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Detail, cover illustration, "Human Engineering: Tailoring the Machine to the Man," Research and Engineering magazine, February 1956. We reproduced the entire illustration here. Pure blacks are missing from the detail, an enlargement of a scan of a worn cover. Copies of R&E in any condition are difficult to find, and the original art has not been located.

decapitation = success

Spot illustration, Research & Engineering magazine, April 1956, showcasing the secret to corporate achievement: sever your rival's head. The sword-wielding executive regiment works most effectively when your competitor is a sawtoothed reptile. In the above illustration the exec-suite platoon seems to have arrived after the fact, as evidenced by the detached noggin and "+" in place of eyeballs, which in cartoons usually signify death.

pretzel machine

Pretzel-making machine, spot illustration, Research & Engineering magazine, September 1955, marking Flora's debut in this short-lived monthly. The cover art is credited and the interior illos unmistakably reflect his whimsy, but no art director is listed in the masthead. Starting with the combined October/November issue Flora is ID'ed as art director, a position he held thru August 1956. An extensive gallery of Flora covers and interior illustrations from R&E was reproduced in The Sweetly Diabolic Art of Jim Flora.

Skunkabater

Spot illustration, Research & Engineering, April 1956

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Illustration, "The Challenge of Frontier Products Development"
Research and Engineering magazine, cover detail, July 1956

Organizational Quotient

Compiling a resumé?

Illustration, Research & Engineering, April 1956

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"Industrial Research in Europe 1955"

Research & Engineering magazine, cover element
October-November 1955

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Illustration, "Human Engineering: Tailoring the Machine to the Man"

Research and Engineering magazine, February 1956