Comments on: Vintage Modern Inspiration

By: Richard Dietzel

Richard Dietzel — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:25:47 +0000

I was thinking London…

You can never have too many design books. I am entertained by them but I am also educated by them. I came to design via the social sciences and they serve as inspiration as well as social documents. I loved seeing a Boy’s Room with built in storage for rifles.

In 1981 I was devouring the stacks at Cranbrook Academy of Art, (my ex-wife was a student) and I was struck at how infrequently older books on design, architecture and the like were checked out. The temptation to abscond with one of Lee Simonson’s books was great, (his “Part of a lifetime” hadn’t seen the light of day since the fifties), knowledge that three generations of librarian family members would either haunt or just smack me was enough to prevent the crime.

Richard

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:30:42 +0000

The huge problem is? This stuff is not new. It is nearly antique. This crap was done 50 or more years ago people. Hence, the lesson? Classics remain. Nothing here is new, they just churn out the same old crap over and over again and toss in words like “modern” new exciting, fresh, contemporary, etc. It’s all BS.

By: ayaz

ayaz — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:30:46 +0000

This is neat and clean stuff. I really appreciate the yellow one.

By: Susie

Susie — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:32:14 +0000

You are NOT the only one who is obsessed! My furniture design instructor was cleaning out an accociates office and found a whole swack of stuff for me, enough to fill a box! I was elated.

By: Becky

Becky — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:20:28 +0000

Thanks Jessica, I’m glad to know you appreciate them – sometimes I wonder if I am the only one obsessed with these vintage looks from old magazines and books!