Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Le Man



Steve McQueen in Le Mans (1971)

How awesome is the Porsche 917?
If I weren't going to paint our front door in the Push Pin graphic style of 1984, I would definitely use these great old Porsche colors, and put our number inside the white circle. And how do we turn that headlamp design into a pendant lamp that would turn on as fantastically as McQueen's do during the dusky hours of Le Mans.?
Sometimes I think I find more design inspiration in cars than anywhere else.


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Saturday, March 27, 2010

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Alexander Girard


Some fabric designs from the 50's and 60's


Sunday, March 21, 2010

It's Spring!

16 year old Californian Jan Smithers (Bailey Quarters)
on the cover of Newsweek, March 21, 1966.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Eames faces







Two old Eames chairs and five faces, from a yard sale.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

more Eames faces

An old Eames House of Cards, from an estate sale.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Fashions by Linda, age 11








What fun to discover my (now) kooky notebook and crazy paper dolls I made when I was 11. It was the early 80's and I was just discovering fashion. I had a love for all the era's usual suspects- Chic, Jordache, Calvin Klein, Sasson, Gloria Vanderbilt, Bonjour, and yes, Jones New York (?!?).
I was also totally into Punk and New Wave.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Knitted Landscapes

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Two fantastic projects- the picture sweater and landscape rug- from the 1978 British book
The Needleworker's Constant Companion.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Liberty Studios


The great facade of Anthony Lover's Liberty Studios, NYC, with its perfect mix of industrial age iron work, Gill Sans Extra Bold (a typeface) and supergraphic American Typewriter (this blog's typeface) number. And the beautifully poetic and patina'd window.
Sometime crashpad of our errant carpenter, the studio is more noted for creating the amazingly detailed HBO Starship intro back in 1982. (link)


Monday, March 1, 2010

Never crash

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Vintage Qantas Koala pencil,
no doubt given away to lucky kids visiting Australia back in the 70's.

Found hiding in a desk drawer at an estate sale.