Will Burtin

Posted February 9, 2010 by Shawn Hazen
Categories: Old Skool

Cool: “A time-lapse photo of a uranium atom model showing trails of electrons forming spheres around the nucleus (from the union carbide corporation’s “atom in action” exhibition, designed by Will Burtin.)” 1960s. Via the Glaser Archives.

Geigy Packaging

Posted February 4, 2010 by Shawn Hazen
Categories: Everyday Design, Old Skool

Some classic packaging via Dwell.

Bootleg Objects

Posted February 3, 2010 by Shawn Hazen
Categories: Everyday Design, Old Skool, Things

A remix of a 1962 Braun turntable unit.

More packaging, 1968

Posted January 28, 2010 by Shawn Hazen
Categories: Old Skool

Some fictitious packaging for an ad created as “part of a long series promoting the Imagination line of papers, which was produced under the creative direction of James Miho.”

Via Container List (at the Milton Glaser Archives.)

Mobil Packaging by Chermayeff and Geismar

Posted January 25, 2010 by Shawn Hazen
Categories: Everyday Design, Old Skool, Type

From back in the day.

M is for Magazines

Posted January 21, 2010 by Shawn Hazen
Categories: Everyday Design, Things

Well done. Nice choice of magazine, too.

Bigger than Jesus

Posted January 20, 2010 by Shawn Hazen
Categories: Information Design

This is nerdy beyond belief. In a good way. Taking the crazy mass of data represented by the Beatles career and making some slick info design. By Michael Deal.

Click above image to enlarge. Detail below.

Click above image to enlarge. Detail below.

Click above image to enlarge. Detail below.

FF Yoga

Posted January 20, 2010 by Shawn Hazen
Categories: Type

Classy sans/serif set by Xavier Dupré.

Hughes Airwest

Posted December 28, 2009 by Shawn Hazen
Categories: Everyday Design, Old Skool, Type

I’m kinda obsessed with defunct airlines. Somehow, I’ve missed this gem from the 70s. The logo and type are pretty sick.

(Several of these are clickable for larger versions.)