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Junk food, painted
‘Each one of these paintings is five or six feet tall and takes Pamela two months to finish.’
The work of Pamela Michelle Johnson. Interview here. Website here.
Found via Bit Rebels
Illustrated ‘Food Mart’ renderings, circa 1962
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
Marina-style shopping
‘the ‘Marina’ type, named after San Francisco’s Marina Boulevard store . . . The mosaic murals were created by John Garth. They depict food being transported from the four corners of the globe.’
Though abandoned by the company, this ‘googie-style’ seabird facade (above and below) was THE brand for the Safeway supermarket chain.
The Marina market even made an appearance in one of my favorite films, Bullitt (1968). It was part of the famous car chase thru San Francisco (clip below).
More on the ‘Marina’ style here.
Marina-style Safeway in Millbrae, 1963; click for larger image/jump
Millbrae Safeway interior, 1963
The chase from Bullitt; Safeway at 5:02 and (closeup) 4:45
Images found via Pleasant Family Shopping, Romleys, Grocetria
Lucky and Loewy
Design legend Raymond Loewy (1893–1986) came up with the look – and façade – for the Lucky Supermarket chain – now owned by Savemart of Modesto. Yellow and green were part of the brand. And the type: An art deco script.
Somewhere along the way, as Lucky found itself sold and passed around, the original design vanished into history.
Today’s version of the Lucky logo, unfortunately, looks like a rough Adobe Illustrator live trace – just to keep the name afloat. Brand equity and all that.
More on Loewy and Lucky here.
Images found via Pleasant Valley Shopping, Romleys
The Control Master
Film by Run Wrake. Made with official CSA ‘bonehead’ images!
And sort of featuring Steven Heller. Sort of.
Wish cartoons were as cool when I was a kid.
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