phones. www.nms.ac.uk/collections/... collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co83... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...
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Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Your favourite reissue of a governmental notebook from Greece is back in stock. www.presentandcorrect.com/products/gre...
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Sahar ⟀ @cathlynsa.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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Charlie Largent @charlielargent.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
BTD - Director James Whale - The Invisible Man - 1933 - Spanish release poster
a face covered in bandages with the bandages spiraling away from the top of its head
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Matt Ashton @matthewjashton.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Here's a new thing I've made! A Short Survey Of Annotated Music Equipment - 38 page full colour booklet of stuff with stickers on it. £4 plus postage - DM here or ashtoninspace at gmail if you want one. Cheers!
A5 booklet - cover photo of a tape echo Photos of guitar pedals with stickers and duct tape on themPhotos of a mixer and a Casiotone keyboard with stickers and duct tape on themPhotos of guitar pedals, microphones and keyboards with stickers and duct tape on them
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Sahar ⟀ @cathlynsa.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Visual Coincidence No. 1 — Noticed a few of these before, never gave it a name. Turns out there's more of them than I thought. Posting as I find them. Modern Publicity Vol 34, 1965 / Graphis Vol.25, 1969.
André François | 'Modern Publicity Vol 34', 1965. 
Roman Cieślewicz | 'Graphis No.145, Vol.25', 1969.
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Sahar ⟀ @cathlynsa.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Keith Haring- Safrazi & Castelli Exhibition Poster, 1985.
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Wendy O'Rourke @wendyo.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Plexus Magazine No. 23 April 1969, cover art by Robert Lewis #popart
Plexus "the uninhibited magazine" was a French avant-garde magazine published in Paris from 1966 to 1970. 

This cover image shows a vibrant pop art design on a green background featuring a row of stylized, rainbow-colored profile portraits with big hair alongside contributor names and an "under 18" restriction notice. The image is often referred to as the "My best Friends" poster.
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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
40 years ago today, we were watching Primal Scream at the ICA as part of the NME's C86 week. They shared the bill with The Wedding Present and The Servants
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Halen Lemberger @halemberg.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Random four 45s from this week. V happy with 1969 mint Mama Cass 7”⭐️ #weekendsingles #musicsky
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Sahar ⟀ @cathlynsa.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Visual Coincidence No. 1 — Noticed a few of these before, never gave it a name. Turns out there's more of them than I thought. Posting as I find them. Modern Publicity Vol 34, 1965 / Graphis Vol.25, 1969.
André François | 'Modern Publicity Vol 34', 1965. 
Roman Cieślewicz | 'Graphis No.145, Vol.25', 1969.
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Paul Hearn @paulxhearn.eurosky.social · 01/02/2025
Pop archive #1 #visualarchive #cuttings #collage #filingsystems
Front view of a pop magazine cover folded & stapled to form a basic wallet. It is made to hold a collection loose magazine cuttings of popstars and musicians which are spilling out from the top edgeBack view of a pop magazine cover folded & stapled to form a basic wallet. It is made to hold a collection loose magazine cuttings of popstars and musicians which are spilling out from the top edge
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Sahar ⟀ @cathlynsa.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Alone in the Dark (1982, Dir. jack sholder) 📽️ Cinematography by Joseph Mangine — " Preacher likes to set fire to churches; that's his trip. Unfortunately, he does it when there are people inside. " #80sHorror 📼
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