Design is fine. History is mine

Imagine a time with no computers: Welcome to my archive of art & design history. Feel inspired & enjoy!

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Tumblr terminated my blog after 10 years, 17.000 posts and 180.000 followers because of a copyright "strike" without warning, despite being a non-profit, educational, fair use project. Wow. After the initial shock I am starting over. Visit https://t.co/6hLBmSdqg2

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He was a true op-art graphic designer

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Franco Grignani, 1973: cover for Creative Communicator magazine (inspired by a cover for the HELITEX fabric sample book, Milan, same year):

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📷 Reinhold Weiss passed away on December 6, 2022, from complications of Covid-19. RIP. I love his design classics for Braun and his coffee grinder is working in my household since 50 years. Pics via MoMa https://t.co/2LTZ9qaNqG

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📷 Identipops: Build your favorite Popstar, 1969. Via Dangerous Minds Identipops was a children’s game. The goal was to build their favorite pop star or create an entirely new one Frankenstein-style. According to the box, there were over 74... https://t.co/I3b7o6RG27

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@tumblr Since ages design-is-fine

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@tumblr Follow one of your mighty beautiful blogs of the early days, please

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After the smart double star offer and people pondering about a return to #tumblr I am glad that I kept my account https://t.co/6hLBmSdqg2 running for years. It is just the time for a revival, tumblr rules 📏

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📷 Patchwork Fragment, Tumbling Blocks; 1870–1890. Silk. Via Cooper Hewitt Also known as cubework, the optical results of floating, stacked and overall cubic arrangements are achieved through the distribution of color and light and dark... https://t.co/V3u6tr1r8b

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📷 Antonio Salviati, Vase, ‘Facon de Venise’, 1888. Blown glass (pagliesco). 2/ goblet, 1889. Murano, Venice, Italy. Via Maas Museum In 1859 Dr Antonio Salviati set up a Murano company to revive traditional Venetian glass. In 1877 the... https://t.co/8Yml7D8BqQ

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@Camera_Grignani Una belezza, veramente! Dear Emiliano, is Daniela your mother?

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📷 ED Group for Tessuti Mompiano, 1972. Maxima Series – hand printed, by Franco Grignani (+ design drawings). “It is the first time in Italy that a homogeneous group of architects and designers, preliminarily coordinated, operates in the... https://t.co/CgDQbN4uom

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📷 Morris Hirshfield (1872–1946) 1/ Angora Cat, 1937, oil on canvas. MoMA 2/ Lion, 1939. MoMA  3/ Mother Cat with kittens, 1941. © Robert and Gail Rentzer for Estate of Morris Hirshfield  4/ Leopard Family, 1943. Private Collection.  5/... https://t.co/2YiVxX6hP9

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📷 Cohr, silver coffee set, 1950s. Denmark. Julia Heiss, Silberkontor https://t.co/7hPRIQw1MP

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📷 Sacha Wiederhold 1/ Jazz Symphony, 1927, Silard Isaak Collection 2/ Sailboats in the harbor, 1929, oil, tempera and gold bronze on paper, laminated on canvas, Silard Isaak Collection 3/ Archers, 1928, oil on cardboard on canvas,... https://t.co/3V5GccIrK2

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📷 Kaigara Danmen Zuan, “Inside wonders” pattern book, 1913. Published in Kyoto by Unsōdō, Japan. Via Cooper Hewitt / https://t.co/PlLdbmoLj4 Yoichirō Hirase, a mollusk scientist, collected over 3500 seashells, 1000 of which were new discoveries.... https://t.co/Kon5GaOtHN

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Jan van Huysum, A Crab, 18th century. Aert Schouman, Long-tailed Widowbird / Roseate Spoonbill 1760–1780. Exhibition Passion for Pictures @staedelmuseum... https://t.co/0t048QDXKj

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📷 Lucien Falize, Bracelet, around 1880. Pearls, enamel, gold. Paris. Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Photo Günther Meyer https://t.co/dyC1vJUfuc

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📷 Cologne Cathedral. Construction began in 1248, was halted around 1560,  restarted in 1814 and was cmnpleted to its original medieval plan in 1880. The builders in the 14th century created a pastel light effect that remained unique among... https://t.co/H7jVG9Iymd