Welcome to RetroStalgia.com, home to all things retro and nostalgic!

Here you'll find a collection of links to my favorite sites which display images of signs, products, buildings, advertisements, and other designs mostly from the 1940s, '50s and '60s; plus some modern designs which are an imitation of, or merely influenced by designs from the middle of the 20th century.

Why, you ask? Because I love this stuff! Retro/nostalgic designs can be cool, sleek, bold, kooky, kitschy, hip, swanky, far-out... Whatever the case, they always hearken back to simpler times. They're an escape in a way, a fantasy, a journey back in time; and, for me, always enjoyable to behold.

http://fontdiner.com/
This is the first all-retro site I've ever seen. Every page is created in a cool retro style. It offers a great collection of nostalgic fonts which I've found very useful in my work.

http://www.lanalandis.com/
This is a site I discovered in Font Diner's "Homemade Specialties" section. It is probably the most beautifully-designed site I've ever seen. There is a vintage feel to every aspect of it. It's a little risqué, but very artistically done.

http://maxkelly.com/portfolio_retro.html
I LOVE this guy's stuff. Here is a graphic designer who has devoted a section of his website to retro graphic designs that he's done for modern businesses. His work includes outdoor signs, posters, furniture, and even tiki statues!! I like FREAK for this stuff! What's wrong with me???

http://moderndrunkardmagazine.com/
I love this website. It's so bad, so wrong, but I love it in a Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas sort of way ... although I can't clearly explain why I love that book so much either. In any case, this site contains a lot of really great old ads and illustrations, some of which I assume are recently-created simulations, some doctored up old ads, and probably some untouched originals. I can't always tell. Can you?

http://www.michaeldoret.com/index.html
Michael Doret's work is truly unique. It seems that all of his work is inspired by vintage art, yet he makes it his own. His all-original lettering and unique color choices remind one of designs ranging from Art Deco in the 1920s to Psychedelia in the '60s. Michael spoke at a class of mine in about 1983, and I never forgot him.

http://www.andynortnik.com/
Here's an example of what you might call pseudo-retro. Yes, this guy derives his style from nostalgia, but all the sharp lines, bright colors, and a lot of the subject matter tip you off that they were created during this millennium.