You Tube - 1930s Futuristic Fashion Predictions

This short clip shows how the fashion designers from the 1930's predicted the fashion of the year 2000. I'd say, that most of it is really totally off base and funny. I guess they watched too much Flash Gordon (and the Bride of Frankenstein). ;-)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txaR2HvnwVg

Flickr - Miss Retro Modern's Fashion

I really liked the " Eaton's Fall and Winter, 1975" because the clothes that are featured in the catalog are nostalgic. They bring me childhood memories. Lots of people say that these clothes were terrible. But I did like them. I don't think they were that bad, I'd say that they were "creative" and "daring". However, I did not like the bell bottom pants. For some reason, I had a deep aversion to them. They just looked too weird to me. They looked like sail boats. Almost anyway. You could practically hide a kitty inside them, and nobody would even know.


Miss Retro Modern's Eaton's Fall and Winter, 1975
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chanadaal/sets/72157602419395981/

A Chewing Gum Artist - Maurizio Savini

I'm surprised, I thought I've posted about this artist already, but I can't find him in my blog. Well, I guess I'm behind then. Anyhow, this amazing artist, Maurizio Savini, has an unusual and distinctive talent! He makes sculpture using chewing gum. Now, that's some medium. The bear is definitely my favorite. I'd really love to see his art in person some day.

Here you'll find his long resume and additional photos for Maurizio Savini.



artMbassy
http://www.artmbassy.com/bin/maurizio_savini.html

and even MORE artwork pieces in this blog.

kanYe West blog
http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/?em3106=192315_-1__0_~0_-1_1_2008_0_0&em3161=&em3281=

Energize!

Have you ever wondered how the battery was originally developed? It has more history than I thought. I mean, I knew it started back a few centuries ago, but it didn't occure to me that it went through that many steps, and inventors before the first dry cell battery appeared. I just hadn't thought of it before. It went through several stages with 11 inventors.

Basically, the battery "business" really started in 1780's with Luigi Galvani, who was a biologist. It all started with a frog. As he was dissecting the frog's leg, the steel scalpel that he was holding touched a brass hook that held the leg. After seeing the leg twitching, he conducted more experiments about the effects. Galvani eventually believed that what he was witnessing, was the effect of animal electricity.

Later his colleague, Alessandro Volta, was able to produced the same effects. But unlike Galvani, he believed that it was the result of the two dissimilar metals that caused the electricity. His experiments were just the beginning. The dry cell battery didn't become reality until about 100 years later, during the late 1880's thanks to Carl Gassner.

Now, that was just the beginning. Go visit the site for the rest of the story. See the battery history unfolding all the way to the 1950's ;-) It's quite fascinating.

If you are looking for pictures, you won't find many. Asides from the text, there several technical battery illustrations . So, I guess this site will only interest people who don't mind doing some reading ;-) I did try to find a site on the net with picture of old batteries, but have had no luck. I've only seen a picture here and there. Nothing worth posting.

History of the Battery
http://www.batteryfacts.co.uk/BatteryHistory/index.html

The BMX!

That's interesting. I have absolutely no memory of seeing the BMX bikes during the 70's. That's pretty far back. I thought they came out early '80s. Well, what do I know? I am not a BMX expert. The only bike that I remember very well is the classic banana seat bike. We had one. I loved it. I wonder whatever happened to it. I now recall three other (non- BMX) bikes, the Big Wheel, Raleigh and the Schwinn that had 3 speeds. Do they even make 3 speed bikes anymore?

Now there are newer versions of the Big Wheel and the banana seat bikes, but they aren't as cool as the original ones. It's just not the "same" thing. No nostalgia. They feel like a "copy" to me. Kinda like an "updated" version.

Back to the site, the years that are listed here are from 1970 - 2008. This site also has a forum and news.


BMX Museum
http://bmxmuseum.com/

A Mini Hiatus

Hey there!

I'm gonna be off for a couple of days. Probably will be back on Friday or sometime this weekend.

Have a great half week!

Blog - Plush You!

To be honest, I'm not big on craft. When it comes to sewing I have 2 left hands. I tried to sew a scarf a long time ago, and it ended up looking like the famous Lombard Street in San Francisco. But I definitely like this site. There are posts about interesting plushy items. There are a lot of amazing pieces of artwork. There a lot of cute items, but also items that resemble the Ugly Dolls and the Happy Tree Friends. Not everything are puppet, dolls and stuffed. There are also un-animated objects such as the calculator and the food, As well intriguing ones. I love the Meekrats! They are so adorable. Everything here is handmade. That's impressive.

I also liked the name of the blog ;-)

Plush You!
http://plushyou.blogspot.com/

Reeling A Reel

Wow, Robbies Reels is a fan site dedicated to the 16 mm film collecting. There is really a lot of information here. Here is the site's introduction:

"Welcome to the wonderful world of 16 mm film collecting. What a great feeling to set up aprojector and show your films on a screen as large as you want. Feel free to browse around, there are lots of 16mm films for sale, By clicking on the sales page you can find Features, Shorts, Cartoons, Featurettes, Trailers and much more. Since 1983 we've been selling films by mail order and the Big Reel publication. Be sure to check out the 16 MM TIMELINE with lots of great new info on Castle Films, Official Films, The Kodascope Libraries, Soundies, Blackhawk Films & how this great hobby has progressed over the years."

I suggest you start with the "16 mm Timeline", once you are done reading that page, scroll down to choose the decade you want (starting in the 1920's). Personally, I liked the 1930's the best.

Robbies Reels
http://www.robbiesreels.com/Home%20Page.htm

MLT Ad Charcters

A small collection of famous ad characters "from MLT Creative". A graphic design company from Atlanta that does B2B communication. strategies and marketing solutions. MLT stands for Mitchell Lindberg and Taylor. If you want to read more about them, go to the "learn house we launch ideas" option.

However, this isn't why I'm posting this. Even though I am disappointed that there is no portfolio. ;-( As someone who is in the same field, I'd love to see their designs. Maybe I'm missing it? I am posting this because I liked their ad characters' collection. It's small but it's awesome. There is a bit background information for each character.

The characters above are Chesty Boy (Chesty Potato Chip) and the Coronet Brandy Waiter.

Ad Character Collection
http://www.mltcreative.com/collection.html

The Fashion And The Twiggy

This Italian site is great. Those hair and fashion style are quite something! That is a heck of a nostalgia here. The people in the photos are mainly singers, actors and models (when they they were in their prime) posing in fashion. Many are Italian, French and British. The Americans are here also. Aside from the clothes, glasses and boots are also included.



A little trivia, do you know who the man with the long hair and the wide pants is? That's David Bowie!

Sixties Seventies
http://digilander.libero.it/guido_1953/main.htm


I was very disturbed though, by Twiggy's photos. I know who she is, but never really seen her pictures before. Maybe one or two. It bothered me to see how she got to be a cultural icon (she was the first supermodel) by basing it on her extreme thinnest (purposely).

According to NY Times as a teenager she weighed only 91. If you want to read some more about Twiggy from the NY Times, go to:

NY Times Twiggy
http://www.nytimes.com/specials/magazine4/articles/twiggy.html

By the way, here is her personal site. She looks healthier now.


Twiggy Lawson Official Site
http://www.twiggylawson.co.uk/photogallery.html