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• Apr 30 2008
  Conférence Armchair by Jean Prouvé by David Goligorsky
  Aesthetics, Art, Design, History of Design, Inspiration, Materials, Product Design, furniture, history, wood

  Jean Prouvé has done some fascinating nearly-Bauhaus work, including this c. 1950 armchair. It does have Bauhaus school elements such as the sharp color contrast and choice of colors as well as the textural contrast of metal and Leatherette. I would very much like to admire this piece in person.
  
  
• Apr 23 2008
  The Better The Schooner by David Goligorsky
  Aesthetics, Design, Engineering, history, wood

  The Thomas W. Lawson is the only seven-masted schooner ever built and holds the honor of being the largest schooner even built. Additionally, it is the largest ever pure-sailing ship (a sailing ship without auxiliary engine for propulsion). That said, it failed to carry the amount of cargo that it was designed for, sailors likened the handling to that of a "beached whale," and the boat was relegated to coastal shipping of coal instead of the mighty transatlantic voyages it was meant for. When it did finally set sail for London, it was torn to bits, killing ...
  
  
• Apr 04 2008
  Christian Dell by David Goligorsky
  Aesthetics, Architecture, Art, Design, History of Design, Materials, Politics, Product Design, history

  Christian Dell was a German silversmith who is probably best known for his lamp designs through Gebr. Kaiser & Co. They represent the use of bakelite and plastics in products as early as 1929. According to the Wikipedia page, Walter Gropius invited him to America after Dell was forced from the Frankfurt art school by the Nazis, but Dell stayed in Germany. Now... Walter Gropius was the founder of the Bauhaus school at Weimar before it was shut down by the Nazis. Gropius eventually found himself in America and became the director of the Harvard Graduate School of ...
  
  
• Mar 23 2008
  The Barber’s Pole by Christian Eager
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  Photo courtesy giveawayboy. Recently, I was talking with a friend and the question of barber poles came up. Who? What? When? Why? PingMag does the hard work for us, beginning with the bloodletting barber surgeons and ending with the neon and LED poles of today. Perfect for Easter afternoon.
  
  
• Mar 09 2008
  “This is all 100% real paintings.” by David Goligorsky
  Associative Thought, Film, Iconoclasm, Remix, fashion, history, photography

  Jason Schwartzman parodies MTV Cribs as Louis XVI in the Palace de Versailles. A beautiful example of sacrilege and iconoclasm. In related Schwartzman/fashion news, I really like the photo shoot he did with the fashion house Band of Outsiders. Click through the image below and browse the photostream for more.
  
  
• Mar 02 2008
  Historic Anatomies Collection by David Goligorsky
  Aesthetics, Art, Data Presentation, Graphic Design, Medicine, Visualization, history

  Another internet collection of fascinating images. The US National Library of Medicine has archived a number of important anatomical works by the likes of Andreas Vesalius, Albrecht Dürer, and Bartholomeo Eustachi, whose work is featured below.
  
  
• Feb 29 2008
  Bottomless pit of early photographs by David Goligorsky
  Art, history, photography

  I happened upon a comprehensive collection of brilliant antique photographs at www.old-picture.com. There seems to be no end to these perfect images of life from the beginning of last century. Fascinating!
  
  
• Feb 20 2008
  Vintage Streetcar Artists by David Goligorsky
  Aesthetics, Experience Design, Remix, history

  Check out this article on Carole Gilbert and her team of vintage streetcar restoration artists in San Fransisco. I wish my own Boston would pull up a few vintage streetcars. (via Telstar Logistics) New York City could also have a streetcar revival...
  
  
• Feb 12 2008
  Back to the Futura by David Goligorsky
  Aesthetics, Art, Graphic Design, History of Design, Typography, history

  Perpenduum took a trip to Portland, Oregon for the North American Handmade Bicycle Show (images will follow when I find the disk space... come on Apple! Release that new MacBook Pro!) We stayed at the Ace Hotel, which ought to be a national treasure. The hotel has their own pencils which are black with brass-colored eraser couplings and pink erasers. The pencil is stamped with the hotel name in white Futura typeface. It's perfect. Born in 1924 via Paul Renner, it is one of the most widely used sans serif fonts. It can even be ...
  
  
• Feb 11 2008
  Straight and to the point by David Goligorsky
  Art, history, wood

  Check out Bob Truby's Brand Name Pencils. It's a very well-designed site that archives his collection of old pencils from around the world including copying pencils, long ferrule pencils, World War II-era pencils, and oversized ferrule pencils.
  
  

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• Conférence Armchair by Jean Prouvé
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• The Better The Schooner
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