‘Every now then, as you stumble through design history, you trip over and fall on your ass.’
Alex Charchar takes a look at the incredible work of Reid Miles. Article here.
(and psst: click on the album covers for MP3 purchasing options.)
Joe Henderson: Jinrikisha
The Sacramento International Film and Music Festival is underway – and this Friday night, my students’ type film (above) will be shown as part of the Art Institute’s Student Showcase, 6 p.m., July 30 at The Crest.
Festival details here.
Official It’s Typography website here.
And so on . . .
‘Stronger than silent e, able to leap capital T in a single bound’
Before David Letterman had a show, I used to watch Letterman.
Joan Rivers narrated the Letterman spots with Gene Wilder as the voice of the hero.
These shorts were from the original Electric Company (1972-77), which was the coolest childrens show ever. Even had Morgan Freeman, Rita Moreno, Mel Brooks and Spider-man.
And
In an odd jump back to my childhood, Libby the Kid and The Electric Company ended up influencing some of the design stuff I’ve done for Normandie.
Hm.
In the 1970s, Chevron ran animated spots highlighting our good ‘friends’ the dinosaurs whose fossils power our vehicles. Here’s an ‘alternative energy’ spot (above) from 1978.
Chevron also used to employ really tiny mechanics that could climb inside and rubberize your car (below).
And
In 1960, we used to drive around in bubble-domed spaceships (powered by Chevron Surpreme, of course):
One more.
Vintage VW Beetle spot.
Pick a flavor.
Also as a kid, I had a small stack of these flyers: The official Baskin-Robbins 31 flavors list, changed out monthly, available at the counter.
And Daiquiri Ice was my favorite. The allure of drinking without the drinking.
Found via So Much Pileup.
By far, these were the coolest tee vee dinners of the 1970s.
I used to be able to draw the Kid quite well and still have a 3D mug premium sitting around here somewhere.
The classic Sesame Street Typewriter Guy. From 1978.
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