Modern Illustration is a project by illustrator Zara Picken, featuring print artefacts from her extensive personal collection. Her aim is to preserve and document outstanding examples of mid-20th…
Modern Illustration is a project by illustrator Zara Picken, featuring print artefacts from her extensive personal collection. Her aim is to preserve and document outstanding examples of mid-20th century commercial art, creating an accessible resource for understanding illustration history.
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By semolino 2026-03-0513:00 I first found this site a few months back when researching the logo for Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (it appears on a shipping container at a construction site in my area): https://www.modernillustration.org/archive/mol1969ryoheiyana...
Semi-relatedly to the OP, I dug deeper and found that M.O.L. continues to regularly update their site in honor of the logo's illustrator (including fresh monthly wallpapers and printable stationery): https://www.mol.co.jp/en/yanagihara/
I was pleasantly surprised by the ongoing reverence they have for their illustrator's legacy.
By mistrial9 2026-03-0414:27 > This archive started life in 2018 as an Instagram account called Ephemerama!, where I posted my finds from over a decade of collecting.
By dylanzhangdev 2026-03-0414:48 very cool, thanks
