#ties

"Classic Underwood manual typewriter! This model is from 1934. The Underwood is a design icon of an antique yet truly modern machine."

"The excerpt from Cicero's original passage began: Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit (Translation: "Neither is there anyone who loves grief itself since it is grief and thus wants to obtain it"). It's petty darned dark for graphic designer's dummy text! In publishing and graphic design, "Lorem ipsum" is common placeholder text used to demonstrate the graphic elements of a document without adding implied meaning of words the reader could understand. Shown: black on charcoal and dove gray on silver."

"Just give your average houndstooth a quarter turn and add some shifty little eyes, all the sudden you have a whole different animal!"

"We all loved science class - let's be honest, potentially blowing stuff up is way more fun than conjugating verbs. Image adapted from antique lab glass catalog."

"These birds on the ill-fated wire are conspiring to do something. What? We're not quite sure. The electric pole has come alive and it's root-like, cord plugs are about to grab anything is it's path. Bunnies beware. Original illustration. "

"Synth nerds unite! Built in 1975, the EMS Synthi-E was one of the first traveling synthesizers, strangely foreshadowing the laptop music of today."

"Inspired by vintage electrical/wiring diagrams found in an abandoned building in Detroit."

"If you have to wear a tie - you may as well turn heads. Check out this amazing sage green tie silk-screened with a killer tentacle design by Cyberoptix."