I love these matchbooks found at a flea market by the very lucky Mary & Matt. They were designed for US food company Hunt-Wessen by the wonderful Saul Bass Associates, who also created their company logo in 1964...
Matchbook image copyright Mary & Matt.
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4 comments:
Absolutely wonderful. It's almost enough to make me take up smoking! I also went to the Design Museum Bass exhibition, but don't recall these. Nice find.
I'm still frustrated at the lack of decent Bass-related resources. A comprehensive book would be a fantastic thing to have.
Hi Dean, thanks for stopping by.I totally agree about the lack of Saul Bass resources.
At the DM Exhibition we got a flyer to sign up for the first copies of the Saul Bass retrospective book due for release later that year! That was 5 years ago and still nothing. The Design Museum did have a small soft back, Saul Bass book earlier this year from a Japanese publisher with a fair few pics in it, but I'm holding out for the official one.
Oh wow, these are very special, aren't they? Just beautiful design.
I can't explain the thrill I felt when your page popped up and these babies were on display.
Thanks,
Thanks, and
Thanks again!
>Bass forever<
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