Thursday Jan 27, 2011 by mike
Fruits & Veggies print
Mike Davis' Fruits & Veggies mini print is now available in our online store! At 8.5 x 11", it's the perfect size for your kitchen. Super bright four color print on French Whitewash paper.
Monday Jan 24, 2011 by mike
PERMALESQUE wrapup
This past Saturday, we opened up PERMALESQUE, a collaborative art experience between Burlesque and Permanent. We filled the gallery with prints, sculpture, collages, photographs, and slide and video projections. With the inclusion of live music from Andrew Broder and Marijuana Deathsquads, the night was a full-on multimedia assault. Read More
Thursday Oct 21, 2010 by mike
CBS Family Film Classics
Fantastic type design by the legendary Gerard Huerta. Such a rare treat to see 1920s art deco revival style laid out in a needlepoint pattern and rendered in early computer pixel fashion. Huge YES to all of those. Stay tuned for more incredible work fr... Read More
Tuesday Oct 12, 2010 by mike
The National poster
Tomorrow night at the Rialto Theatre in Tucscon AZ, The National will be performing live in concert. If you're at the show, do pick up a poster designed and screenprinted by us good folks at Burlesque of North America. Read More
Tuesday Oct 12, 2010 by mike
The Sensational Houdini Water Torture Escape
Here is a poster designed by the great Seymour Chwast, he of Push Pin Studios fame, to promote magician Doug Henning's televised recreation of Harry Houdini's infamous stunt. This went down December 26, 1982.Bill Cosby was there!Here's a recap of Henni... Read More
Friday Sep 24, 2010 by mike
Philately Fridays: New Zealand 1982
Two years ago, I posted this little set of three stamps from New Zealand with some really fresh early '80s watercolor illustrations.I came across two more from the same series, and heeeeeere they are: Read More
Monday Sep 13, 2010 by mike
Groovy Matchbook Covers
Check out this super hot series of sports illustration matchbook covers found on Flickr. Thanks to Heath Harris for passing along the link.Throw yourself waaaaay off schedule today by spending some time looking at the rest of this series as well as man... Read More
Friday Sep 10, 2010 by mike
Philately Fridays: Russia, 1979
Very nice type and design on this stamp from Russia. Can anyone please translate any of the text on it? Read More
Friday Sep 10, 2010 by mike
I am in an art show
Friend-of-Burlesque Anton Pearson, who some of you might know as DJ Anton from Wants VS Needs, has organized a group art show entitled SLANGUAGE: A PORTMANSHOW, a collection of typographic art based on portmanteaus, slang, and wordplay. Anyone who knows me knows my pun game is mad strong. I got big puns and fat jokes, son. So anyways, for this show I decided to focus on a more traditional portmanteau and chose the word toujours. Read More
