For over 50 years, the Chuck Taylor All-Stars made by Converse have outperformed and outsold any other type of basketball shoe – or athletic shoe for that matter. Known on the streets as “Chucks,” this shoe is the most popular and successful shoe in history. As trends toward the retro…
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The Bauhaus (the full name Bauhaus means “state building house”) was the most famous school of architecture and design of the 20th century. Founded by Walter Gropius at Weimar, Germany, in 1919, the Bauhaus was originally a combined school of fine art and school of arts and crafts. In his…
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In 1957, the United States Housing & Home Finance Administration formed the Women’s Congress on Housing. This design group was to be a representative view of all the things wanted in a modern home design by the women who manage those homes – the nation’s homemakers. The National Retail Lumber…
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Pin-up girls posed for mass-produced photographs. These pictures saw wide appeal across popular culture. The photos themselves are for informal display. Just pin them up on a wall. These pictures are also known as cheesecake photos. Meet Johnny Cheesecake, photographer, in his intrepid adventures as a leg-man. “The Leg-Man” Authentic…
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Earth tone is a color scheme that draws from a color palette of browns, tans, warm grays, and greens. The colors in an earth tone scheme are muted and flat in an emulation of the natural colors found in dirt, moss, trees and rocks. Many earth tones originate from clay…
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Rude Boy 
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