Googie architecture

19 November 2024 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Architecture, Greater Los Angeles Area Reading Time:  6 minutes

McDonalds in Saugus, Massachusetts © Anthony92931/cc-by-sa-3.0

McDonalds in Saugus, Massachusetts © Anthony92931/cc-by-sa-3.0

Googie architecture is a type of futurist architecture influenced by car culture, jets, the Atomic Age and the Space Age. It originated in Southern California from the Streamline Moderne architecture of the 1930s, and was popular in the United States from roughly 1945 to the early 1970s.   read more…

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Portrait: Raymond Loewy, a French-born American industrial designer

25 October 2023 | Author/Destination: | Category: Design & Products, Portrait Reading Time:  8 minutes

1953 Studebaker Commander Starliner © Tysto

1953 Studebaker Commander Starliner © Tysto

Raymond Loewy was a French-born American industrial designer who achieved fame for the magnitude of his design efforts across a variety of industries. He was recognized for this by Time magazine and featured on its cover on October 31, 1949.   read more…

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