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If you need to whet your appetite for mid century modernism - or if you can’t make it in person - here’s my own video tour of the site from a few years ago! https://youtu.be/rw2JpCXaTuM?si=iGLGL5YwrIuCbkCg #RAM #Edmonton #yeg #Alberta #midcenturymodernism #heritagepreservation

So that dining room chandelier in our 1950’s rancher that my partner hates turned out to be some sort of mid-century masterpiece by Finnish designer Paavo Tynell - and I, who have always loved it, feel totally vindicated. Also of note…it is apparently worth a lot of $$. Thanks Google Lens, you just made my week. #MidCenturyModern #MidCenturyModernism #MidCenturyMod #Lighting #LightingDesign #Design

Marget Larsen, ad for Du Pont’s Color Council. As seen in Art Direction: The Magazine of Creative Advertising, vol. 11, no. 8, November 1959.

Larsen was super inventive in many ways – and, like most women in design history, criminally under-appreciated. We can’t wait to share more of her work.

#MargetLarsen #DuPont #NeonColors #DayGlo #GraphicDesign #Lettering #Typography #MidCenturyDesign #MidCenturyModernism #Pink

Cropped detail from a scan of a graphic on fluorescent pink paper with “COLOR ON COLORED STOCK” in green and red lettering.

Was reading all about the fascinating history of the Ford Edsel the other night, in "New Yorker" columnist John Brooks' "Business Adventures" (see further down my feed for the review), and one of the most surprising things I learned through it is that the Edsel station wagon is the HOTTEST FREAKING CAR I'VE EVER SEEN

#MidCenturyModernism #design #example #fantastic #amazing #ford #edsel #stationWagon #car #retro #1950s #huge #sleek #stylish #style