February 24, 2012 – 4:02 PM
A series of explorations, episodes & comments on creativity. The movie won the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject. An abbreviated version of it ran on the first-ever broadcast of CBS’ 60 Minutes, on September 24, 1968. Beautiful! You can buy a remastered copy here. Part One: Part Two:
By Andreas Tagger
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Also posted in 1960s, Animation, Design, Inspiration, Motion Graphics, Movies
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Tagged 60 minutes, cbs, creativity, elaine bass, film titles, mayo simon, milton glasser, saul bass, why man creates
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February 22, 2012 – 11:56 AM
Long out of print “Henri’s Walk to Paris”, illustrated by designer Saul Bass, is republished by Rizzoli. Henri’s Walk to Paris is the story of a young boy who lives in Reboul, France, who dreams of going to Paris. One day, after reading a book about Paris, he decides to pack a lunch and head [...]
By Andreas Tagger
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Also posted in 1960s, 1970s, 1990s, Animals, Books, Cartoons, Design, Travel
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Tagged 60s design, brave daniel, children's book, france, hitchcock, Leonore Klein, milton glasser, only one ant, paris, reboul, rizzoli, saul bass
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February 20, 2012 – 1:34 PM
Repost from Drew, photo by Mrs. Picco. I’m the kid of the left, Andy is the kid on the right. Classic photo. SK8 or die!!!
By Andreas Tagger
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Also posted in 1980s, Photography, Skateboarding
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Tagged 80s skateboarding, alva, andreas tagger, andrew wontrosky, chris picco, kids, mrs. picco, new jersey, pennington, skate rats, skateboarders, vision street wear
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February 20, 2012 – 10:45 AM
Warning – NSFW. Kickstarter project by woman photographer Barbara Nitke about the Golden Age of Pornography. Looks like an interesting narrative, she seems quirky and very New York in the Kickstarter film. Kickstart project here. It’s hard to imagine now, but in 1982 when I started working on porn movies, we shot real 35mm film [...]
By Andreas Tagger
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Also posted in 1980s, Documentary, Film, Photography, Uncategorized
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Tagged 49th and broadway, barbara nitke, Candida Royalle, Damian Cashmere, debbie does dallas, Jeanna Fine, john holmes, Lasse Braun, Nina Hartley, porn, Ron Jeremy, Sharon Kane, Sharon Mitchell, Siobhan Hunter, Tasha Voux, Vanessa del Rio, vintage porn
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January 31, 2012 – 6:12 PM
Dragon’s Lair was a video arcade game from 1983 by Cinematronics which featured beautiful graphics by ex-Disney animator Don Bluth. Seeing this machine as a child was pretty much the most amazing, magical experience – the holy grail of the arcade. I wanted this machine in my house so, so badly and used to have [...]
By Andreas Tagger
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Also posted in 1980s, Animation, Art, Interactive, Must Have, Video Games
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Tagged 1983, advanced microcomputer systems, cinematronics, dirk, don bluth, dragons lair, drink me, ld-v1000, michael rye, ntsc, pal, pioneer, PR-7820, princess daphne, space ace
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January 20, 2012 – 1:45 PM
Wow… Saw this on our realtor’s blog. Totally amazing footage of San Francisco with vibrant colors. A breathtaking 21 minutes of pure visual pleasure that harkens back to Hitchcock. So surprised this video only has 5,500 views…
By Andreas Tagger
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Also posted in 1950s, Architecture, Ari's Posts, Bay Area, Documentary, Film, Inspiration, Low-fi, San Francisco
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Tagged 1955 cinemascope, bell and howell, california, cinemascope, filmorama, filmorama lens, hitchcock, san francisco, tulio pellegrini, wide screen
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January 10, 2012 – 6:51 PM
Cris Cleen, ultra-talented artist and tattooer recently did some beautiful erotic-themed ink on comedian Margaret Cho. Cho writes an absolutely lovely description of Cris’ work and her desire to get tattooed by him. I was super stoked she mentions the short documentary I shot on Cris, and thought this was so cool that it resonated [...]
By Andreas Tagger
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Also posted in Ari's Posts, Art, Art objects, Documentary, Fashion, Film, Inspiration, Tattoos
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Tagged anais nin, beautiful tattoos, cho tattoo, comedian, cris cleen, ed hardy, erotic tattoos, erotic themed tattoos, margaret cho, sensitive tattoos, turn of the century tattoos, victorian tattoos, vintage tattoos
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January 9, 2012 – 2:13 PM
Great retro media probe featuring Herb Lubalin into the evolution and creative woes of attempting to design a brand identity, in this case for PBS. I love the famous last words in the start of this film, “Designers cherish the time they spend alone, it’s you, your pen and paper. No limits.” Watch this film [...]
By Andreas Tagger
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Also posted in 1980s, 1990s, Advertising, Animation, Corporate Identity, Design, Documentary, Film, Television, Typography
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Tagged avant garde, channel 12, early 80s, her lubalin, logo design, lubalin graph, media probe, pbs logo, public broadcasting system
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December 13, 2011 – 6:23 PM
First up, this beautiful Nativity scene by House Industries. A bit pricey at $800 in my opinion for a non-Christian person, but looks oh so sweet. Available on their site or Heath Ceramics (LA or SF). Based on an Alexander Girard wood panel illustration, House Industries created this three dimensional tribute to Girard’s fascination with [...]
By admin
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Also posted in 1960s, 1970s, Books, Crafts, Design, Inspiration, Interior Design, Modern Living, Must Have, Signage, Travel, Typography
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Tagged alexandar girard, ammo books, eames, house industries, kiera coffee, mid century modern, nativity scene, nativity set, todd oldham
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December 7, 2011 – 12:19 PM
Gorgeous limited edition prints of 1940s New York by Stanley Kubrick available at VandM for between $250-$4000. Beautiful images that were hand picked from over 10,000 of his negatives for this exclusive sale. I love the show girl prints. Stanley Kubrick—who wrote and directed Lolita, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange [...]
October 5, 2011 – 9:30 AM
Jonny Trunk from UK’s amazingly eclectic Trunk Records, just finished this book on the packaging of Sainsbury design studio. Judging from the spreads it looks to have awesome packaging goodies from the golden age of 60s design. Advance copies available at Fuel-Design for 16.95 pounds. About the book: In 1962, when Peter Dixon joined the [...]
By Andreas Tagger
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Also posted in 1960s, 1970s, Books, Design, Packaging, Typography
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Tagged 1960, 1970, emily king, fuel design, jonny, jonny trunk, peter dixon, sainsbury, sainsbury design studio sainsbury's own, sainsbury family, trunk records, uk food packaging, vintage packaging
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August 18, 2011 – 4:34 PM
Creepy photo of Cats playing jump rope with a doll from 1914. Love this. Photo, kittens dressed up as children, appearing to hold jump rope. Black and white; 1914. Harry Whittier Frees. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US. LOC: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3b39359/
A short documentary on NYC’s Brazenhead Books: “an illegal” book seller. An endearing chronicle of survival in an era of depersonalization and technology. Full Etsy article here.
Old Blake Edwards Pink Panther is simply awesome. 1965. Directed by Friz Freleng Hawley Pratt Produced by David H. DePatie Friz Freleng Story by Bob Kurtz Music by William Lava Animation by LaVerne Harding Don Williams Manny Perez Warren Batchelder Bob Matz Norm McCabe Backgrounds by Tom O’Loughlin Distributed by United Artists Release date(s) March [...]
October 18, 2010 – 12:09 PM
This is so well done with green screen, ear twitching and hot rods racing around SF. Love it. Song is not half bad either, it’s got a bit of funky 80s vibe by Holy Fuck.
By Andreas Tagger
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Also posted in Animals, Cats, DJ, Low-fi, Music Video
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Tagged cat dj, cat drummer, cat guitarist, cat piano, Cats, cats in band, cats rule, holy fuck, latin
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October 12, 2010 – 1:25 PM
This is an amazing collection of sexy graphics honoring Swiss Air. The URL is named after the flight from Zurich to Lisbon. A lot of great stuff. Thanks Swiss Miss.
October 12, 2010 – 12:57 PM
Classic by Charles and Ray Eames.
October 6, 2010 – 6:45 PM
Dude goes up in space with a balloon and parachutes back into the atmosphere. So nuts.
September 29, 2010 – 12:27 PM
Stumbled across this yesterday totally randomly from a keyword search. Trunk Records is an English label that specializes in obscure music and nostalgic content from decades past. Everything from old ad jingles, to cockney (no pun intended) sex talking to tape loops to limited edition vinyl, books and screenprints. This is well worth checking out. [...]
By Andreas Tagger
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Also posted in 1970s, Advertising, Low-fi, Must Have, Television
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Tagged cockney sex talk, flexi disc, flexi-sex, mike sammes, Music, music for biscuits, nostalgia, obscure music, sex, sex talk, trunk records
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