Make Chicago the hub of your travel, 1933, Chicago.
~ New Departure Ball Bearings, 1956
“TOMORROW: Get your travel information, accommodations, and tickets in an instant - electronically! …. When Trip-a-matic becomes a reality, its designers will look to New Departure for ball bearings of unerring accuracy…”This style of illustration and graphic design makes me giddy. So amazing!
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Too Cool For School: London Zoo Penguin Pool by Berthold Lubetkin-
Happy world penguin day everybody! In celebration, today’s post features three of my favourite things: Modernism, monochrome and penguins!Russian architect Berthold Lubetkin, who emigrated to England in the 1930s, was probably most famous for Highpoint, a block of flats in North London. He was a pioneer of the modern movement in Britain and worked on many projects. He designed the penguin pool at London zoo in 1934 which housed the penguins until recently. The pool is still at London Zoo today and is now grade 1 listed but unfortunately the penguins have been moved to another enclosure.
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Creating Food #PantonePairings with @dschwen
Minneapolis-based illustrator and art director David Schwen (@dschwen) has long used Instagram as a creative outlet, documenting unique typography, literally interpreting common turns of phrase, and adding notification badges to everyday objects.
But lately, Schwen has embarked on a new theme: through the hashtag #pantonepairings, he has recreated paired Pantone color swatches with commonly paired food items.
“As a designer, you’re constantly picking color chips and pairing them up with one another. A while back I had an idea of making Pantone chips out of real household objects—sponges, cardboard, and the like. But while I was finishing up a poster design, I had taped two Pantone chips together to see how they looked next to one another. Instantly I thought of how people pair food together, and that was that. Pantone pairings.”
Check out @dschwen to see the rest of David’s #pantonepairings and follow along to see what he dreams up next!
New York City Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual (1970)
Further to this post from the other day, it now seems that the entire New York Subway Graphics Standards Manual is now online here. Read and enjoy!
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Massive Orbiting Globe Chandelier, 16’- Massive pipe with orbiting globes chandelier; 20th Century, via Studio 54-Steve Rubell & Important Modern Auction Sale.
I Feel Empty Without You by jaypaulo is scoring on Threadless!
Check out this cool GIF of The Beheading of Marie Antoinette by Andy Wilhite, made by easydanceinthedark!
Il popolo non ha il pane? (Taken with Cinemagram)
CLE-VER!
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An Emerson EP375 Five Plus One From 1941, alabaster case and handle, with brown knobs and grille, metal rivets and Emerson decal.
