- Happy Third Anniversary, Design and Desire!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...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 AdvertisementSilly 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 DiesThe 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 ChubbiesRetronaut.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 BlogDesign 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 AvenueriA 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)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 CameraThe 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)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...
- Edith Head on Audrey Hepburn and “Transformation Through...Edith Head on Audrey Hepburn and “Transformation Through Wardrobe” In this clip from a 1953 episode of “You Asked For It” Hollywood costume design legend Edith Head explains to host Art Baker how she familiarizes herself with a film’s actre...
- Edith Head: Queen of Hollywood Costume DesignEven if you’re not an aficionado of classic Hollywood Cinema, chances are good that you are familiar with costume designer, Edith Head. Head reigned as the leading Hollywood costume designer for nearly five decades, earning thirty-five Oscar...
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Pyrex product design - Silly Saturday: What If Fonts Were Human?
Designers know that...Silly Saturday: What If Fonts Were Human? Designers know that each font typeface has a unique style or “personality.” But has anyone considered what could happen if these personalities took human form? Could “Ransom” take over the world? Will...
- New Hampshire's Palace TheatreLeon Lempert & Son (architects), Palace Theatre. Manchester, New Hampshire (1915).Source: http://www.wegoplaces.com/User%20Interface/Images/Itinerary%20Item%20Images/USA/NH/Manchester/48773_Palace%20Theatre.jpg The newest addition to our blog ro...
- Silly Saturday: "Bad Dog" Leaves His MarkRichard Jackson, Bad Dog (2013).Source: http://www.architizer.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/85.jpg It seems that everyone’s a critic, but Califoria artist Richard Jackson really makes his point — or should we say the pointer makes...
- Glam! The Performance of StyleBy now you’ve probably heard the hype about David Bowie’s new album, The Next Day, his first release in over ten years, but did you also know that his Glam Rock style form the late 1960s and 1970s is the subject of an exhibition at Tate L...
- Silly Saturday: Marilyn Peep ShowSince Easter is coming, we’re reblogging a post form earlier this year that illustrates some creative uses for eveyone’s favorite Easter candy, Peeps® marshmallow candies. Happy Easter! And for those of you who don’t celebrate Eas...
- Frank Lloyd Wright's Home MoviesBeret Balestrieri Kohn writes in the Milwaukee Museum of Art’s blog “Under the Wings” about a recent donation to the institution’s archives of films from the personal collection of Joan Salzstein, the grandaughter of architect...
- The Whimsical Work of Matte StephensAlthough he wasn’t yet alive in the 1950s, illustrator Matte Stephens’ work recaptures the spirit of mid-century designers such as Charles and Ray Eames, Alexander Girard, and Irving Harper. Stephens has done work for IBM, Disney, America...
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