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Category Archives: Commercial art
Las Vegas Nightlights
Blowhard, Esq. writes: I have just returned to reality after spending four days in the bizarre, whacked-out, sublime, insane, trashy, sacred, profane, dreamy place known as Las Vegas. After this my 5th trip there, I left convinced it is truly … Continue reading
Posted in Commercial art, Photography
Tagged casinos, gambling, hotels, Las Vegas, neon, Nevada, signage
11 Comments
Can “Good Enough” be Good Design?
Fenster writes: A theme found regularly on this blog (or is it a preoccupation? or an obsession?) concerns the shortcomings of much of contemporary architecture. Do some of the same issues hold for design, in a broader sense? Some years … Continue reading
Posted in Commercial art
8 Comments
More on Digital Culture Affecting (Infecting?) Mainstream Design
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Following Paleo Retiree’s post, this crossed my desk this morning: Clearly an attempt to ape this: Maybe Apple should sue?
Ralphs’ New Campaign
Paleo Retiree writes: At my previous place of blogging I often marveled at what I called “nonsense brackets” — the tendency many graphic designers have these days of inserting parenthesis marks or brackets into their work for no grammatical/linguistic reason. … Continue reading
Posted in Commercial art, Computers
Tagged ads, computers, Graphic Design, nonsense brackets, Ralphs
16 Comments
“Black Wings Has My Angel”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Someone recommended this to me a while back. I took a chance on it when I noticed it was available cheap for the Amazon Kindle. (Maybe it still is.) Written by the terrifically-named Elliott Chaze, and … Continue reading
The Art of Pinball: Roy Parker
Sax von Stroheim writes: Over the last year or so Mrs. von Stroheim and I have been dipping our toes into the world of vintage pinball, and we finally took the plunge and bought the first (and perhaps only) machine … Continue reading
The Brits Really Know How to Design a Book Cover
Blowhard, Esq. writes: My copy of Nassim Taleb’s Fooled by Randomness arrived today to match my copy of The Black Swan. I specifically tracked down the UK editions b/c the covers are so wonderful. Bold, colorful, hazy, eye-catching. They have a visually consistent … Continue reading
Old California Cars 3: A Hot Chevy
Paleo Retiree writes: I ran across this beautiful old Chevrolet muscle car in a grocery-store parking lot: If those wheels don’t radiate “Fast” and “Furious,” then I don’t know what does. Click on the image for a more detailed look. … Continue reading
Posted in Commercial art, Photography
Tagged cars, Chevrolet, indudstrial design, photography
2 Comments
Taste Question
Paleo Retiree writes: Don’t get me wrong. I love flirtiness, and I’m more than capable of enjoying some well-placed outrageousness and vulgarity. And I’m not talking here about passing laws. Still: Is this the way we want our popular culture … Continue reading
Posted in Commercial art, Humor, Sex, The Good Life
Tagged ads, popular culture, vaginal yeast, vulgarity
9 Comments
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