Buckminister fuller. Starting with the universe.
First major US exhibition of Fuller’s work in 35 years and a testament to his fascinating mix of utopian vision and organic pragmatism.
March 14 – June 21, 2009 via mcachicago [PR]
Dieter rams. Cold war modern.
A record player, nicknamed Snow White’s Coffin, changed all that. Ed. note: DR, my guest lecturer was first “designer” to speak to Architecture Society. DR gave me three Braun watches. via v&a museum [PR]
Gilbert u-238 atomic energy lab. (1950-51)
The most elaborate Atomic Energy educational set ever produced. via boingboing [PR]
Steve Jobs on design. Mac is 25.
“Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like…
People think it’s this veneer — that the designers are handed this box and told, ‘Make it look good!’ That’s not what we think design is. It’s not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”
The Mac is 25 this year. ( 2009 )
—steve jobs, the new york times ( 2003 )
1964 World's Fair.
Larry Weinberg recreates the New York hosted WF. Dino the Dinosaur checks out design classics. via interior design [PR]
Greenback.
During WWII, with fears that Japan would overrun Hawaii, the US decided to issue the $1, $5, $10 and $20 Emergency Federal Reserve Notes. via hi + low [PR]
Flipbook heaven.
I love flipbooks but haven’t seen one in quite a while.
At flipbook.info you will find 5120. via manystuff.org
World's oldest emoticons. 1881.
World’s oldest emoticons. via digg [PR]
Sanyo ultra-bath circa 1970.
Looking back. What you get when you cross Sanjo ultrasonic bath, the 1970 World Expo, and Barbarella. via boingboing [PR]
Atomic coffee maker.
Mid–twentieth–century Milan designer Giordano Robbiati achieved a spiritual union between form and function when he devised a new type of coffee maker in the late 1940s. Ciao bella.
If you “love” retro modernism and espresso, go no farther. Loved around the world, Robbiati’s patented coffee machine is a classic design of the ‘Atomic Age'(1945–1960). Known as the ‘Atomic’ it embodies the explosive energy and creativity of the post-war era of Italian coffee machine design.
It would be impossible to improve on the organic lines and sleek modernism of Robbiati’s extraordinary machine or to find a more versatile stovetop coffee maker. The quality and simplicity of the machine ensures trouble free operation for a life–time.
The all new “La Sorrentina” Coffee Machine is the result of close collaboration between Ikon Exports, Australia and the Bellman Company in Taiwan. Our goal was to produce a new product worthy of the Atomic style machine. A love of coffee and reverence for the beauty and functionality of the original design united us in this endeavor. After years of refinement the end result is a premium reproduction of Robbiati’s patented coffee machine, manufactured to the same dimensions and high standard.
Having just visited the Wolfsonian museum’s Streamline Show, this coffee maker shoulda been there.
More info at made in england
Designer: Giordano Robbiati
Producer: Ikon Exports (?)
Retailer (exclusively) : atomic coffee house