This design piece is inspired by the automotive parts catalogs that would have been in circulation during the 1950s. Specifically, the design is inspired by vintage J.C. Whitney catalogs in…
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Designed with Kittl, the revolutionary new design tool for the web. You can view the tutorial for how to design a card like this by clicking HERE. Thanks for visiting…
This poster was designed with the beta version of Heritage Designer from the Heritage Type Co. It’s the first artistic web-editor for designers. Soon to be released, so watch for…
The 1991 film Slacker has fully earned its title as a cult movie over the years; but, if you’re into this movie called Slacker, then you know it’s much more than a cult movie…
It’s just not the SkyService™, it’s the swanky surroundings in which your Sky Service experience takes place. A huge modern cabin with tempting meals, an intimate club atmosphere, and a…
It’s just not the SkyService™, it’s the swanky surroundings in which your SkyService™ experience takes place. A huge modern cabin with tempting meals, an intimate club atmosphere, and a friendly…
It’s just not the SkyService™, it’s the swanky surroundings in which your SkyService™ experience takes place. A huge modern cabin with tempting meals, an intimate club atmosphere, and a friendly…
Never mind it was cooked on the ground and warmed over at 25,000 feet. Never mind that it was wheeled to you on a cart. It’s yours now. Enjoy your…
Your SkyService™ experience begins long before you arrive as attendants, assistants and other SkyProfessionals™ prepare for your ultimate SkyExperience™ on the ground. Rest assured, you will be able to rest…
It all comes on a cart. Pretty much anything you could want or desire on an airplane trip anyway. The cart goes up and down the aisle until it’s time…
Not that you would be served anything near this kind of meal on a modern day airline, but it is nice to look back to when the customer was a…
The notorious leisure suit is a casual suit consisting of a shirt-like jacket and matching trousers. These polyester fashion wonders are often associated with American-influenced fashion and fads of the 1970s. Yeah, it “caught on”…
Recently, I discovered a series of three vintage photographs entitled Tulsa Twins 1947. The photographs were taken by Nina Leen, one of the first female photographers for Life Magazine. She joined the…
Every party or gathering has one … … the uninvited guest. Good luck getting rid of him …
Sunday. After church. Time to go the Howard Johnson’s. Welcome Hungry Americans! 28 Flavors of Ice Cream! Howard Johnson’s … Landmark for Hungry Americans!
A bottle cap seals the top opening of a bottle. A cap is typically colorfully decorated with the logo of the brand of beverage. Plastic caps are used for plastic bottles, while metal with plastic backing is…
Mike Brady, a widowed architect, doing business mostly in Hollywood, California designed a unique home in the San Fernando Valley for his new blended family of a wife and six…
Bohemianism, often misunderstood to be mere happy-go-luckyism, in its most important sense is a project of self-discovery and self-assertion on the part of young middle-class artists or would be artists.…
Stupidity is a lack of intelligence, understanding, reason, wit or sense. If you’ve got a brain but you don’t use it, you might be a bit stupid. These Are Cipolla’s Five…
This is the city, Los Angeles, California. A place where you can work and a place where you can play. Sometimes, the line between work and play gets blurred. When…
It’s a mid-century Saturday night and Billy’s father is hosting a “movie night” at the local Odd Fellows Lodge for fellow lodge members, a few city councilors, a few Civitans,…
