- Atomic age:
- A Flickr set rounds up beautiful science and tech ads from the 50s/60s. (via @iso50)
- Animation house Perception has a great in-depth piece about how they created the interfaces, PDAs, presentations, and more in Iron Man 2, including some faux-vintage work. [Via]
- Graphic design history: Here’s an incredibly detailed history of the iconic fallout shelter symbol.
- “Beautifully Banal”: classified ads turned into graphic design. (I love “Poodle: All Colors”) [Via]
- I really enjoy the lovely colors & palettes from illustrator Lotta Nieminen. [Via]
re: the science and tech ads
I love how the ads don’t feature the technology; rather, they focus on the problem the technology is designed to solve. Much more down-to-earth, tangible, and comprehensible than the turn technology advertising took in the post-Star Wars[the movie] era. We’re still stuck there for the most part – save for the still-elegant Apple ads and some other notable exceptions.