Here’s an odd little video about this 19th century invention that put metal type in the hands of the general public.
And
Here’s an excellent resource: Professor Richard Polt’s original Classic Typewriter Page – live since 1995. Even answers that age old question, ‘Why doesn’t my typewriter have a numeral 1?’
Polt’s World-Famous Flying Oliver
‘The ‘twittering’ in the title doubtless refers to the birds, while the ‘machine’ is suggested by the hand crank’
Paul Klee’s Twittering Machine (Die Zwitscher-Maschine). Oil transfer drawing on paper with watercolor and ink on board with gouache and ink borders. 1922.
Disney’s Magic Highway USA remixed . . . Music by Legowelt, from the ep Klaus Kinski.
‘An excerpt from the 1958 Disneyland TV Show episode entitled Magic Highway USA’
The first freeway in the west. Designed to be a garden one drives thru at high speed.
Compared to freeways built much later, everything feels . . . miniature. Like Disney’s original Autopia ride.
Historical site here. Poster (below) by Louis Quirarte.
‘Drawing inspiration from WWII German Autobahn road signs and Helmut Lang’
Berkeley-based Autograph Creative’s United Nations poster and typeface.
Illustration of the Hirschberg Saale Bridge with rest area – featured in propaganda posters for the German Autobahn highway system.
Found via Third Reich Ruins
No symbol polarizes more.
The swastika – originally an icon for well-being – was perverted into something profane by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party.
Controversial artist Raša Todosijević took the form and turned it on its ear – with different interpretations, it creates other contexts. Raša was born in Serbia in 1945, after World War II. More of his work is posted here.
Found via Marko Davidovic
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