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    Sunn Amplifiers 1968

    August 22nd, 2010

     

    Simply perfect 1968 ad for Sunn Amplifiers. After a quick search I found some more.

    Via Iain Claridge


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    German Matchbox Labels

    August 22nd, 2010

    By: Antonio Carusone
    Category: Design
    Comments: 0

     

    Fantastic collection of German matchbox labels from the 1960s and 1970s. Simple graphics and beautiful color palettes.


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    Wrench Monkees

    August 9th, 2010

    By: Antonio Carusone
    Category: Industrial Design
    Comments: 4

     

    When it comes to minimal design, my passion for it extends way beyond graphic design. When it comes to design in general, whether it be a house, a shirt, or a spoon, I also prefer a minimal approach and aesthetic. So when I saw these custom motorcycles by Copenhagen based shop Wrench Monkees, I immediately fell in love.

    Most of their bikes have a cafe racer style which I love, and the bikes are stripped down to their bare essentials: a motor, two wheels and a handle bar. The bikes have more a mechanical look to them as oppose to the mainstream bikes that are all cover in plastic.

    When looking for inspiration, even motorcycles can influence my designs. I love it.


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    Project Thirty Three

    August 3rd, 2010

    By: Antonio Carusone
    Category: Design
    Comments: 5

     

    Project Thirty Three is a fantastic blog that features vintage album covers that have been scanned and archived by the owner of Seattle based used vinyl store, Jive Time Records. Lovely.

    Via ISO50      


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    Cosas Mínimas

    July 30th, 2010

    By: Antonio Carusone
    Category: Art, Design
    Comments: 3

     

    Cosas Mínimas (Minimal Things) is the personal portfolio of Madrid based illustrator and designer, Blanca Gómez. I’m in love with her illustrations. Every aspect of her style exhibits a sense of minimalism, from the simple geometric shapes, to the solid colors.

    Also check out an interview with Bianca over at Grain Edit.      


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    Benno Wissing

    July 26th, 2010

     

    Not many have heard of Benno Wissing (1923 – 2008), but in my book he goes down as one of the greatest designers of the last 100 years. Along with Ben Bos and Wim Crouwel, he founded the influential studio, Total Design. Wissing also worked as a painter, illustrator, set designer and architect, but is best known for his signage design for Schiphol Airport in 1967. In the 80’s he was invited to be a professor of design at the Rhode Island School of Design.

    The excellent site NAGO has a massive gallery of Wissing’s work. I still haven’t had the time to get through it all — I’m only on page 8. Also, check out the monograph Benno Wissing: Grafische & ruimtelijk ontwerpen.     


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    Pan Am City Guides

    June 21st, 2010

    By: Antonio Carusone
    Category: Design
    Comments: 8

     

    Here’s some more great design for Pan Am. These city guides were designed by George Tscherny in the early 70s, who’s also responsible for this stunning menu design.    


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    Pan Am Destination Posters

    June 16th, 2010

     

    These beautiful and mysterious Pan Am posters were designed in 1971 by Chermayeff & Geismar. What’s remarkable about these posters — other than the minimal design and the use of Helvetica — is the power of the photography. The simple, sometimes monocromatic, images make a clear statement about the location and inspire the viewer. You can see a few other examples here and here.

    DCrit student Frederico Duarte did a little digging and discovered some interesting info about the posters. You can read the story on the Eye Magazine blog and in a feature.    


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    Nooka Mercury

    June 11th, 2010

    By: Antonio Carusone
    Category: Design, Industrial Design, Life, Merch
    Comments: 4

     

    It’s good to be back. Hope everyone had a great week.

    While I was away, lifestyle brand Nooka released this super minimal, ridiculously stylish sunglasses. The shades feature a polymer injected frame, blue lenses with silver mirror finish and are available in 6 fancy colors.

    I’m a huge fan of Nooka, and with the Mercury they continue their simple approach in both aesthetic and construction. It’s a great addition to their already excellent lineup. Matt and crew are drinking the good stuff over there.        


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    Metro40 by BMW Designworks

    April 22nd, 2010

    By: Antonio Carusone
    Category: Industrial Design
    Comments: 2

     

    BMW Group DesignworksUSA, in collaboration with Landscape Forms, has designed Metro40, a stunning collection of site furniture for street-scapes and transit environments. The collection includes a shelter, trash receptacle, bench, bike rack, bollard, lights and poster display. The entire collection is brilliantly designed, but the piece that stands out for me is the bench.

    The design is streamlined and simple and makes use of some fine materials. I personally love the sweeping curves and how the legs are one continues piece that form a part of the back and seat. I’m sure my butt would appreciate sitting on one of these.        


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    Mid-Century Knoll Ads

    April 15th, 2010

    By: Antonio Carusone
    Category: Advertising, Design
    Comments: 1

     

    This exceptional Flickr set of vintage ads contains a few Knoll ads from the 50s and 60s that are utterly perfect.

    Via Monoscope        


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    New Posters on Blanka’s Flickr

    April 2nd, 2010

     

    The stuff that gets added to Blank’s Flickr page always leaves me amazed. I have no idea where they get all this vintage work from. They’ve recently updated their page with a ton of posters by Hans Neuburg, Herbert W. Kapitzki, Armin Hofmann and Josef Müller-Brockmann, many of them I’ve never seen before.        


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