Children's books by Paul Rand
Paul Rand illustrated several children's books written by his wife, Ann Rand, in the fifties and early sixties. As it happens with true classics, the illustration and layout in Rand’s books looks just as fresh today as when they were first published.His style of illustration, consistent with his design work, is based in a witty use of simple shapes, flat colours and a well-thought composition and layout.Now these charming editions have been reprinted by Chronicle Books in San Francisco for your delight.

Letterhead
This is a detail of a very psychedelic letterhead I still have to finish and use, and here is the whole thing:I wonder if bills and invoices printed in this c

Halloweenish
I'm not very keen on Halloween stuff, but I couldn't resist to post these two cute drawings made by my son (11), as they fit the bill perfectly. He did the sketches in my pocket sketchbook. He’s learning english quite fast and he takes every ocassion to write some of the words he learns.

Misc. short notes
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Alberto Mielgo
An extraordinarily gifted painter / illustrator / concept art artist. He has a loose style and wonderful sense of colour that really pulls up every image he attemps to paint, both in digital or traditional media.Visit his blog or his personal website to enjoy more of his work. As a bonus, the