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Tag Archives: Design
1958: Firebird III
The General Motors Firebird III was built in 1958, debuted as a concept car at Motorama in 1959, and was featured at the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair.
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Tagged 1950's, 20th Century, Cars, Design, Detroit, General Motors, USA
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1848: The Devil’s Violin
Costume design by Paul Lormier for the 1849 ballet Le violon du diable (source).
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Tagged 1840's, 19th Century, Art, Dance, Demons, Design, France, Owls, Paul Lormier, Snakes, Theater
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1974: Ancient Symbols
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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Tagged 1970's, 20th Century, Art, Books, Design, Ireland, John G. Merne
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1910: Brochure
Mihály Bíró: brochure for the National Union of Hungarian Construction Workers (c. 1910); text in Romanian.
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Tagged 1910's, 20th Century, Art, Design, Hungary, Labor, Mihály Bíró, Printmaking, Unions
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1921: The Roosters and the Fox
Chaim Nachman Bialik: The Roosters and the Fox; Omanut Press, ca. 1921 (source)
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Tagged 1920's, 20th Century, Animals, Books, Children, Design, Foxes, Judaism, Roosters, Russia
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1895: Tentacles of the City
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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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Belgium, Cities, Design, Emile Verhaeren, Factories, Poetry, Technology, Théo van Rysselberghe
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1954: Far Out
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)
1810: Do You Have the Time?
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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Tagged 17th Century, 19th Century, Design, Horology, Switzerland, Time
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1961: Turboflite
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
1962: Mean Machine
Advertisement for General Motors’s “fully functional Firebird III space-age car” in the Souvenir Program for the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair. (source)
