Martina BackesMay 14
Even the way underground was designed with elegance—Otto Wagner’s Vienna.

#2026Kalender #Kalender2026 #wien #vienna #österreich #austria #streetphotography #architecture #streetart #travel #europe #city #kaffeehaus #wienerküche #würstelstand #may #mai
#wienliebe #viennalove #discovervienna #igersvienna #viennagram #visitvienna #viennanow #viennalife #ottowagner #stadtbahn #artnouveau #jugendstil #architecturelovers #designhistory #historicvienna #urbanarchitecture #viennadetails #symmetry #minimalarchitecture
Hacker NewsMay 9

Reviving the IBM Selectric Composer Fonts (2023)

https://www.kutilek.de/selectric/

#HackerNews #IBM #Selectric #Fonts #Typography #RetroTech #CreativeRevival #DesignHistory

Reviving the Selectric Composer Fonts

Technical and mathematical considerations of the IBM Selectric Composer typography by Jens Kutílek.

海草Apr 28

Is Apple the end of emoji design? 🍎

Google’s blob emoji (Android 5.0) was wonderfully weird. Gone by Android 10. Microsoft’s crying tears floated up — wind? Windows 11 went abstract pill. Samsung’s artistic emoji surrendered too.

Apple stayed consistent for 20 years. Everyone else gave up.

Is this really the end? Probably not.

#Emoji #Apple #Google #DesignHistory

PPC LandApr 24
Spotify turns 20: how a misheard word in a brainstorm became its global brand: Spotify's name started as a brainstorm mishear. Its distinctive green was deliberate. A look at 20 years of brand, design, and product decisions at the platform. https://ppc.land/spotify-turns-20-how-a-misheard-word-in-a-brainstorm-became-its-global-brand/ #Spotify20 #Branding #DesignHistory #MusicStreaming #Spotify
Spotify turns 20: how a misheard word in a brainstorm became its global brand

Spotify's name started as a brainstorm mishear. Its distinctive green was deliberate. A look at 20 years of brand, design, and product decisions at the platform.

PPC Land
3TA DesignApr 9

Color is never "just" a choice.
In the 1890s, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (the precursor to the modern IRS) was the ultimate gatekeeper. Alcohol was taxed at nearly 300% of its production cost, while soft drinks were tax-exempt.

#brand #designtheory #3TADesign #branding #designhistory #design #branddna #CocaCola

pablolarahMar 29

🔴 William Morris, Father of the Arts and Crafts Movement
at UW-Milwaukee Special Collections
#WilliamMorris #ArtsAndCrafts #design #DesignHistory #UniversityOfMilwaukee #Tumblr #TumblrBlog

https://www.tumblr.com/uwmspeccoll/811807320059297792/william-morris-father-of-the-arts-and-crafts

Hacker NewsMar 4

On the Design of Programming Languages (1974) [pdf]

https://web.cs.ucdavis.edu/~su/teaching/ecs240-w17/readings/PLHistoryGoodDesign.PDF

#HackerNews #ProgrammingLanguages #DesignHistory #1974 #PDF #HackerNews #TechEducation

zeldmanMar 3

“1995 begins with web designers creating cinematic experiences using images and browser tricks, and ends with the arrival of table support in Netscape Navigator, giving true control over layout.” – @ricmac

https://cybercultural.com/p/1995-web-design/ #WebDesign #WebDesignHistory #DesignHistory #WarnerBros #cinema #movies #films #marketing #promotions

1995: From Batman Forever’s cinematic design to HTML tables

1995 begins with web designers creating cinematic experiences using images and browser tricks, and ends with the arrival of table support in Netscape Navigator — giving true control over layout.

Cybercultural
zeldmanMar 3
♛ 1995: From Batman Forever’s cinematic design to HTML tables. History lesson and appreciation by @[email protected]. cybercultural.com/p/1995-web-d... #WebDesign #WebDesignHistory #DesignHistory #WarnerBros #cinema #movies #films #marketing #promotions

1995: From Batman Forever’s ci...
1995: From Batman Forever’s cinematic design to HTML tables

1995 begins with web designers creating cinematic experiences using images and browser tricks, and ends with the arrival of table support in Netscape Navigator — giving true control over layout.

Cybercultural
Hacker NewsMar 1

H-Bomb: A Frank Lloyd Wright Typographic Mystery

https://www.inconspicuous.info/p/h-bomb-a-frank-lloyd-wright-typographic

#HackerNews #HBomb #FrankLloydWright #TypographicMystery #DesignHistory #Architecture

H-Bomb: A Frank Lloyd Wright Typographic Mystery

The famed architect made a surprising error on one of his most notable buildings — or did he? A deep dive to uncover the truth.

Inconspicuous Consumption