The final Lucky store that bore the Raymond Loewy facade was located in Palo Alto.
There was a strong preservation effort for this location. Palo Alto is quite picky about big boxes invading.
Now abandoned, the store saw its last customer in 2005.
Photo by mehallo, taken 1998
Another Metropolis remix (above).
The complete, newly restored Metropolis (1927) will be showing locally at the Crest Theatre in Sacramento, September 11 and 12, 2010.
Found via Alex R. Trujillo
Queen’s Radio Gaga. From 1984.
The video features public domain footage from Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927).
Metropolis’ New Tower of Babel; click for larger version/jump
Also in 1984, producer Giorgio Moroder updated Metropolis with a rock score – controversial for some purists. Queen’s Freddy Mercury contributed Love Kills to the soundtrack (video below); though unrelated to the Gaga single.
So far, Moroder’s new wave-esque version (due to music licensing) hasn’t been officially released on DVD. But in comparison to the original (which got a complete restoration just this year), Moroder’s music, color tints and enhanced sound fx result in a totally different, very 1980s film experience.
A few months back, Claudia Chandler Brocato of the Chandler Family Association contacted me about Chandler 42 – my 1994 contribution to the ‘messy typewriter’ font genre.
And they ended up giving me a really nice write up in their quarterly newsletter. Just click the above image to read/download a one page PDF.
‘Vintage Ads Reveal Fashions And Trends In Type And Commercial Lettering’
Check out Vintage Ad Browser.
And
Great article about how to typographically mimic these looks at The Font Feed.
Found via The Font Feed
Roxy, c.1930
I finally made it over to the Depero 50 exhibit at the Italian Cultural Institute in San Francisco. Discovered many of Fortunato Depero’s originals were an interesting mix of ink washes. Above is his view of NYC from 1930. When he finally visited the overgrown metropolis, it wasn’t the Futurist utopia he’d imagined. Also below, the number composition is a sketch for a series of Futurist pillows.
A great exhibition catalog can be had for only 20 bucks – and thanks to the docents for all their help. Show details.
Exhibition ends December 4, 2009.
Composizioni Numeriche, 1927
Campari, 1933
Italia – Guerra, 1916
Plus
Here’s more Depero over at designboom.
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