Vintage architectural renderings of storefronts by an anonymous artist. These were found in a photo album.
It’s amazing how many of these appear to be prototypes for stores that did exist. Wonder what the story is behind them (one agency created facades for many major chains)??
More here.
Sir Julian Gould: Movin At Midnight
Found via Justin Panson
‘The intertwining of science, art and technology: An animated and interactive installation based on the poster of the same title by Fritz Kahn from 1927.’
Animation by Henning M. Lederer, sound design by David Indge.
More info here. Original poster below.
Der Mensch als Industriepalast, Fritz Kahn, 1927
Found via Gábor Kóthay
The work of Chad Hagen.
Also available: Prints of his Nonsensical Infographics.
Found via Designer Daily
Justine Lai’s art reminds me of the naughtiness that was typically seen in Ralph Ginzburg and Herb Lubalin’s groundbreaking Avant Garde magazine – where the ITC Avant Garde typeface was born. (Avant Garde predated Lubalin’s U&lc)
Posits the question: What would it be like to have sex with every American President?
Answer here.
Found via sfgirlbybay
‘It was Benjamin Franklin’s favorite typeface, and the first printings of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were set in Caslon.’
I am a history junkie.
And I loved the scene in HBO’s John Adams miniseries when Adams disputed the accuracy of the above painting (video, below). And how Ben Franklin’s approach to French diplomacy was more . . . ardent, than formal.
(I also loved how the miniseries used titled camera angles – like the United States was founded by villains from the old Batman tee vee series)
William Caslon’s fonts were the typefaces of the American Revolution.
Here’s some great reads on early American documents – as handy PDFs.
And here’s a link to John Adams on DVD.
Video for Die Mannequin’s Miss Americvnt. From the album Fino+Bleed.
‘CMYK Alphabet is a typographic experiment . . . Each letter is hand embroidered using a combination of two overlapping CMYK colours.’
Evelin Kasikov recreates a process color rosette using thread. Details here.
One of the first modern icons of the 20th century, The London Underground’s ‘bullseye’ passed the 100 year mark recently – and to celebrate, 100 artists were brought in to interpret the symbol and its legacy. [Read more →]
‘Constructivism was an artistic and architectural movement that originated in Russia from 1919 onward which rejected the idea of ‘art for art’s’ sake in favour of art as a practice directed towards social purposes . . . this video is part of the ‘Palette’ project and pays homage to Constructivism.’
Bill Hooper’s Never Odd or Even, video by Mark Garvey.
‘We hairy. We mope. We doodle for spare change.’
Four of seven covers for Belgium-based Weekend Knack. By Khuan Cavemen Co.
Photostream here.
Found via MonsieurBandit
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