Leslie Buck

A simple design lasts decades and becomes an icon of NYC. Designer of the cup, Leslie Buck, died this week at age 87 but his famous "Anthora" paper coffee cup design will live on. New York Times has a story about the man right here.

I first gained some incite into the classic cup when I was staying at my aunt's house in LA about 5 years ago. She had lived in NYC for awhile and had a ceramic version of the Anthora cup. After that it was crazy how the cup, that I never would have noticed before, started popping up all over. Ex: Denzel Washington is drinking out of one in Inside Man, and almost any movie that takes place in NYC has a shot of the cup somewhere, for authenticity.

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Music to my ears:
The Doors - Love Street

More abandoned

I came across this earlier today in my quest for old buildings. Pretty amazing photos from The Kingstone Lounge, and the site is well worth a deeper look. The two above are my favorites.

Milton

Can't argue with Milton Glaser. LittleVerses brought my fondness for Glaser back to the surface with a post that featured a 50¢ garage sale magazine purchase with a story about Glaser. The post was topped off with this TED video



So, yes, I stole this post from LittleVerses, but it was a good one and it was worth it.

busy bee

Everything is happening at once. The semester is coming to an end, the weather is getting nice, freelance jobs are coming in and business is picking up at the furniture shop. All I can say is expect some new House of 1817 gear, Estate hats, posters for the non profit cause and more more more. Oh, and the pic above was on Life Mags "real or fake" poll, and it is real. Get away from our Mickey's, dammit.

Also, Einstein died on April 18th, 1955. Celebrate the genius and check out this photo gallery from Life. I have the first picture posted above my desk. I got it at a party where they had tons of random pics floating around. We also found a pic of a clown named Richard Tucker.

How about them Apples

Not the computers, but the recycled skateboard art by Haroshi(Harvest). This is pretty amazing stuff and a really cool application for old decks. He must have spent a few hundred hours behind a scroll saw and sander though. Here are a few other links to his work from Slamhype. link 1 | link 2

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audio enjoyment:
Astrud Gilberto - The Girl from Ipanema
(it is a quite rainy morning)

Lots of goods @ Vintage Printable

Public School directed me to this resource for some good old fashion images. Vintage Printable is a little hard to navigate but they have a great collection of inspiration. Hats off to you!

Factory 20

I was directed to Factory 20 by the wonderful Megan yesterday and was pleasantly distracted as I sifted through the copious amount of cool furniture they have. Being a part time furniture employee myself I have a great appreciation for unique items and Factory 20 has a lot of them.

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enlighten my ears:
Rolling Stones: Let it Bleed LP

Another Day

The above sample is from Retrofuturs, and the goods are plentiful so check it out. I believe I got that link from Draplin and this next one is from him as well. I guess type is on the mind.


Driving across the country and what do you see... road kill and semi trucks, sometimes that's it. Here are some alphabet trucks from Eric Tabuchi

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On the Jam Box:
Jonathan Richman: Foggy Notion
"for people who like to dance fast"
-Jonathan Richman

Letters around town

Today, Design Sponge directed me to the photography of Mark Oliver. He has a really cool series going on called ABC's in Paris. It is a combination of found type with the landscape and type in the streets of Paris. Its a pretty cool idea that makes me want to pay attention and look in my own city for unique shapes make by mistake or between unrelated things.

This also reminded me of a poster I saw that made an alphabet by just looking up in a city and using the negative space between the buildings to make letter forms. I could find the image today so if you know what I have talking about, please comment.

Robert Polidori

This photo has been in the kitchen of my good friend Zach Snow for as long as I have known him. I have always really liked it and it took me until a few months ago to know anything about it. It was during a really deep internet dig that I came across Robert Polidori, the photographer of the photo. Maybe its my penchant for pealing paint but I like his work. He has a few books and many other images throughout the web.

Bike Post "C"

Why stop now. The weather is getting warmer, it hit 80 today in Minneapolis, and bikes are on the mind. With some help from A Time to Get I have been on the search for some good collections of bike badges. Luckily the world wide web is vast and plentiful. Here are some that are worth sharing.

Bike Head Badge on flickr
Jim Langley Collection
The Classic and Antique Bike Exchange