Tel Aviv Socks
Description: A circular emblem-style graphic featuring the Tel Aviv skyline with skyscrapers and older buildings. A sun rises over the sea behind clouds, with text above reading 'TEL AVIV' and below reading 'The City of Memories' in script. All elements are in a monochrome blue tone on a black background.
Description: “Finest Confectionery Beit-Lehem.” (Hebrew.) Circa 1935. Poster published by Beit Lehem Bakery, LTD, Tel Aviv, Israel. Designed by Shalom Aharoni. Public domain, via PPPA. The poster is a commercial advertising lithograph for the ‘Bethlehem’ confectionary, referring to a shop where sweets are made or sold. Lithography by Monzon, Jerusalem. Shalom Aharoni, born in 1908 in Rehovot, Israel, was a professional sculptor. He sculpted in stone, clay, and marble. This is Shalom Aharoni’s single recorded commercial poster. Using a variety of graphic design tools, I created a restored and enlarged reproduction of this historical Israeli poster, based on a rare photo of the original poster in an archive.
Description: “Purim Celebrations in Tel-Aviv, 1929, 14-15 of Adar Bet, 26-27.3.29” (Hebrew.) “Hagigot Purim beTel Aviv.” Poster promoting Tel Aviv’s Purim parade (Adloyada) March 26-27, 1929. A. L. Monsohn Lithographic Press, Jerusalem. Designed by Arie (Aryeh) Natan. Public domain. Arie Natan was a graphic designer in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. The poster is an advertisement featuring international and local influences - Russian avant-garde aesthetics and Jewish themes. The image depicts stylized figures in Purim costumes with a radiant sun and palm trees in the background. Using a variety of graphic design tools, I created a restored and enlarged reproduction of this historical Israeli poster, based on a rare photo of the original poster in an archive.
Description: Poster promoting the first Maccabiah (Maccabee Games) held in Tel Aviv, Eretz Israel, March 28 - April 6, 1932. Published by Maccabi World Union. Public domain, via PPPA. The poster’s style is early 1930s commercial/promotional, with a simplified figure, strong flat color fields, and the Star of David flag. The 1932 Maccabiah was created to promote physical education and Jewish heritage. The games were similar to the Olympics. There were competitions in 16 sports, and 390 athletes from 27 countries participated. 20,000 spectators were at the opening ceremony. Using a variety of graphic design tools, I created a restored and enlarged reproduction of this historical Israeli poster, based on a rare photo of the original poster in an archive.
Description: “Adloyada, 1933, Tel Aviv” (Hebrew.) Advertising poster for Adloyada (“until one doesn’t know”) Purim parade in Tel-Aviv, Israel, 1933. Strod Publishing, Tel Aviv. Original concept by Avraham Aldema. Public domain. Avraham Aldema (1884-1963) was born in Berdichev, Russian Empire. He made Aliyah in 1906, working as a graphic designer and art teacher at Gymnasia Herzliya in Tel Aviv. The poster features clean, stylized modernist graphics, simplified forms, and a limited high-contrast color palette. It combines Jewish elements with the symbols of Carnival. Using a variety of graphic design tools, I created a restored and enlarged reproduction of this historical Israeli poster, based on a rare photo of the original poster in an archive.
