I never understood the fascination of oversized glasses. They make you look like a clown and distort the proportions of your face.
Most of all: they tell everyone that you are willing to do anything to belong to the hip crowd - which is a crime by itself.
It is amazing how early we started to use colors in our human culture. We don’t know when we started painting our bodies, but we have some old cave paintings that date back 32.000 years! I am pretty sure we experimented before that with smearing mud and charcoal into our faces.
Already in the bronze and iron ages we had mastered creating most colors and coloring our cloths and daily items. Items found in the fertile crescent showed an early love for making stuff more colorful. Greeks and Roman actually went color crazy.
Ranging from simple fashion statements to political or religious affiliation - color is more important then ever.
Since I work in design myself I can only applaud the statement above. Too many times I have met and worked with pretentious designers, who really think design can change the world.
But usually they never lift a finger to help other people - they are just obsessed with “pretty” or “cool” stuff.
Bah!
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Honestly - I still thing the 1991 is the sexiest version of them all. Coke out of a plastic bottle is just not the same physical sensation as holding a nice cold glass bottle.
I always liked British currency - although it’s coins were always on the heavy side. If you had several one pound coins in your pocket you would walk in an awkward way.
So the British got some new designs - and these are butt ugly. The look like extra cool … I think the designer still had that early Blair period mantra “Cool Britannia” still in his head.
Instead of using established symbols and emblems in sound way, the designs try to be extra hip. But money shouldn’t be hip, but easy to “understand”, visually easy to separate and have unique tactile characteristics (which the British coins certainly have - hence the very different shapes for 50 and 20 pence).
I find the 20 pence piece especially odd - only showing the arse and tail of the English Lion. I think now would be the best time to get the Euro my dear Brits …
Just brilliant and simple. But I am afraid it won’t reach those minds in their mental war zones and bunkers that need it the most.
In recent years we have seen an explosion of girly tech - gadgets specifically designed to appeal to woman’s sense of cuteness, styling and beauty.
But this new Sony Ericson phone in combination with it’s product website really takes the cake. A gold-pink cell phone is bad enough - but on a neon-green background?
Gimme a break. I’ll sue them for eye cancer!
But there are many golden, pink and other soft coloured gadgets out there - that are equally bad in terms of design and colour harmony.
Are woman really that hungry for pinkness in their mind? You girls know that pink is used to reflect your genitalia.
So in that context the Sony Ericson cell phone above ’says’: pink pussy below - and attracted to gold in the head, press the knobs to make her ring …
So Ladies - and don’t forget to ‘Bling’ your pink gadget to increase the girly ranking in your circle.
The guy in the background looks suspiciously like Inspector Clouseau?!But I’ll take that hot dame any day …
In such a swimming pool you won’t realize if you are on or off drugs. I think this would make a great set for a nasty porn movie.
London City Hall is a great landmark and worth a visit. It looks like a spaceship from a Japanese SciFi flick - crashed near the river. But it’s round shape makes it even more intriguing.
I like the great difference between the modern look and the old places of power - which were usually styled to impress and intimidate people.
It’s hard to put my finger on it, but it looks like some designer cutlery from the 60’s or 70’s? At least something people would have considered back then as modern or even space design. Today it just looks weird and out of touch.
Somehow the design of the 70’s totally eludes me - it’s ugly, it’s unpractical and simply weird. Like these bubble chairs - space age meets Lego?!
I never quiet understood the attitude behind ‘country style’ and reading something like ‘House & Garden’?! Is it an old historical thing to imitate the lifestyle of rich aristocratic bastards? A bedroom like this would give me serious nightmares …
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Old European Opera houses are the pinnacle of old nationalist countries. Exquisite design for the upper class and later the emerging rich bourgeoisie. But also the different levels, boxes and seating’s reflect the societies at that time: the king / ruler gets the center of attention and most space - while the prols have to stand somewhere in the back. Design as a reflection of society …
I have only one thing to say about this building: fucking amazing!
I rest my case! 
Seriously: this great piece of art and many buildings of Maestro Gehry are my main argument against boring modern architecture. Buildings don’t have to be straight and boring - the ‘box’ model should be a thing of the past. We can design and build better houses today: more interesting on the outside and environmentally friendly on the inside.
More? Wikipedia entry, Official Website and don’t miss to explore all these great shot on Flickr.
If your life started in such a colour nightmare you are entitled to at least two good therapists! I think a lot of interior designers of the seventies deserve to be shot.
Designers of these funny japan style action games must take serious drugs. Otherwise they are either mental disturbed or real geniuses. Anyway - I hardly play such games these days - I am an old fart now. But I sure as hell love game art and it’s wonderful creatures.
With a fainting horror I remember wearing something similar in my youth. Fashion sucks - when your mom buys it …
Addicted to Oil? Use smaller cars to reduce consumption and traffic jams. You don’t need a huge Hummer or Minivan to drive around the blog. Little cars are very popular in Europe and Japan - let’s hope Americans learn that lesson as well - plus let’s hope that India and China never develops a hunger for MegaCars.
More? Isetta @ Wikipedia
I need one of these - maybe including the yummy content with a more decent haircut. Maybe it’s simply a big tennis ball with a female midget. How knows? The seventies were a strange decade. I have not much love for designer chairs. Most of them suck, are overpriced and very uncomfy. I prefer a simple old school chair or a bit more modern knee chair (you sit in a kneeling position - very nice for the back).
Airfrance-lavieabord.com/ is an excellent design website that documents the companies corporate design and settings throughout several decades. Although it’s in french it’s easy to navigate and a pleasure to explore. Loads of great designs and ideas. Enjoy!
Now I perfectly understand why people took so many drugs in the 60’s and 70’s. This would be the perfect outfit for any anti-idol-contest today.
