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coasting on a stag
Jesse Marinoff Reyes: Beer coaster, Griesedieck Western Brewery Co. (Belleville, IL) ca. 1950s-1960s.
free men
by Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) MLK DAY Cover of the Day : In this case, a 78 RPM album cover—when they actually were albums—of the great baritone (and great at most everything else: athlete, … Continue reading
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Tagged alex steinweiss, american design, american design history, paul robeson
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hand rendered
by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) i have no idea who or what Jasper Goodykoontz was. all i know is that he was a classic victorian american male, was full of incredible amounts of arcane information, and that he must have possessed … Continue reading
favorite things that went unnoticed
by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) ONE of the questions i inevitably get asked, no matter what sort of forum i’m in, is that old stand by: “so, what’s our favorite thing you’ve ever done?” so, how does somebody answer that? … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged 45 rpm record labels, american design culture, american design history, art chantry, dave crider estrus records, Marcel Duchamp, marcel duchamp blue moon, marcel duchamp roto-reliefs, record label design, the spitfires estrus records
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moods for moderns
Modernism has become retro…. by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): For my money, the philosophical dialog of ‘modernism’ is probably the most important and the single most interesting and intriguing intellectual/creative discussion of the last century, maybe even in the history of … Continue reading
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Tagged american design culture, american design history, american graphic design, Andy Warhol, el lissitzky, el lizitsky, frank stella, frankenthaler, Jasper Johns, Lester Beall, modernism, Paul Rand, Pushpin design, rauchenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, william golden
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poverty of the soul
The home that Santa forgot. little plastic thingies…. by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com): These things creep me out. I associate them with extreme poverty of the soul. It reminds me of cold winter days 50 years ago when I was … Continue reading
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Tagged alexander samuelsson, american design history, charles candler, coca-cola bottle design, coke bottle design, dr. john styth pemberton, hilary greenbaum, mae west coke bottle, Milton Glaser, oreo cookie design, Paul Rand, Peter Max, raymond loewy, stephen bayley, westinghouse logo, william turnier oreo
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