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Jeanne Moderno in Ponytail
When I drew Jeanne Moderno, my hopes were the fonts would end up somewhere in a cool fashion magazine.
UK-based Ponytail has em and has used them beautifully in their third issue. Website here.
Rudi Gernreich: Fun future fashion
Gernreich’s unisex thong, 1974
Rudi Gernreich (1922-85) invented the world’s first topless swimsuit, the thong and the ‘No-Bra Bra.’
He also designed the clothing on Moonbase Alpha (below). Article and video here. Posthumous MySpace here.
Costume design for Space 1999, 1975
Type note: Space 1999 used Futura and Futura Black for its title sequence.
Lustig collection
‘He was in the vanguard of a relatively small group who fervently, indeed religiously, believed in the curative power of good design when applied to all aspects of American life.’ -Steven Heller, Eye Magazine
Alvin Lustig (1915-55) didn’t limit himself to the field of graphic design – as a ‘generalist’ he designed just about everything he could leave his mark on. Including a helicopter.
Check out the incredible collection of book jackets designed by Lustig here. More here.
And for even more, visit the Alvin Lustig Archive.
Found via Twitter.com/Sandoer
Pino Tovaglia: Alfa Romeo
Series of futuristic drawings by Pino Tovaglia for Alfa Romeo, 1958
I just picked up a used copy of the book Pino Tovaglia. La regola che corregge l’emozione. Book review over at Grain Edit.
Ken Adam and Ralph McQuarrie do Trek
The Enterprise by Ken Adam
Somewhere in the limbo that was the 1970s was a never-completed UK-produced film Star Trek: Planet of the Titans.
They made it as far as the conceptual illustrations. Ken Adam was hired as production designer and Star Wars visionary Ralph McQuarrie set about redesigning the Enterprise.
Article here. More McQuarrie art here.
Enterprise interior
Enterprise shuttlebay
Ken Adam: Bond production designer
Sir Ken Adam was the production designer for the Bond films.
He also developed the forced perspective look of Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (his War Room made a retro/1960s/1980s appearance in Watchmen). Many of the recent Bond films still reference his work.
The War Room from Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, 1963
Less and More: Braun in London
‘Transparent plastics and wooden veneers were mixed and colour schemes were limited to tones of pure whites and greys, the only splash of colour being allocated to switches and dials’
Designer Dieter Rams’ work for Braun inspired Jonathan Ive at Apple. And just opened at the London’s Design Museum is a Rams retrospective. Details here.
Edu in Spain: Friday night show
The jazz-inspried work of Edu Camacho. MySpace here. His work reminds me of several artists, including Fortunato Depero and Ben Shahn.
Edu is part of a group show Friday night (tomorrow): which includes paintings, illustration, projected photography and short film. November 20, 2009 in at maumau underground in Barcelona. Details here (translated).
007: Illustrated
Peter Lorenz’s Illustrated 007: The Art of James Bond blog looks at all forms of artist interpretations of the British secret agent. Including these great pulp renderings.
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