Cool Mid-century Modern Building

I try to have coffee with a good friend every week at Louisa's Cafe & Bakery  in Seattle's Eastlake neighborhood. This restaurant is great and I enjoy hanging out there. Beyond the great coffee, another thing that I love...

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24 Great Pictures of Mid-Century Bowling Alley Architecture

Curated from the fantastic folks at Flickr, I present 24 great images of mid-century bowling alley architecture. Though, I am personally a terrible bowler, I have a particular fondness for these palaces of populuxe. I'm sure the Dude, Walter and...

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Roman Art and Architecture Slide Show from Flickr

Friends, Romans, countrymen lend me your eyes, for today I come not to bury the Roman Empire but to praise in in photos. Flickr has some amazing groups, one of my favorite is The Roman Empire Pool, a collection...

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Great Read: Exit To Tomorrow, World’s Fair Architecture 1933-2005

Here is another great book for the design bookshelf: Exit to Tomorrow, World's Fair Architecture, Design, Fashion 1933-2005 by Andrew Garn, Paola Antonelli, Udo Kultermann and Steven Van Dyk. This fabulous and copiously illustrated book catalogs the major World's...

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Design Something Every Day: Lucky

A little practice with compositing using some stock images from www.photoxpress.com and a picture I took of a coin operated Buddha fortune telling machine at the Miracle Mile Shopping Center in Las Vegas. Miracle Mile is a very big...

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