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New, old Van Halen
The original Van Halen broke up when I was a senior in high school. And yes, I am an old fan of David Lee Roth, read about it here.
And the reunion no one thought would happen happened and the album no one thought would happen was released yesterday. 28 year wait. The sound harkens back (harkens is the word) to Van Halen I and II – apparently the tracks are based on notes written back around 1975–77ish.
The sound is old – with parts feeling like an odd 1990s solo album Dave put out. Album cover design by SMOG, art directed by Jeri Heiden.
New track: Tattoo, with Dave explaining it here
You Really Got Me acoustic
And an update: Dave’s been posting new videos on Vimeo all week. Love the ‘recreational director’ discourse and this one about his dogs.
GGNP and Schwab
‘The graphic images were an instant success when they premiered in bus shelters around the city. San Franciscans loved them. Too much, in fact, as some of the posters were stolen from the shelters.’
Often copied, Michael Schwab’s posters for Golden Gate National Parks. Brand implementation by Rich Silverstein and Jeff Goodby, circa 1993-7.
Case study here. Parks Conservancy store (Schwab’s art on prints, mugs, shirts, chocolate tins and more) here.
‘Eat more corn, oats and rye products –’
‘This poster was created by L.N. Britton circa 1918. It promotes food and resource conservation.’
Many years ago I found a small brochure at the National Archives building in San Bruno, CA. From it I ordered a bunch of inexpensive reproductions of early 20s century posters (pictured) – direct from the government. Framed, they looked great in my first apartment.
Everything is now online. All around 10 bucks a pop.
‘See America’
‘A collection of WPA-era US Travel Bureau Posters as reinterpreted and screen printed by Providence’s Head Light Hotel’
Available thru Tiny Showcase: Reproductions of 1930s ‘See America’ poster art.
So much cooler than the current government-sanctioned offerings of Brand USA, Inc.
Genesis
Photo by Tommy Chase Lucas
It’s a new year. Let’s move on.
Grimes is Claire Boucher and her new album drops in the US February 21. Details.
Album design by Jasper Baydala with Boucher’s own illustrations. At bottom, Genesis.
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a piano falls in old manhattan
tetro and typography
it’s typography: film, song and dance
ghosts of gustov klimt
the great times new roman controversy
picking fonts
kapitaal
defining terms: design is not decoration
garcia's 'pure design'
'enhance that image!'
magic highway remixed
the cynic
rad anthem
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mehalloreads
Divinely Elegant: The World of Ernst Dryden
Jozsef Pecsi: Photo and Advertising
Color: A Natural History of the Palette
Collage: Assembling Contemporary Art
Modern Dog: 20 Years of Poster Art
Gaberbocchus Press: An Experiment in Publishing, 1948-1979
Advertising Art in the Art Deco Style
Googie Redux: Ultramodern Roadside Architecture
Hot Sour Salty Sweet: A Culinary Journey Through Southeast Asia
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