2013-05-10
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“To be ready for the worst, so that the worst will never happen, America is now armed with instant electronic reflexes. The Sage computer made by I.B.M.”
(Source: youtube.com)
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Computers of NASA - 1960s (by luridplanet)
The vector graphics starting at 7’12” are yelling for an animated GIF treatment.
2013-04-29
2013-04-26
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Images from Goldfinger, taken from Dennis Crompton’s ephemera at the Archigram Archive.
2013-04-25
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Two images from Dennis Crompton / Ephemera at the Archigram Archive.
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Archigram Info-Gonks: ”Speculative design maquette for educational television glasses and headgear.”
2013-04-20
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brief guide to canals and waterways by maraid on Flickr.
Great subtitle: “brief, pithy, and what you really want to know”.
2013-03-15
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A Bell Telephone design with push buttons and a vestigal dial shape, taken from this animation of designs. It’s possibly a 1500 series prototype.
2012-11-24
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Another poster from Hit the North at Quad Royal:
Although this does go some way towards explaining a small sub-genre of northern and midlands posters, which are designed to celebrate the modernisation of the railways. Because of course it’s fine to mention these cities if you are actually enthusing about industry. The Manchester Piccadilly poster at the top probably fits into this category too (these tend, as a rule, to be post-war).
