Tag Archives: american industrial design

romney legacy: gutless ugly little suckers

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Art

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) in 1973, those wonderful folks at OPEC decided to strike back at america for supplying israel in the yom kippur war. so, they began an embargo of oil to the united states. the result was our … Continue reading →

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bauhaus: mickey maus austerity

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Dave

Walter Gropius soon realized that his vision could not be realized by one man alone. What was needed was a laboratory of design in which a new generation of artists could apply the discoveries of modern art to architecture and … Continue reading →

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edsel : too late with the nose job

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Art

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) the edsel was not a bad car. i know it’s now a standard joke for ‘loser’. all you have top do is refer to the edsel in any capacity of ‘failure’ and you win your … Continue reading →