eastern european flashbacks

I came across this blogsite the other day - whilst trying to find out more about polish ceramics as I had recently picked up a "Mi" coffee set by Mirostowice.  It had information both on polish ceramics and illustration.

http://zuzamade.blogspot.com/2008/06/design-findings-polish-1960s.html

The images below are from the blogsite.

What a fabulous flashback it was to childhood memories of various Eastern European (mainly Czech I think to be fair) animated stories we used to watch on the television - I remember being fascinated by the list of exotic and unpronounceable names that scrolled down the screen at the end of the show - and wondering what life was like in their seemingly strange and far-away-world.

There's a part 2, too

http://zuzamade.blogspot.com/2008/11/design-findings-polish-1950s-1970s-part.html

The images above shows the typical brown glazing of the Mirostowice ceramics.  The search continues however,  for more info re my own 1960's "Mi" Mirostowice coffee pot and set.