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THE EXPO FILES | EXPO 58 BRUXELLES :: SOUVENIR PINS FROM 2008
Filed under: ART + ARTISTS, CITIES | BRUXELLES, CORPORATE IDENTITY, EXHIBITIONS, GRAPHIC ARTS, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, SCIENCE + TECHNOLOGY, SPACE RACE, URBAN PLANNING Tagged: Atomium, Brussels World...
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DESIGN, CULTURE + ENVIRONMENT | THE PILL TURNS 50 :: THE MARKETING OF THE...
above: BROWN GLASS BOTTLE Enovid came in two doses, 10 mg and 5 mg. Like all pill prescriptions of the time, it was delivered in a small bottle. When the [USA] Food and Drug Administration approved it...
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FOOD | «SUSHI POPPER» :: SPACE STATION GOOD?
“a revolutionary product”… “will likely build a new sushi culture” - Japanese Food Business Data Bank 2010 ° ° ° IT’S NOT FROM JAPAN? WHERE DID THIS IDEA COME FROM? Motivated by the need to eat sushi...
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EXHIBITIONS | «1:26 – IN STUDY MODEL WONDERLAND FROM HALIFAX TO VANCOUVER» ::...
I’m not sure why, but I’ve been thinking a lot about observation towers lately. In my peregrinations I’ve yet to meet a tower that I didn’t want to ascend. I love them all, no matter how ghastly their...
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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | QUEEN ELIZABETH PARK RESERVOIR PLAZA REDO by PERRY +...
Above: Henry Moore’s sculpture, “Knife Edge (Two Pieces),” as it appeared in the 1970s in Exploring Vancouver 2 by Henry Kalman with photographs by John Roaf (AIBC 1971). When the Bloedel Conservatory...
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VISIONS OF THE FUTURE | THE FUTURE AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF MAD MEN
THE SETTING: In Don Draper’s office, a group of junior ad execs pitch their proposals for their latest project: canisters of Right Guard, the world’s first aerosol deodorant. They try to make a...
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FASHION + ARCHITECTURE | The Space Age Lives! :: Thom Browne :::...
I think Joel (quote, above) is on the right track with his impressions of Thom Browne’s “Space Odyssey” défilé de mode — the designer’s début on the Paris stage — on Sunday, 27 June 2010. However, I’d...
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VIDEO | MID-CENTURY MODERN :: «AMERICAN LOOK» ::: AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN,...
Ah, propaganda. Don’t you just love it? (Especially if you’re in agreement with the point-of-view on display?) The Internet Archives calls American Look “the definitive Populuxe film on 1950s...
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LIFE FILE | THE AMERICAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION :: MOSCOW 1959 ::: as seen by...
Photo > Howard Sochurek Robert Capa (Endre Ernő Friedmann) | 22 October 1913, Budapest, Austria-Hungary – 25 May 1954, Thai Binh, State of Vietnam ° ° ° The first Robert Capa Gold Medal was awarded...
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URBAN PLANNING | Lúcio Costa + NASA :: Night View of Brasília from Space ::...
> Click to enlarge Brasilia, Brazil ISS026-E-016368 (8 January 2011) Brasilia, Brazil at night time is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 26 crew member on the International Space...
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TRANSPORTATION | Mach 2 :: Le Concorde ::: A Visual Tribute to an Icon of...
Image below by Mogzilla PHOTO > Platform3, Flickr Vintage Air France Concorde collectibles from Nathan Shedroff’s obsession 1977 > Click to enlarge > For a detailed list of destinations, see...
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TRANSPORTATION | Mach 2 :: Concorde’s Inaugural Flight Paris > Rio, 1976.01.21
On 21 January 1976 at 11:40 a.m., Air France Concorde F-BVFA and British Airways Concorde G-BOAA took off simultaneously from Paris and London, respectively. Their inaugural destinations? Air France to...
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TRANSPORTATION | Mach 0 :: Cold War Concordes :: »Interior of USSR Pavilion...
Note the Tupolev on the pavilion’s ceiling Industrial espionage. Stolen plans. Dramatic Crashes. Conspiracy theories. And a paltry 55 scheduled flights before commercial service ended. The story of the...
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TRANSPORTATION | MACH 2 :: »Concorde Sun 14« by Luke Morgan
In my research for the Concorde/Konkordski Suite I came across this stunning poster by Hobart, Australia’s Luke Morgan and thought it a nice sign-off to the supersonic past. I like Luke’s focus on...
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FASHION | When the Future Was Ultramodern :: Visions from the Space Age
designKULTUR’s top post. Originally published on 7 February 2010; relaunched with lots of extra bits on 11 October 2011. “Donyale Luna dans une robe Paco Rabanne” (aluminum plate studded chest dress,...
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