famed 75-year-old illustrator, brian sanders, is the master craftsman behind mad men's lusciously textured season six key art. 

hailing from the golden era of magazine illustration, sanders was commissioned by mad men's creator, matthew weiner, to conjure the look and feel of 1960s spy novels, TWA flight menus, and swinging lifestyle ads. the drawing style is called "bubble & streak" and with a name like bubble & streak, it's got to be good.

{above: brian sanders illustration for woman's mirror, circa 1965.}

but, wait...there's more!

in 1966, director stanley kubrick  granted sanders rare access to the set and filming of 2001: a space odyssey. sanders documented the behind-the-scenes making of the film via paintings and sketches (photography was not allowed on the set). unfortunately, the controlling kubrick did not allow publication of the drawings. it wasn't until 2001 (two years after kubrick's death) that sanders space odyssey work was published (see examples below).

{above: behind-the-scences of space odessey: 2001 as seen through the eyes of illustrator brian sanders.}

{above: the camera was rigged to move with the centrifuge as the set rotated.}

{above: kubrick predicted that airline uniforms would not change drastically throughout the eras.}

{above: sanders captures actors smoking and playing pokers between takes.}

{read more about brian sander's collaboration with mad men at the new york times.} {peruse and learn more about sander's amazing work at the art of brian sanders.}

oh, jon hamm -- trending on twitter yesterday due to your manly obstacle.

i, on the other hand, admire you for your art (of course).

hence, the jon hamm coloring book.

{available at team art's etsy shoppe.}

stay for the sideburns.

{2 hour premiere on april 7th, kittens! mark your calendars.} {via tom and lorenzo...of course!}

darlings, if you find yourselves clock-watching the minutes today, filing your nails, prepping your bouffant, photoshopping your dreams, conjuring your cat, and cruising the cubes, just remember, elijah wood feels your monday pain.

and he feels it in alexander mcqueen. 

{elijah wood for mr. porter. shop the story here.}

kittens, this week is a little busy for me. one of our homes is being photographed for a magazine (woo hoo!), so i'm happily drowning in pillows, prep, and a lot caffeine.

may not be able to blog much for the next few days, so in the meantime, here is a publicity photo of mia farrow from 1968.

mia, love the bangs. love the brunette, babe.

{via shirley kurata's pinterst.}

a few years ago, i wrote about my experience working in the art department on feature films, but i've never written about my many, many, many years working in development at various production companies at universal and fox.

"working in development" involves reading and developing screenplays, books, articles, pitches, sketches, comic books, video games, etc. and making them into films. i worked on scripts that ranged from penelope to munich. i met some of the most talented and creative people on the planet and had the honor to work with a handful of them. 

i assisted wes anderson's producer, barry mendel, soon after the royal tenenbaums hit the theaters. i was a huge fan of anderson's and danced a little dance when barry gave me the criterion collection of wes's films.

moonrise kingdom continued my admiration for anderson's aesthetic and storytelling, and this new interactive and illustrated version of the screenplay keeps the development and art department nerd in me inspired and happy.

read the moonrise kingdom screeplay and view the artwork here. you can even download a PDF copy!

{interactive moonrise kingdom script courtesy of focus features.} {via rookie magazine.}

i confess: i do not watch homeland. but, according to the golden globes, i should.

artist ty mattson created these amazing 12 vintage-styled jazz album covers as an homage to the award winning show, and i must say, if homeland is even half as great as these album covers, i'll become a loyal fan.

{see all of mattson's works here.} {via grain edit.}

isn't she?

{ursula andress in casino royale (1967).}

darlings, i meditated today on gifts of holidays past and realized that my jewelry holders get a lot of play. after all, our best baubles and precious gems deserve some swank storage, don't they?

here are a few of my faves:

{above: 1. pixie faceted ring box made from reclaimed wood by oh dier living; 2. love bunny ring holder; 3. astrological jewelry stand; 4. baubled brook jewelry stand; 5. jackalope jewelry holder; 6. unicorn ring holder; 7. great plains dish; 8. random crap mini stash box.}

{top image: joan crawford...of course!}

bullet bras, coral walls, shag rugs, red lipstick...and murder.

the LA times recently featured stills from the new film hitchcock and i couldn't resist the production design by judy becker (the fighter, brokeback mountain) and set designer robert gould (the artist).

filmed primarly in homes around los angeles and pasadena, styles range from english tudor mansions and a mid-century bachelor pad to hollywood regency bedrooms and wood panelled studies.

a most curious collection indeed...

read more behind-the-set of hitchcock at the LA times. article by the one and only david keeps.