VISIONS OF THE FUTURE | “A Day Made of Glass”
The (capital “F”) Future Lives! Visions of Tomorrow, via Corning. designKULTUR, naturally, likes the “Architectural Surface Glass” — it’s Tough,Thermally Durable, and Display Enabling — just what the future requires. Thanks for the tip, Thomas! ABOVE > The Frigidaire Kitchen of the Future, ca. 1957 (note the chicken rotisserie!) BELOW > The Corning Kitchen of the (near) [...]
Posted at 21:21 on 2012/02/04 | leave a comment | Filed Under: ADVERTISING, CORPORATE IDENTITY, designKULTUR✭ STARS, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, RETAIL DESIGN, SCIENCE + TECHNOLOGY, VIDEO | Tagged: A Day Made of Glass, Corning Glass, Corning Kitchen of the Future - 2011, Corning Museum of Glass, Frigidaire Kitchen of the Future - 1957, Gunnar Birkerts, visions of the future | read on
TELEPHONES, PART 2 | Saul Bass + The Bell Telephone Logo
Much has been written about the incredible Saul Bass and his redesign of the Bell System logo in 1969. His task was to transform the company’s image from: Ad for Bell Telephone long distance service in 1955 via CreativePro.com PHOTO > Mike F via Flickr to that of a contemporary, cutting-edge telecommunications company. Someone else has [...]
Posted at 05:56 on 2012/01/20 | 1 comment | Filed Under: ADVERTISING, CORPORATE IDENTITY, FILM, GRAPHIC ARTS, LOGOLANDIA, TYPOGRAPHY, VIDEO | Tagged: Bell Archives, Bell System, Corporate ID, Corporate Identity, Helvetica, Lily Tomlin, logos, Saul Bass, Telecomunications, telephones, videos | read on
