Hotel Arcadia – Athens, Greece
Torino – Majestic Hotel LaGrange
La Spezia Grand Hotel Royal – Croce di Malta
A fresh serving of delicious vintage luggage label design courtesy of Art of the Luggage Label, a vast flickr catalogue organized and curated by our friend Tom Schifanella. Check out my first installment for additional information about this project and more striking designs. A recap of Tom’s vision for this project:
To create an online resource for collectors to share information and learn more about these gems from the golden age of travel. Also, as a graphic designer I have always had an interest in the history of design so this gives me a way to share that passion with others… The goal is to get submissions from as many collectors as possible so we can build a complete online visual library of labels based on printer, artist etc. A huge task that will probably take years to complete!
Tom is Senior VP/Executive Creative Director for The Robin Shepherd Group, a full service ad agency in Jacksonville, Florida. I had the pleasure of highlighting TRSG’s terrific branding and design portfolio last week on AQ-V. View it here.
An additional note… Tom handles the Rázsó Collection of vintage luggage labels. Mr. György Rázsó passed away in 2008 leaving behind an extensive label collection he had acquired over several decades. Tom is selling the collection on behalf of the family. It includes a wide variety of labels, from common to rare and new labels are released every week. Prices are very reasonable and the designs range from years 1910 to 1960.
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>> Art of the Luggage Label Vintage Luggage Label Library on Flickr
>> Rázsó Collection Original Vintage Luggage Labels for Purchase
>> Tom Schifanella Interview with Marty Weil on the Ephemera Blog
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