February 4th, 2010
Sewing machines like the “Singer”, “Pfaff” and “Magnus” which are shown here in details, were manufactured during the beginning of the last century in the United States, Germany and Austria. Found in our grandfather’s previous workshop in Satteins, Austria.
Categories: Design, Typography
January 28th, 2010
This conceptual video is a corporate collaborative research project initiated by Bonnier R&D into the experience of reading magazines on handheld digital devices. It illustrates one possible vision for digital magazines in the near future.
Categories: Design
January 21st, 2010
Fashion Week - 20th January, 2010. Merzedes Benz, Bebelplatz Berlin.
Categories: General
January 13th, 2010
From the discovery of the 1898 International Dictionary to linotyping the entries to printing the last print on the vandercook to cutting the fingertabs of the deluxe edition, this video gives a quick overview of the process of creating the Pictorial Webster’s fine press edition.
Pictorial Webster’s: Inspiration to Completion from John Carrera on Vimeo.
Categories: Typography
January 5th, 2010
The railway station in Feldkirch, Austria was originally opened in 1872 as part of the Emperor Franz Josef’s ‘Vorarlbergbahn’. In 1969 it underwent a complete remake. Parts of the station concourse remained in that style even after a major upgrade to the station in the early 2000’s. An interesting and noteworthy incident happened here to James Joyce in 1915. As an Irishman (thus part of the British) he was considered an enemy and therefore harassed in the border-town of Feldkirch when trying to escape to Switzerland during World War I via railway. The conclusion of his novel “Ulysses” is linked to this occasion …
Categories: Architecture, Typography
December 29th, 2009
Rondo-Ganahl - Paper and Corrugated board Manufacturing Corporation.
Frastanz, Austria.
Categories: Typography
December 22nd, 2009
Brother’s Moving & Storage facility is located at Atlantic, Washington and Underhill Ave’s in Brooklyn New York.
Categories: Typography
December 15th, 2009
Aeroplanes exhibited include the Junkers Ju 52, Bücker Bü 131 “Jungmann”, Raab-Katzenstein RK 9, Arado Ar 79, Messerschmitt Bf 110 and the bomber Junkers Ju 87.
Categories: Design, Typography
December 8th, 2009
Aeroplane Engines. Argus, BMW, Rolls-Royce.
Categories: Design, Typography
December 1st, 2009
“Zuse” Computing and Calculation. Konrad Zuse invented the world’s first computer - the ‘Z3′ - on Mai 12th, 1941 in Berlin Germany. “Because of his own lazyness”, as the german construction-engineer explained, he invented a machine which would cut tedious calculations short. Unfortunately the commercial success was not be his. In 1967 a court closed the case (26 years he tried to get the patent) substantiating that this invention was not worth a patent. Little did they know ….
Categories: Design, Typography
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