Design and Desire in the Twentieth Century

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• Happy Third Anniversary, Design and Desire!
  on Jun 1, 2013 in fashion costumes Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum music
  Has it really been been three years since Design and Desire in the Twentieth Century was launched on June 1, 2010? To celebrate the milestone we’re revisiting one of our favorite posts from our very first month. It’s an article inspired b...
• The River May Rise...
  on May 29, 2013 in Mies Van der Rohe architecture Chicago
  During heavy rains last month, the Fox River rose dangerously near Mies Van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House, situated on the banks of the Fox River in Kendall County, near Plano, Ill. According to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the...
• Silly Saturday: Star Trek Enterprise Vintage Advertisement
  on May 25, 2013 in television illustration art direction Matt Wiley advertising Star Trek
  Silly Saturday presents a mash-up of the command bridge of Star Trek’s Starship Enterprise with Mad Men’s mid-century style. Illustrator Matt Wiley’s adertisement below shows what we could have expected if Don Draper had the Uni...
• 'Star Trek' Production Designer Jim Mees Dies
  on May 21, 2013 in Jim Mees Hollywood Production Design Television Sci-fi
  The Hollywood Reporter recently reported that Jim Mees, production designer who was best known for his work on the “Star Trek” television series of the 1980s and 1990s, died on March 27, 2013 of pancreatic cancer. Fourteen of Mees’...
• Silly Saturday: Calling All Chubbies
  on May 18, 2013 in Silly Saturday advertising fashion
  Retronaut.com recently posted a strange politically incorrect yet amusing series of Lane Bryant advertisements on their site. Apparently during the earlier part of the Twentieth Century it had been acceptable to refer to larger women as “stout&...
• Dodge and Burn: George Eastman House's New Tumblr Blog
  on May 15, 2013 in photgraphy George Eastman House Edward Steichen
  Design and Desire in the Twentieth Century is pleased to welcome the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film to tumblr. “Dodge and Burn” is the museum’s new blog, Their first post was dated March 14, 2013...
• Frank Lloyd Wright Crashed on Park Avenue
  on May 10, 2013 in Frank Lloyd Wright architecture preservation New York City Interior Design Automobiles
  riA significant piece of New York City’s architectural heritage was lost early in April 2013 when the Hoffmann Auto Showroom interior designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and considered a fore runner of the Guggenheim Museum design, was demolished.
• Storm Thorgerson, Pink Floyd Album Artist (1944-2013)
  on May 7, 2013 in Storm Thorgerson Graphic Design Illustration
  Storm Thorgerson, the designer who is best known for his work designing album covers for the rock band Pink Floyd, died on April 18, 2013 after a battle with cancer, as reported by the Los Angeles Times. Perhaps the most iconic of Thorgerson’s...
• Fifty Years of the Instamatic Camera
  on May 1, 2013 in industrial design Kodak George Eastman
  The Kodak Instamatic camera celebrates it’s 50th anniversary this year. Introduced in March 1963, the Instamatic revolutionized amateur photography in its day with it’s four shot flashcube and instant loading film cartridge. The Instamati...
• Architect Paolo Soleri (1919-2013)
  on Apr 29, 2013 in Paolo Soleri architecture
  Architect and theorist, Paolo Soleri, died on April 9, 2013. According to  archdaily.com: Paolo Soleri spent a lifetime investigating how architecture, specifically the architecture of the city, could support the countless possibilities of huma...

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