In the 1950’s, the future was as bright as the SoCal sun. We were living in a post war prosperity, the dawn of the space age and tremendous advances in technology fueled our imaginations of what tomorrow would bring. Designers, architects and engineers boldly explored new materials and processes and were released from the constraints [...]
I found these funny little time telling orbes on Uncommon goods. I love the shape and the colors, there are just so many things I can think of to connect these little bursts of whimsical color too, but I don’t think its appropriate to discuss fun things like boobies here on this blog, because it’s [...]
When these storage cubes by french designer Mathieu Lehanneur popped up on my radar, the three things I listed in the post headline floated through my head. Of course, I then learned that the designer calls this collection Delicious Storage. These cubes are covered in a classic wafer patterned stainless steel, come in four sizes [...]
Interesting post at Inhabitant today about a German company re-fitting cigarette machines to dispense books. For less than the cost of a package of smokes. Pretty good deal and interesting change in cultural iconography. Apparently, cigarette machines have great mechanics. Never thought about it or considered the idea, however they must have needed to take [...]
Woods Bagot, a worldwide architectural firm has designed an interesting solution to the recession stalled, partially finished construction projects that dot the Manhattan landscape. This caught my eye with its potential for set design and events. The firm is shopping to developers temporary inflatable buildings which may help developers collect rent from these sites, and [...]
As a follow-up to my post on Wildwood populuxe, here’s even more incentive to put Wildwood on your roadtrip list if you’re a fan of populuxe roadside architecture. Thanks to Michael at ModernCapital for the heads-up via twitter. from Press of Atlantic City The Retro Roadmap Vintage Diners of Southern New Jersey photo exhibit opens [...]
As cars became part of the American landscape, designers turned to Streamline Moderne for inspiration on how to make drive-ins, auditoriums, supermarkets and movie theaters attractive to the newly developing car culture. No place in America exemplified this trend better than southern California. Developed cities on the east coast required more dense, vertical building and [...]
I was walking my dog Sophia with my friend Terry yesterday and a brown car drove past. Terry commented that she did not like brown cars. I generally agreed, but this car was in the back of my mind. On the way to a client meeting with Paul today we were discussing the colors of [...]
Jim on Light has a great post about the light fixtures and lighting in the Frankfurt (Germany) airport. As a lighting designer Jim makes note of the color temperatures and how the lights appear in different spaces around the rather large airport. He notes how the place could have been lit with a boring and [...]
I saw this post today at Scene360 about a kinetic installation at the BMW museum by Art+Com. Beautiful work. From the Art+Com site: The Kinetic Sculpture is a metaphorical translation of the from-finding process in design. The installation consists of 714 metal spheres hanging from thin steel wires attached to individually controlled stepper motors. Covering [...]