An excellent set of vintage images. A few more:

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Jason pointed out that the Ill Studio stuff steals ruthlessly from the Doctor Who opener. It’s worth a look, and not just for old time’s sake. Awesome.

Yup. All my favorite graphic designers these days are French. Here is Ill Studio’s portfolio. More images:

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Man, what happened in the 1970’s? From an issue of Pop Sci, instructions on how to build your own 12-sided meditation chamber, where you can zone the fug out on “photolages.” WHY CAN’T MAGAZINES BE LIKE THIS ANYMORE?

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A university has just released scans of every issue of Preventative Maintenance Quarterly(?!) — an Army mag from the 1950’s–1970’s put together by Will Eisner. Nice looking, but particularly funny because the way Eisner’s always trying to sneak weird stuff past the censors, like the ridiculously lewd image above. (I’m sure he was trying to help the frustrated G.I.’s get off?) A couple more:

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RIYLZ: De Chirico, Magritte, JibJab, or that dude who did the “Tonight, Tonight” vid. Not sure if that’s a good thing, but hey, this print is only 120 euros.

via swissmiss

This animation using emoticons as pixels is kind of entrancing. Via Laric’s VVork.

via bioephemera

The new Bjork vid is finally out, and it was directed by the same people that brought you the amazing Grizzly Bear vid from last year.

UPDATE: The Times’ hipster reporter, Melena Ryzik, has an interview with all the people involved. Apparently the props were made in Matthew Barney’s studio.

UPDATE 2: Here’s a working video.

Even better: Here’s a behind the scenes about making the props:

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For you to wear with your bullet necklace while you sit on your Fully Loaded chair waiting for your Chanel guillotine.

Via Agenda.