Wendy O'Rourke

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Here to inspire ✨️ Art + Music + Design + Positivity

Abstract modernist woodcut and stencil print in overlapping shades of muted blue, wheat, white and black. Peter Green (1933-2023) was a British artist/printmaker and art educator.
The Smoke – ...It's Smoke Time, Metronome, Germany LP (1967) Cover design by Atelier Paul & Ruth The Smoke was a British pop, freakbeat, and psych group formed in York in 1965, originally performing under the name The Shots. Their 1967 track, "My Friend Jack," became a major hit in Germany, reaching No.2 on the chart, but it was banned from airplay in the UK by the BBC for the drug references in the lyrics. Because of the heavy UK censorship, The Smoke focused on the European market, especially Germany, where they achieved massive success and toured extensively. The group continued to perform and release singles until they officially disbanded in 1976. Drummer Geoff Gill later found success as a songwriter and producer for the disco group Boney M.
The Impact France sleeve design by Maurice Apelbaum features a graphic illustration of a multicolored psychedelic smoking pipe with a color photo of the group spliced onto the bowl of the pipe.
Pop art style illustration of a bouncing female crossed leg wearing long white socks and lavender mary jane shoes, and a comic "au!!!" speech bubble. The background is a rosy red.
Bold psychedelic typography repeating the phone number 326-6040. The number sequence 326-6040 in the cover art was the phone number for the magazine's Palo Alto headquarters office during that time. CA is the largest international trade journal dedicated to visual communication, serving as a premier source of inspiration for creative professionals since 1959.
A stylized green tabby cat watching a butterfly while lounging beneath a tree with a canopy of square leaf patterns. Printed in multiple shades of green.
Stylized designs of zodiac signs in a colorway of purple, pink, and red printed on white linen
The cover features a red and white illustration of a castle on a black background. This live album was recorded in 1961 at the famous Spanish Castle Ballroom between Seattle and Tacoma. "I Idolize You," a cover of the 1961 Ike & Tina Turner song, was performed by vocalist "Little" Gail Harris, who was only 15 years old at the time of the recording. The Fabulous Wailers (originally The Nightcaps) were a rock and roll band from Tacoma, Washington, formed in late 1958 and active until the late 1960s. They are widely considered the first successful garage band to emerge from the Pacific Northwest, paving the way for groups like The Sonics, Paul Revere & the Raiders, The Bards, The Lollipop Shoppe, The Kingsmen and many others.
A framed set of MCM style geometric cat paintings in earth tones. Based on the 1950s-60s gravel art kit designs.
Plexus "the uninhibited magazine" was a French avant-garde magazine published in Paris from 1966 to 1970. This cover image shows a vibrant pop art design on a green background featuring a row of stylized, rainbow-colored profile portraits with big hair alongside contributor names and an "under 18" restriction notice. The image is often referred to as the "My best Friends" poster.
Illustration of a smiling sun
Psychedelic cover featuring the three singers framed in multiple colors with purple font. The Cake was a trio of teenage New York singers Jeanette Jacobs, Barbara Morillo, and Eleanor Barooshian formed in 1966 and active until 1968. In 1967, they were discovered by the notorious producers Charles Greene and Brian Stone (Greene & Stone) at the Ondine Discotheque in NYC. They quickly relocated to Los Angeles, signed to Decca, and started recording. Their debut single was "Baby, That's Me," written by Jack Nitzsche and Jackie DeShannon (originally recorded by The Fashions in 1964 and Leslie Gore in 1965). The production of the track, arranged by Harold Battiste, was heavily influenced by the Wall of Sound technique created by Nitzsche and Phil Spector. Billboard rated the song number 64 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.
"The 'listened-to' Sound... Sonora" Model SV6970 Psychedelic line drawing/illustration of a woman's face with red lips and hand with red nails surrounded by waves of hair in grey and swirls of sunset colors. The stereo unit advertised is a black and white photo.
"Listen to Cat music, collect analog records" poster art by Polish artist Jakub Zasada. Three stylized black cats on a purple background with three floating vinyl records.
The art features a black LC2 Petit Club Lounge Chair by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, and Charlotte Perriand for Cassina and a grey Navajo rug with a bird motif.
A black and white image of the artist in his studio in 1965 Photo: Paul Popper/Popperfoto
Black Cat with Flowers Tea Towel by Jan Pieńkowski for Gallet Five, London (1967) A smiling black cat covered in yellow, brown and orange flowers.
Op art in orange with dots/circles appearing to change direction
From the Circle in form series 2020-2023. Oil on linen geometric painting featuring multi colored circles over a red background.
Exhibition poster with a stylized peacock in black, blue, violet, red and green
Q65 – Revolution LP, Decca Netherlands
A sitting room centered around a circular area rug with geometric designs in red, orange, peachy pink and yellow sunset colors.
Part 4 of the series, cover shows a dining area with white tulip Eero Saarinen Knoll furniture and Eugenio Gentili Kartell lighting in orange
Image source: delicious Industries/Flickr This "Waste Disposers" cover is centered around a light gray trash can on a blue background with the tail end of a black cat with white paws walking away. There is a tiny white crescent moon above them.
"Party Room" with a yellow tufted sofa with Marimekko fabric covered throw pillows, a cream shag rug under a glass Parson’s coffee table, a black totem sculpture by Gene Vass sits behind the sofa. The room is decorated in yellow, pink, black and white, and all textiles are different Marimekko designs.
Klimt style tile mosaic of a woman on the facade of a building created with predominantly red, black and white tiles with pops of multiple colors
Klimt style tile mosaic of a woman on the facade of a building created with predominantly red, black and white tiles with pops of multiple colors.
Collage art of a woman with bouffant hair and wearing a red pantsuit is using an Electrolux vacuum on a sandy beach full of people. The woman looks enormous compared to the people.
Cotton fabric featuring a brown grid pattern containing daisy flowers and leaves in orange, gold, and green or solid colored circles in orange and green.
1970s kitchen with orange cabinets and pull-out wooden shelves stacked with dishes. The image captures design elements of the era like green laminate flooring yellow Formica countertops.
This acrylic painting is a colorful composition of geometric shapes in different shades of red, green, blue, pink, and purple with pops of black.
The cover of Vogue magazine with the photo from the first post.
The models hair is a short blonde pixie cut, the earrings are clear blown glass globes with multicolored bead trim hanging from flower shaped clip on clusters and the raincoat is a metallic green.
Single sleeve with a black and white image of Taïeb next to a bright pink title background with purple border
Portable radio in black with a wood grain face/speaker
Session guitarist Jerry Cole (Byrds, Beach Boys) recorded some psych sounding sessions that were initially released under the name Animated Egg, but the songs were re-titled and came out on various discount albums like Astro Sounds, T Swift & The Electric Bag, The Projection Company, Stone Canyon Rock Group and The Generation Gap. More Psychedelic Guitars is a 1967 Custom Records album that was a mix of covers and psychedelic jams by Cole and other Wrecking Crew session musicians, including Billy Preston. The musicians were rarely credited on the albums.
Laundry room from 1972 filled with colorful design using supergraphics to clearly identify the washer ("WASH") and dryer ("DRY"). They are decorated with swirling, colorful waves in shades of blue, green, red, and yellow, with a white arrow cutting through the red and gold shag carpet and pointing at the washer and dryer. The graphics wrap around the front of the machines and continue onto the walls, turning utilitarian appliances into a unified piece of art.
Immediate Records pink picture sleeve with white font. It features the band in a black and white group shot with white vertical graphic lines running over the image and the title, which makes them look trapped behind the bars of a cage or jail cell.
Orange tubelined ceramic butterfly
Orange tiles with ornate brown/tan fleur-de-lis design
Clusters of large ribbed modernist pendant lights with pleated shades suspended from geometric brass framework. AvroKO designed the 2019 restaurant drawing from Neiman Marcus's Fascinating Fortnight cultural event, blending New Formalism architecture with modern brass details across 8,600 sq ft of dining areas.
A 1950s living room with orange walls, featuring the white-framed shelving system with orange and green cabinets as a room divider holding a TV, books, and decor next to a white sofa, round mahogany coffee table and patterned rug. The white Akari paper lamp hangs above the sofa.
A female model with big two toned flipped hair demonstrates the IBM System/7 Controlled Access system, a specialized security application of the IBM System/7 minicomputer introduced in October 1970.
I Corvi – Un Ragazzo Di Strada / Datemi Una Lacrima Per Piangere 45 rpm 7" single on Ariston Records, Milan (1966) The picture sleeve shows the band wearing matching ruffled shirts and black coats with red trim. Very dandy-esque.
The cover shows an orange crackpot being filled with a variety of veggies. The art is definitely influenced by the Glaser/Chwast Push Pin Studios style.
Italian picture sleeve for Dolce Delilah and Mai Nessuno shows a grapefruit stuck with international flag toothpicks
French 45 rpm 7" picture sleeve, RCA Victor (1968)
Ace of Spades with the company name
The poster reads "The Earth, belonging to nobody." It shows the planet Earth with a glowing ring around it on a black background.
My kitchen sink with the new tile
Two siamese cats pose with black and white tile flooring in op art designs by Marcello Morandini
MCM sunburst and starburst tile designs in blues and earth tones
This magazine acted as a key industry guide for designers and consumers, featuring fabric swatches like velvet, cotton, and jerseys alongside emerging style trends.
A woman who looks like an office worker with feathered hair strolls (on orange shag carpet) past a multi colored space age industrial wall unit, which includes a drinking fountain and a fire extinguisher.