Archive for the 'Everyday Design' Category

11-15-2012

Stripes.

These vintage pics of cars with stripes on Kahblog caught my eye… 1978 Ford F-100 →   1977 Ford Econoline →   Chevrolet High Cube van → Like the line drawings, too.

11-6-2012

Designer Gift List

Gift ideas for graphic designers.

7-16-2012

Old Movie Cameras

Got to this Fab sale a couple minutes after it was announced, and it was all gone! Probably just as well. But I was particularly into all these movie cameras…                       Oh, and one projector, for good measure:

6-17-2012

Off-Brand Die-Cast Toy Car Graphics

Or what you might call “Not Wheels” rather than “Hot Wheels.” I collect these for their funky graphics.

5-30-2012

National Parks Brochures

Came across the National Parks brochures I collected on an epic road trip through the southwest 12 or so years ago. The system, designed by Massimo Vignelli in 1977, is an awesome example of gridness. And it’s still in use today, although as you’ll see in the last two slides, with Myriad (I think) instead [...]

3-14-2012

Computer Brochures, 50s–70s

Just a few from the many online at The Computer History Museum—as PDFs no less!—in their special area full of marketing brochures. (Via Coudal) And I just couldn’t resist. I rasterized a bunch of the covers to use for my desktop background. I made a bunch, so I figured I’d share them with all the [...]

2-3-2012

Chromeography

A thoroughly random selection from this awesome Tumblog.                                                              

1-2-2012

Aaaah, Dieter

Wish I could see this exhibit. Installation view of Less and More: the Design Ethos of Dieter Rams on view at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Via Domus.

11-29-2011

Skateboard Color Study

Skateboards by Penny Skateboards. Via Fab.    

9-30-2011

Australian Milk Packaging from the 80s

Wow. (Via Wanken.)