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Thursday, March 14, 2013

VINTAGE INDIAN ADVERTISING POSTERS



I just did a little time travel. Looking for some vintage posters to buy, I found these two vintage Indian tourism advertisements on Zazzle and I was instantly zipped back into time through the uber-stylised 1930s graphics and the crisp, sparse copy.

Though it often feels like we're bombarded by advertising these days, I still love checking out old print adverts just because it's the quickest way to remind ourselves of the design aesthetic of an era. Adverts are by nature super-zeitgeisty and they need to capture the look, feel and mood of the time they're created in, whether that's the make-do-and-mend domesticity of the 1950s or the razzle-dazzle glamour of the 1970s.

I particularly love this Air Force on because my uncle was vice-commodore in the Indian Air Force (and his son and son-in-law are in the Air Force too now).


Bata sandals were what every kid ran around in when I was growing up in India as they're super sturdy.
I really want to try and find a print of this coffee advert. I'm a coffee-holic for a start, and this image of a family crammed on to a scooter is so iconic of India.


This is from an old calendar, and I can never get over how pretty these old images of hindu gods are.

9 comments:

  1. the baba buden print can be had at zazzle for 80 dollars

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    1. Hi Anubha - sorry for the late reply, and thanks!

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  2. Hi, what is price of the hindu calendar and bata ad?

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  3. Not sure I'm afraid - will see if I can find out

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  4. hey priya, cool post and cool blog! i'm trying to source vintage indian posters for my wall but they're so hard to find. your blog made me think about this awesome t-shirt shop i stumbled upon in chennai. there's a write up about them here that you may find interesting!
    http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/a-tee-kadai/article3002543.ece

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    1. Hi Lux,

      you can get a lot of these prints at jaypore.com..they've got some really cool stuff

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  6. It would nice if you can publish some of the old Indian Calendars

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