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planned obsolesence :to be unworthy we are
by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com ) the critics all talk about how we’ve entered into the era of ‘design as commodity’ like never before. so many designers are household names that we even buy clowns like phillipe stark in big … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Madame Pickwick Weekend
Tagged american graphic design, art chantry, brooks stevens, brooks stevens design, cadillac sea link, Charles and Ray Eames, Charles Eames, excalibur sports car design, george nelson modernism, graphic design, Harley Earl, harley earl motorama, henry dreyfuss, jackie gleason golf cart, oscar meyer wienermobile, philip stark, phillipe stark, Ray Eames, raymond leowy, raymond loewy, robin and lucienne day, walter dorwin teague, walter dorwin teague associates
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rand about
by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) i have extremely mixed feelings about the life and work and importance of paul rand. in the ‘fine’ graphic design world, he has been elevated to enormously lofty status. he’s often seriously referred to as … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media
Tagged alexey brodovitch, alexy brodovitch, american graphic design, art chantry, bradbury thompson, george nelson modernism, graphic design, graphic design modernism, Lester Beall, Paul Rand, paul rand art for industry, william golden
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single handedly george and samurai lumberjack
by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) everybody knows all about the eames chair designs. in fact, right now, everything ‘charles and ray eames’ is solid-gold cool standard. whenever my designer friends start talking about 20th century modernism, they always immediately blurt, … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft
Tagged american design culture, atomic clock, bill renwick, Charles and Ray Eames, Charles Eames, don chadwick, donald knorr, Eames Design, ernest farmer, european design culture, george mulhauser, george nelson modernism, george nelson quatsino artist, harry bertoia, herman miller furniture, irving harper, isamu noguchi, Ray Eames, richard schultz, robert brownjohn, sara anderson, suzanne sekey, tobias o'mara
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