February 2012
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Jefferson 500 Desk Clock, 1958
The Jefferson 500 was a polished chrome electric desk clock made in Bellwood, IL in 1958 by the Jefferson Electric Co.
1962 Budweiser Ad
T 490 End Table, 1950
The T 490 End Table was designed by Jens Risom in 1950.
T 539 Magazine Table, 1950
The T 539 Magazine Table was designed by Jens Risom in 1950.
Elizabeth Chair & Ottoman, 1956
Elizabeth Chair & Ottoman designed by Ib Kofod-Larsen in 1956
Ib Kofod-Larsen (1912-2003) was a Danish furniture desginer. Who made his name working for furniture companies like G-Plan and Faarup. His pieces combine minimal detail with graphic, organic contours.
1966 Knoll Ad
Wiley Residence, 1965
The Wiley Residence in Del Mar, California was built in 1965 by architects Frederick Liebhardt and Eugene Weston III.
Pirelli Review Cover, 1968
Pirelli Review Cover by Franco Grignani for Graphis Annual 68/69
Franco Grignani (1908-1999) was an Italian designer, painter and architect. He studied architecture in Turin but began experimenting with virtual forms using new digital systems. He participated in the 1972 Venice Biennale. His work is preserved in museums, such as the MOMA in New York, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the...
Stedelijk Museum Poster, 1965
Stedelijk Museum Poster, 1965
Wim Crouwel (1928) is a Dutch graphic designer and typographer. He studied Fine Arts at Academie Minerva in Groningen, The Netherlands, and typography at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.
In 1963, he was one of the founders of the design studio Total Design. After 1964, he designed posters, catalogues and exhibitions for the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam....
Fauteuil, 1960
Fauteuil designed by Pierre Chapo in 1960.
Pierre Chapo (1927-1987) was a French architect who studied at l’Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His work was inspired by Charlotte Perriand and he worked mainly as a carpenter and cabinetmaker.
Ebony, January 1960
John Harold Johnson (1918-2005) was an American businessman and publisher. He was the founder of the Johnson Publishing Company, which published Ebony (1945), Tan (1950) and Jet (1951). In 1982, Johnson became the first African-American to appear on the Forbes 400.
Dupont Magazine, April 1949
Dupont Magazine, April 1949. DuPont Magazine, 1913-2003
Dupont Magazine was launched in 1913 by the DuPont Company to publicize the products and progress of the company during the twentieth century.
Boeing 377, 1949
The Boeing 377 over Heathrow, 1949
The Boeing 377, also called the Stratocruiser, was a large long range airliner which was built after World War II. It was developed from the C-97 Stratofreighter, a military derivative of the B-29 Superfortress used for troop transport. The Stratocruiser’s first flight was on July 8, 1947.
Eau de Vie Decanter with Cups, 1956
Eau de Vie (Brandy) Decanter with Cups designed by Roger Capron in 1956
Born in Vincennes, Roger Capron (1922-2006) studied Applied Arts in Paris from 1939 to 1943. In 1946, Roger Capron moved to Vallauris, where he founded a ceramics workshop known as l’Atelier Callis. Picasso greatly contributed to the renaissance of the Vallauris pottery industry in the 1950s, a legendary golden age...
Geigy Ad, ca. 1965
From Corporate Diversity: Swiss Graphic Design and Advertising by Geigy, 1940 – 1970. The work of the design studio at J. R. Geigy Ltd, a pharmaceutical company founded in Basel, Switzerland in 1758. Geigy helped extend the International Typographic Style with its minimalist. Geigy employed designers such as Karl Gerstner, Jörg Hamburger, Toshihiro Katayama and Armin Hofmann.
Sling Chair, 1968
The Sling Chair was designed by Charles Hollis Jones for Tennessee Williams in 1968.
Charles Hollis Jones (1945) is an American artist and furniture designer recognized by the Smithsonian Institution for his pioneering use of acrylic and lucite. At sixteen, Jones moved to Los Angeles and founded CHJ Designs.
His work was well-received by critics and Hollywood celebrities, including Frank...
1966 Austin Healey BJ8
The Austin-Healey 3000 is a British sports car built from 1959 to 1967, and is the best known of the Healey models. The car’s bodywork was made by Jensen Motors, and the vehicles were assembled at the BMC Abingdon works.
The 3000 Mk III was launched in October 1963, and remained in production until the end of 1967. Classified as the BJ8, the new model was the most powerful and luxurious...
Lamino Lounge Chair, 1956
The Lamino Lounge Chair was designed by Yngve Ekstrom in 1956.
Yngve Ekström (1913-1988) was a superb representative for light, Scandinavian design and a significant contributor to the definition of Scandinavian Modern. In 1945 he started Swedese Furniture in Vaggeryd, Sweden, together with his brother Jerker. The breakthrough came with the Lamino Lounge Chair in 1956.
The Velvet Underground Poster, 1966
The Velvet Underground at Fillmore Auditorium May 27-29, 1966. Poster by Wes Wilson.
Wes Wilson (1937) is an American artist and one of the leading designers of psychedelic posters. Most well known for designing posters for Bill Graham of the The Fillmore in San Francisco, he invented a style that is now synonymous with the peace movement, psychedelic era and the 1960s.
Jean Colin Illustration, 1963
Jean Colin Illustration
Jet Service to Africa by Union Aeromaritime de Transport. From Graphis Annual, 1963/64.
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Meuble de Séparation, 1954
Meuble de séparation designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1954.
Fauteuil Tournant, 1927
Fauteuil Tournant designed by Charlotte Perriand, 1927
Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999), was a French architect and designer, who introduced the machine age aesthetic to interiors in the steel, aluminium and glass furniture she created at Le Corbusier’s architectural studio in the late 1920s and 30s. She then continued her experiments with different materials.
Cinturato Pirelli Ad, 1960
Cinturato Pirelli Ad designed by Bob Noorda in 1960.
Introduced in Italy in the mid 1950’s, this stylized oblique tire ad is for the innovative, now legendary Cinturato fabric radial tire.
Bob Noorda (1927-2010) was a Dutch-born graphic designer. He helped introduce a Modernist look to advertising posters, corporate logos and, in the 1960s, the New York City subway system.
South Africa Slum, 1950
Maroka, South Africa Slum, 1950. Photo by Margaret Bourke-White.
Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) was an American photographer. She is best known as the first foreign photographer permitted to take pictures of Soviet Industry, the first female war correspondent and the first female photographer for Henry Luce’s Life magazine, where a photograph of hers appeared on the first cover.
Motsenbocker House, 1957
J.O. and Mary Motsenbocker House in Bartlesville, OK designed by Bruce Goff in 1957.
Bruce Alonzo Goff (1904-1982) was an American architect noted for his organic, eclectic, and often extravagant designs for houses and other buildings in Oklahoma and elsewhere.
Standard Elektrik Lorenz Calendar Illustration,...
Standard Elektrik Lorenz Calendar Illustration designed by Anton Stankowski in 1961.
The work of German artist Anton Stankowski (1916-1998) often blurred the line between fine and applied arts and was inspired by the Constructivist, De Stijl and California Hard-Edge movements.
Superellipse Coffee Table, 1968
Superellipse Coffee Table designed by Bruno Mathsson and Piet Hein in 1968.
Piet Hein (1905-1996) was a Danish scientist, mathematician, inventor, designer, author, and poet. He advocated the use of the superellipse curve in city planning, furniture making and other realms.
Bruno Mathsson (1907-1988) was a Swedish furniture designer and architect with ideas colored by functionalism/modernism,...
Spanish Chair, 1958
The Spanish Chair was designed by Børge Mogensen in 1958
Børge Mogensen (1914-1972), was a Danish furniture designer. Together with colleagues such as Arne Jacobsen and Hans Wegner, Mogensen garnered international respect for Danish furniture design.
Lounge Chair, 1962
Lounge Chair designed by Ole Gjerløv-Knudsen in 1962.
Ole Gjerløv-Knudsen (1930) worked in Denmark as a cabinet- maker. Educated in The School of Arts and Crafts in 1952. In 1955 he graduated from The Academy of Arts, specializing in furniture.
