love you big: Vintage Dutch Picture Book Covers

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Vintage Dutch Picture Book Covers

BibliOdyssey has done it again! The colours, typography and design of these Dutch book covers are frighteningly contemporary.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...: Excellent find. They are beautiful and I feel like reading them now, even though I cannot read Dutch. C; December 2, 2009 8:54 AM
Valerie Solanas said...: I absolutely heart these and want them as home fabrics or wallpaper.; December 4, 2009 7:47 AM
Naomi Devlin said...: They are heart stopping. Those colours are gorgeously subtle, warm and muted, but still vibrant. Definitely need to bookmark these for when I finally get to decorate the house. x x x; December 8, 2009 8:24 PM

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