Tag Archives: Design

1974: Ancient Symbols

Posted on May 5, 2018 by

SYMBOLS OR IDEOGRAPHS This chart shows the relationship between the various symbols found in primitive art throughout the world. By carefully following along the directional lines drawn between the symbols, one can easily trace the gradual growth of each from … Continue reading →

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1910: Brochure

Posted on October 8, 2017 by

Mihály Bíró: brochure for the National Union of Hungarian Construction Workers (c. 1910); text in Romanian.

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1921: The Roosters and the Fox

Posted on August 8, 2017 by

Chaim Nachman Bialik: The Roosters and the Fox; Omanut Press, ca. 1921 (source)

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1895: Tentacles of the City

Posted on August 6, 2017 by

This is the beginning of “La plaine,” the poem that opens Emile Verhaeren’s 1895 book of poems, Les villes tentaculaires [The Tentacled Cities]. The cover is by Théo van Rysselberghe (source). I couldn’t find a translation online, so I did the … Continue reading →

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1954: Far Out

Posted on June 25, 2017 by

The 1954 Ford FX Atmos debuted on March 15 at the Chicago Auto Show and featured a radar screen in its one-seat cockpit. (source)

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1810: Do You Have the Time?

Posted on June 15, 2017 by

Watchmaker: Isaac Penard (Swiss, 1619–1676) Casemaker: probably the Firm of Moulinié, Bautte & Moynier (Swiss, 1808–21) Case ca. 1810–20, movement ca. 1650 (source)  

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1961: Turboflite

Posted on June 11, 2017 by

1961 Chrysler Turboflite “The Turboflite proved to be a sensation on the show circuit, but the striking concept car never reached production. Chrysler did continue to develop the turbine engine for use in passenger cars, but even this eventually proved … Continue reading →

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1962: Mean Machine

Posted on June 10, 2017 by

Advertisement for General Motors’s “fully functional Firebird III space-age car” in the Souvenir Program for the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair. (source)

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2017: May I Help You?

Posted on May 29, 2017 by

Anton Egorov: Impossible Interior (2107) (source)

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