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Originally Posted by 20_range
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For sure! Great place to start is Flickr. You can use search terms like Victorian Branding or Mid-Century Packaging. I look at old advertising, packaging, logos, and illustrations.
Here are three that I frequent:
Vintage Typography:
https://www.flickr.com/groups/vtype/
Mid-Century Illustrated:
https://www.flickr.com/groups/midcenturyinprint/
Crate Box Labels:
https://www.flickr.com/groups/crate_box_label/
I think it depends on what speaks to you and what inspires you. Somethings that I have really found inspiring over the past year are (and this is going to sound so strange, I know) 1960 and 1970s horse racing programs, Japanese matchbooks, old stamps (especially Soviet Bloc countries) and most recently shoe polish tins. Oh I also love old bicycling ads and especially bicycle badges. Those are the little things on the front of a bike with the brand.
Beer and wine labels never let me down. Oh and old hotel tags! OK you get the point, there are a lot of different things you can use.
Then I just break down the design and try to find inspiration in it.
I also love to pull old ads and posters and sample them for colors I can think of three logos off the top of my head that use the same color palette as old WPA posters from the 1930s.