notes.husk.org. scribblings by Paul Mison.

2013-04-03

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“ [Apple] holds itself above the fray. It seems to believe that such discussions of meanings and consequences do not matter, because it is in the design business, and so its primary relationship is with the user, not with the society. This may be what some parochial designers thought about themselves until the 1970s—but today the advent of design that is critical, value-sensitive, and participatory has exposed the great moral void of the rigid functionalist paradigm. But Apple, alas, remains stuck in the most conservative, outdated, and bizarre interpretation of the Bauhaus, which was, ironically, a movement that flaunted its commitment to social reform and utopian socialism. ”

2013-03-29

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1980s and 2010s Lego adverts.

2013-03-25

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Somehow, I’d never noticed this:

The Panavision logo incorporates three aspect ratios into its design—1.33:1 (TV, standard “Academy” ratio) on the inside, 1.85:1 (standard U.S. widescreen) in the middle, and 2.35/2.40:1 (modern 35mm anamorphic) on the outside.

It was designed by an mechanical designer at the company, “Tak” Miyagishima:

Tak’s legacy is permanently imprinted on the company as the designer of the famous Panavision logo.

Somehow, I’d never noticed this:

The Panavision logo incorporates three aspect ratios into its design—1.33:1 (TV, standard “Academy” ratio) on the inside, 1.85:1 (standard U.S. widescreen) in the middle, and 2.35/2.40:1 (modern 35mm anamorphic) on the outside.

It was designed by an mechanical designer at the company, “Tak” Miyagishima:

Tak’s legacy is permanently imprinted on the company as the designer of the famous Panavision logo.

The Colour Of Space

chat 00:53:12
  • Fletcher: And this color, red, it doesn’t make much sense to me.
  • Low: What would be better?
  • Fletcher: Blue makes more sense… Space is blue.
  • Low: No Dr. Fletcher, Space is black!

2013-03-18

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Sandia engineer Steve Yearout displays a 1/15 scale model of a NAVSTAR Block IIR GPS satellite: “Sandia sends sensors into space to detect nuclear blasts globally”. (Google cache; via.)

Sandia engineer Steve Yearout displays a 1/15 scale model of a NAVSTAR Block IIR GPS satellite: “Sandia sends sensors into space to detect nuclear blasts globally”. (Google cache; via.)

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.

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.

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c86:

How to use a Dial Telephone, 1951

This is a whitened version of a scan of Bell Telephone’s booklet for schooldchildren, The Telephone And How We Use It.

2013-03-11

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May 1971 advert for American Airlines (source, via)

May 1971 advert for American Airlines (source, via)

2013-01-31

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“ Why did the experiment fail? The only sections of the upper-level circulation system in use today are those created in the comprehensive development areas of London Wall and the Barbican, where tracts of bomb-damaged land were publicly redeveloped on a large scale and pedestrians could be forced aloft by the obliteration of the conventional street pattern. Elsewhere, the City tried to build its walkway system through negotiations with private landowners. Developers incorporated them grudgingly, designing them, for the most part, to minimum standards of size and finish. Crude, unwelcoming design and dark staircases discouraged pedestrian traffic. The upper level failed to attract services, shops, and front entrances. A remarkable amount of walkway was built, but once conservation took hold, the sections could never be connected. Without through routes pedestrians kept to ground level, reinforcing the failure of the experiment. ”
Michael Hebbert, in his paper “The City of London Walkway Experiment”, from the Journal of the American Planning Association, 1993.

2013-01-09

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In addition to the six stamps commemorating the London Underground itself, there’s a series of four reproducing three classic posters each. As Creative Review quotes:

“There’s a wealth of beautiful posters to choose from [in the TFL archive] so it was difficult to choose just four in total,” says NB’s Nick Finney. “So, we played with multiple posters in a row across a longer format horizontal stamp. We wanted to evoke posters being displayed in the tunnel of the underground station (the modern train speeding past) and the windows of a carriage.”

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