NEON WEAVE

October 5, 2011
1980s, Designers, Graphics, UK, Women | Leave a Comment

Susan Shepherd, 1982. Weaving wall lamp. Turn it on!

via VADS c/o Design Council Slide Collection 

 

HEAD DRESS

October 4, 2011
Color, Fashions, Native American, South America | Leave a Comment

Feathers! Headdresses and headdress accessories.
From Equador, Peru, and Brasil.

via AMNH

VOODOO CEREMONY

October 3, 2011
1970s, Color, Dance, Fashions, Interiors, Women | Leave a Comment

Voodoo ceremony in Haiti, circa 1970. Voodoo alters, voodoo flags, voodoo priest, voodoo priest eating, priestesses dancing, priest almost unconscious, vévé symbol written on floor.

via Digital Library of the Caribbean

 

FREE CHURCH ?

September 30, 2011
1970s, Color, Cults, Graphics, The West | 1 Comment

Do you know the Free Church? Praise to these pink pamphlets passed out by the elusive Free Church in Berkeley, CA in 1970. I need to make a trifold typed letter sized mailer for my message. Stamp and all.

via Calisphere

GREEN BADGE

September 28, 2011
1970s, 1980s, Fashions, Graphics, Nature | 1 Comment

Let’s keep Utah Wild and find me a bike! I’m in the market for a new ride.

environmental buttons via Smithsonian

 

FUTURE PLASTIC

September 27, 2011
1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Designers, Europe, UK | 1 Comment


Shop til you drop in plastics.

1. Bamboo sunglasses, Oliver Goldsmith Eyewear, 1962
2. Table mat, Maryse Boxer, 1985
3. Carrier bag, Eric Schemilt Designs Ltd, 1978
4. Pair of ankle boots, Mary Quant, 1967
5. Pink Jelly XK200, Swatch, 1990

via V&A

 

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