Senator Paula Simons🇨🇦
Charlie McHenrySo that dining room chandelier in our 1950’s rancher that my partner hates turned out to be some sort of mid-century masterpiece by Finnish designer Paavo Tynell - and I, who have always loved it, feel totally vindicated. Also of note…it is apparently worth a lot of $$. Thanks Google Lens, you just made my week. #MidCenturyModern #MidCenturyModernism #MidCenturyMod #Lighting #LightingDesign #Design
If you need to whet your appetite for mid century modernism - or if you can’t make it in person - here’s my own video tour of the site from a few years ago! https://youtu.be/rw2JpCXaTuM?si=iGLGL5YwrIuCbkCg #RAM #Edmonton #yeg #Alberta #midcenturymodernism #heritagepreservation
Letterform ArchiveMarget Larsen, ad for Du Pont’s Color Council. As seen in Art Direction: The Magazine of Creative Advertising, vol. 11, no. 8, November 1959.
Larsen was super inventive in many ways – and, like most women in design history, criminally under-appreciated. We can’t wait to share more of her work.
#MargetLarsen #DuPont #NeonColors #DayGlo #GraphicDesign #Lettering #Typography #MidCenturyDesign #MidCenturyModernism #Pink
Cory Doctorow#5yrsago Economic indicators: #ConsumerDebt continues to grow, delinquency rises, students face “crippling debt” https://wallstreetonparade.com/2018/08/financial-health-of-u-s-consumer-will-determine-severity-of-the-next-recession/
#5yrsago A gorgeous history of the #MidCenturyModernism by #Disney’s finest illustrators of the 1950s https://memex.craphound.com/2018/08/07/a-gorgeous-history-of-the-mid-century-modernism-by-disneys-finest-illustrators-of-the-1950s/
#5yrsago What’s at stake in the fight over printing files for guns https://memex.craphound.com/2018/08/07/whats-at-stake-in-the-fight-over-printing-files-for-guns/
#5yrsago Facebook to banks: give us our users’ financial data and we’ll let them bank with Facebook https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-to-banks-give-us-your-data-well-give-you-our-users-1533564049
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Jason Pettus 
Was reading all about the fascinating history of the Ford Edsel the other night, in "New Yorker" columnist John Brooks' "Business Adventures" (see further down my feed for the review), and one of the most surprising things I learned through it is that the Edsel station wagon is the HOTTEST FREAKING CAR I'VE EVER SEEN
#MidCenturyModernism #design #example #fantastic #amazing #ford #edsel #stationWagon #car #retro #1950s #huge #sleek #stylish #style
VICE NewsThe Best Mid-Century Modern Furniture Hiding on Amazon https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jgpedp/amazon-furniture-mid-century-modern #Vice #RSS #News #Bot #midcenturymodernism #midcenturyfurniture #shopping-home #furniture #amazon
Why 80s Cocaine Decor Is the Perfect Design Shift for 2022 https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z3n9n9/80s-cocaine-decor #Vice #RSS #News #Bot #midcenturymodernism #shopping-home #Design #1980S #DĂ©cor
