Any idle moment browsing the net soon leads me to a search on mid-century illustration (it’s that or 1950s furniture-I’m currently lusting after a vintage cocktail bar for our new flat). The best place to find great examples is a splendid blog todaysinspiration which is updated pretty much every day.

It was here – via another link – that I found a flickr group of the most beautiful kids book illustrations. The pics that caught my eye were by one Aurelius Battaglia. A bit of googling will hopefully shed more light on this artist but for now feast your eyes on these pages as found on flickr. I can’t get enough of the stunning colours and elegant, angular styling so typical of this period.

These images are a little blurry as they seem to be photos rather than scans but view the slideshow to see a bigger version in all its Techni-color glory.