Check out these beautiful Motorola paintings from the 60's displaying their products in dream homes!
http://blog.outer-court.com/files/motorola/
http://blog.outer-court.com/files/motorola/
Modern Mid-Century Motorolas!
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scott55405
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Those are fabulous!
frontaloadotmy
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Fabulous!!! Thanks
Fabulous!!! Thanks
Cool!!! love that 50-early 60's "Modern"The pictures of folks listening to the Motorola HI-Fi console with the records strewn on the floor-something.Other Hi-Fi ads showed the records on the floor with their jackets about-and the listners sitting among them.Now--the "audiophiles"--now suggest listening while sitting on the floor.They say-puts your ears closer to the tweeters.Sometimes I do listening on the floor with what I have now.Anyway-really cool pictures-and imaginmative--something you don't see now.Ads for things are so BLAND!!Wonder they sell the products.And I remember one of my freinds who had a Motorla Hi-FI-was very nice sounding.
great - really makes you wonder
The funny thing is, these ads were talking about a future which - from our perspective - is already in the past.
What on earth happened to all our dreams?
How much of 2006 is really so different from 1966?
Great ads - thanks!
The funny thing is, these ads were talking about a future which - from our perspective - is already in the past.
What on earth happened to all our dreams?
How much of 2006 is really so different from 1966?
Great ads - thanks!
sudsmaster
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I like the one with the TV in the futuristic free-standing fireplace... lol...
Wonderful! I love those drawings. Everything was so futuristic. I still love the architecture of that time.
jasonl
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I like the big "entertainment center" type unit with the tv in it. Also, that lady bending over wasn't too bad, either.
Looking at these pictures makes wonder what happened to our creativity and vision in architecture. Most of the homes and offices today, especially on the east coast, are designed using styles that were common 200 or more years ago. These designs, of course were hemmed in by the technology avaliable at that time. For example, a window could only be about 12 inches wide in any dimension becasue of the way the glass was blown. The result is multiple panes of glass with mullions in between. Today, we still install windows with mullions in new buildings, even though we can make enormous sheets of glass in machines..
Architects have always seemed to try and push the limits of technology. For example, making a span larger when a new material becomes avaliable. Today's new buildings, sadly enough don't seem to be pushing the limits of technology, but instead just seem to be digging up old designs.
Now, don't get me wrong, I don't mind the apperance of 200 year old homes and other buildings, it's just that if I'm building a building TODAY, I want it to reflect the era in time and technology that it was built in.
One of my favorite mid-centry buildings is the old Reynolds Metals building here in town. It's structure is all alumnium, not steel! The building is basically a square, but is sort of cantilevered off the ground with an opening in the middle for the courtyard. It appears to sort of "float" off the ground The walls are floor to ceiling glass, and there's these neat vertical slats on the outside that change their angle as the sun goes overhead through the day. Within the building, it is fitted with all sorts of unpainted aluminum trim around doors, windows, and other fixtures. Today, Phillip Morris occupies the building. They have faithfully restored it, and stayed true to it's mid-century design (although they have security like a Federal Reserve bank now)
Architects have always seemed to try and push the limits of technology. For example, making a span larger when a new material becomes avaliable. Today's new buildings, sadly enough don't seem to be pushing the limits of technology, but instead just seem to be digging up old designs.
Now, don't get me wrong, I don't mind the apperance of 200 year old homes and other buildings, it's just that if I'm building a building TODAY, I want it to reflect the era in time and technology that it was built in.
One of my favorite mid-centry buildings is the old Reynolds Metals building here in town. It's structure is all alumnium, not steel! The building is basically a square, but is sort of cantilevered off the ground with an opening in the middle for the courtyard. It appears to sort of "float" off the ground The walls are floor to ceiling glass, and there's these neat vertical slats on the outside that change their angle as the sun goes overhead through the day. Within the building, it is fitted with all sorts of unpainted aluminum trim around doors, windows, and other fixtures. Today, Phillip Morris occupies the building. They have faithfully restored it, and stayed true to it's mid-century design (although they have security like a Federal Reserve bank now)
