Along the coastline of San-Zhr - a small town on the north coast of Taiwan - exists remnants of a brightly colored and futuristic looking hotel/housing development. Little is known about the origins of the pod-like buildings other than the government commissioned the project, there’s no named architect, and they’re thought to have been built [...]
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San-Zhr Pods
June 2, 2008
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Retro Skateboard Ads
May 27, 2008
The Cal Streets website has one of the best collections of retro skateboarding advertisements going. Dig in deep and enjoy!
Seylynn Bowl
On Saturday October 17th 1978, the district of North Vancouver opened Seylynn Skateboard Park to the public. Now in its thirtieth year, it’s the oldest surviving park in Canada, and arguably the longest lasting park in North America. Its authenticity and classic design has surpassed skateboardings many popularity waves, and it was a featured venue [...]
A Century of Olympic Poster Design
May 26, 2008
More than 100 Olympic posters, including work by heavyweight artists like David Hockney and the late Andy Warhol are on display at The V&A Museum of Childhood in London.
Vintage Album Art
May 13, 2008
According to the manifesto on jl.incrowd’s Flickr set Vintage classical album cover graphics, “It was the pioneering graphic designer Alex Steinweiss, who first had the idea of ‘album cover art’. Prior to his efforts for Columbia Records beginning in 1939, the covers to multi-disc 78-rpm ‘album’ sets of records were fairly generic - often referred [...]
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