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DESIGNERS | R.I.P. Andrée Putman

Morgans Hotel, NYC Portrait d’Andrée Putman (en français) Andree Putman from Amenity Applewhite… more →

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DESIGNERS | R.I.P. Andrée Putman

Michael Francis McCarthy wrote 4 months ago: Morgans Hotel, NYC Portrait d’Andrée Putman (en français) Andree Putman from Amenity Applewhit … more →

Tags: architects, furniture, retail design, THE CONCORDE SUITE, Air France Concorde, Andrée Putman, Andrée Putman Quote, Morgans Hotel, obituary

TRANSPORTATION | MACH 2 :: »Concorde Sun 14« by Luke Morgan

Michael Francis McCarthy wrote 2 years ago: In my research for the Concorde/Konkordski Suite I came across this stunning poster by Hobart, Austr … more →

Tags: LOGOLANDIA, Graphic Arts, Industrial Design, TRANSPORTATION | PUBLIC, space race, Art & Artists, typography, Travel, Science & Technology

TRANSPORTATION | Mach 0 :: Cold War Concordes :: »Interior of USSR Pavilion and a Tupolev at Expo 67«

Michael Francis McCarthy wrote 2 years ago: Note the Tupolev on the pavilion’s ceiling Industrial espionage. Stolen plans. Dramatic Crashe … more →

Tags: Corporate Identity, EXPO 67: MAN AND HIS WORLD, Graphic Arts, Industrial Design, LOGOLANDIA, Photography, Science & Technology, space race, THE CONCORDE SUITE

TRANSPORTATION | Mach 0 :: Does Not Compute Dept. :: The Tube + Concorde — 1 comment

Michael Francis McCarthy wrote 2 years ago: Note to BA Marketing Dept., ca. 1988: Concorde passengers do not avail themselves of the tube. … more →

Tags: advertising, cities: london, Corporate Identity, Graphic Arts, LOGOLANDIA, THE CONCORDE SUITE, TRANSPORTATION | PUBLIC, Travel, advertising 2

TRANSPORTATION | Mach 2 :: Concorde Interiors by Andrée Putman (+ Norman Foster) — 1 comment

Michael Francis McCarthy wrote 2 years ago: I first became aware of Andrée Putman in the ’80s when Michael Budman and Don Green (“th … more →

Tags: architects, CITIES | LOS ANGELES, Corporate Identity, Exhibitions, furniture, Industrial Design, Science & Technology, THE CONCORDE SUITE, TRANSPORTATION | PUBLIC

TRANSPORTATION | Mach 2 :: Concorde's Inaugural Flight Paris > Rio, 1976.01.21

Michael Francis McCarthy wrote 2 years ago: On 21 January 1976 at 11:40 a.m., Air France Concorde F-BVFA and British Airways Concorde G-BOAA too … more →

Tags: Brasil, cities: london, CITIES | RIO DE JANEIRO, Graphic Arts, Industrial Design, LOGOLANDIA, Science & Technology, space race, THE CONCORDE SUITE

STAMPS | Mach 2 :: When the Future Was Ultramodern > British Concorde Stamps — 1 comment

Michael Francis McCarthy wrote 2 years ago: I purchased the Museum of Modern Art’s magnetic stamp holder years ago and I like it. It was a … more →

Tags: Art & Artists, cities: london, Corporate Identity, Graphic Arts, Industrial Design, Science & Technology, STAMPS + MONEY, THE CONCORDE SUITE, TRANSPORTATION | PUBLIC

TRANSPORTATION | Mach 2 :: Le Concorde ::: A Visual Tribute to an Icon of Modern Design

Michael Francis McCarthy wrote 2 years ago: Image below by Mogzilla PHOTO > Platform3, Flickr Vintage Air France Concorde collectibles from N … more →

Tags: advertising, cities: london, Cities: New York, Corporate Identity, Industrial Design, LOGOLANDIA, Maps, Science & Technology, space race

EXPOS + AIRPORTS | Same Same :: Le Pavilion du Québec @ expo 67 + l'Aéroport International Montréal-Mirabel

Michael Francis McCarthy wrote 2 years ago: The similarities are strikingly apparent: Mirabel is just the Québec Pavilion sans the moat and elon … more →

Tags: architects, canadian design, CITIES | MONTRÉAL, EXPO 67: MAN AND HIS WORLD, LOGOLANDIA, TRANSPORTATION | PUBLIC, Travel, Urban Planning, Airports

AIRPORTS | White Elephants in the Room :: Aéroport International Montréal-Mirabel International Airport ::: 1975-2004, R.I.P. — 5 comments

Michael Francis McCarthy wrote 2 years ago: For architecture, transportation, and graphics aficionados everywhere, I’d like to point you i … more →

Tags: advertising, architects, Art & Artists, canadian design, CITIES | MONTRÉAL, Corporate Identity, Graphic Arts, LOGOLANDIA, TRANSPORTATION | PUBLIC

SEEN | Michael Snow's »Goddess of Space« (+ Toronto's Aeroquay One) — 2 comments

Michael Francis McCarthy wrote 2 years ago: At the top of the escalator in Toronto Pearson’s T1 Pier D, Gates 101-112, welcoming small planeload … more →

Tags: architects, Art & Artists, canadian design, cities Toronto, EXPO 67: MAN AND HIS WORLD, public art, TRANSPORTATION | PUBLIC, Travel, Aeroport Charles de Gaulle

ARCHITECTS + AIRPORTS | Eames Tandem Sling Seating, 1962 :: Still the World's Most Fashionable Group Seating — 1 comment

Michael Francis McCarthy wrote 2 years ago: 1962 | Chromed aluminium base; Black synthetic leather Staff Member Jim Sommers Sitting in Eames Tan … more →

Tags: architects, LOGOLANDIA, Graphic Arts, TRANSPORTATION | PUBLIC, Corporate Identity, Travel, Cities, Mid-century Modern, designKULTUR✭ STARS

ARCHITECTS + AIRPORTS | Eames Tandem Sling Seating, 1962 :: Still the World's Most Fashionable Group Seating — 1 comment

Michael Francis McCarthy wrote 2 years ago: 1962 | Chromed aluminium base; Black synthetic leather Staff Member Jim Sommers Sitting in Eames Tan … more →

Tags: architects, LOGOLANDIA, Graphic Arts, TRANSPORTATION | PUBLIC, Corporate Identity, Travel, Cities, Mid-century Modern, designKULTUR✭ STARS

AUTHORS + ARCHITECTURE | Alain de Botton on Architectural Elegance

Michael Francis McCarthy wrote 2 years ago: Photo > Adam Brookes, Wikimedia Commons Google Books | A Week at the Airport Preview … more →

Tags: architects, TRANSPORTATION | PUBLIC, Corporate Identity, Travel, Books, cities: london, Architecture, Alain de Botton, Airport Design

BRASÍLIA 50 ANOS | PHOTOGRAPHY :: PRESIDENT JUSCELINO KUBITSCHEK on a VARIG FLIGHT TO BRASÍLIA by JEAN MANZON

Michael Francis McCarthy wrote 2 years ago: Bye Bye Brasil. Bye Bye Brasília. Bye Bye VARIG (Viação Aérea RIo-Grandense or “Rio Grandense … more →

Tags: Book Design, Corporate Identity, Photography, Books, CITIES | RIO DE JANEIRO, CITIES: Brasília, TRANSPORTATION | PRIVATE, Brasil, BRASÍLIA 50 ANOS

EXHIBITIONS | FIONA BANNER :: «HARRIER AND JAGUAR» @ THE TATE BRITAIN — 2 comments

Michael Francis McCarthy wrote 2 years ago: top: Harrier, 2010, BAe Sea Harrier aircraft, paint 7.6 m x 14.2 m x 3.71 m bottom: Jaguar, 2010, po … more →

Tags: architects, Industrial Design, Art & Artists, cities: london, Exhibitions, Harrier and Jaguar, fiona banner, Tate Britain, Duveens Commission 2010

THE PHILIPPINES | General Eleksyon 2010 :: The Marcos Era in Retrospect ::: “He Got Things Done” — 1 comment

Michael Francis McCarthy wrote 3 years ago: THE CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES THE PHILIPPINES PAVILION, EXPO 70 OSAKA THE FOLK ARTS THEATRE … more →

Tags: architects, CITIES | MANILA, EXPO 70: PROGRESS AND HARMONY FOR MANKIND, The Philippines, America's Boy: A Century of Colonialism in the Philippi, Cultural Center of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Imelda Marcos

AIRPORTS | MANILA :: Ninoy Aquino International Airport T3 ::: Another Pinoy White Elephant — 2 comments

Michael Francis McCarthy wrote 3 years ago: ° ° ° A lot of pesos, many of them bearing the face of its namesake, national hero Benigno “Ninoy” A … more →

Tags: architects, CITIES | MANILA, The Philippines, TRANSPORTATION | PUBLIC, Travel, Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino, Cab, centennial terminal, clark airbase

VANCOUVER 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS | THE LOOK OF THE GAMES :: YVR AIR CANADA HANGER SUPER GRAPHIC

Michael Francis McCarthy wrote 3 years ago: One of the best things the organizers of the City of Vancouver’s “The Look of the City … more →

Tags: Graphic Arts, Corporate Identity, Art & Artists, typography, Cities: Vancouver, Olympic games, THE VANCOUVER 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS SUITE, air canada, YVR


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