A bit late

I am hoping this is the ugliest thing that has ever appeared on Design Observer.

(via Design for Girls: Put A Heart On It: Design Observer)

01/5/12

skibinskipedia:

Ivan Chermayeff and Tom Geismar, February 1960.
[Image courtesy of the Lou Danziger Collection and AIGA Design Archives via the peerless AdamsMorioka.]

Lovely, especially when considered as a teaser for this.

Ivan Chermayeff and Tom Geismar, February 1960.

[Image courtesy of the Lou Danziger Collection and AIGA Design Archives via the peerless AdamsMorioka.]

Lovely, especially when considered as a teaser for this.

01/4/12

designage:

Oldie but goodie: the opulent Modernism of Warren Platner. Here, the American Restaurant (that name!) in Kansas City (that city!) in 1974 (of course!). H/T to Alexandra Lange.

01/4/12

Anthony Bourdain's Worst Meals

sickeninglyliberal:

A Snickers bar at the airport. It was slightly past its expiration date and had the flavor and texture of peanuts preserved in wax. It nearly strangled me as it descended my gullet and it just sort of sat there, choking off my digestive process with its corporate nougat.

A Big Mac eaten between…

“corporate nougat” gives me shivers.

(via untitled-mag)

12/23/11

pinkjetpack:

Fashion display for the Jelmoli department story, Zurich. The metal sculpture continues the theme in the background. Painting and sheet-metal sculpture by J.H. Engesser. Design by Hans Erhardt. From Graphis 94, 1961. Blogged at Aqua-Velvet.

You will want to see all of these delightful, non-literal shop windows, especially after passing by Bloomingdales yesterday, with its blue lights and sparkling snow and revolving dollhouses.

12/22/11

wnyc:

Fare card holiday origami at the Spring St stop.
-Jody, BL Show-

Love this.

12/22/11

Is it enough to be gorgeous? If so, Alexander Girard wins Book of the Year honors.

(via Alexandra Lange: Girard the Magnificent: Design Observer)

12/22/11

the way to peace is on the point of a bayonet

emrgency:

earlier this year i wrote about kim jong il and what his wardrobe says about both him and north korea as a whole. it also adds me to the curse list, as qaddafi and steve jobs were written about by others for the same project.

Can you be a dictator without a uniform?

12/19/11