Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #designhistory, aggregated by home.social.
STANTON EUROPA | DESIGN HISTORY
Modernist architecture reshaped ideas about light, space and function. Villa Savoye (1928–1931) remains a landmark. Creative takeaway: remove distractions and let form serve purpose.
#DesignHistory #Modernism #stantoneuropa #capetown #designer #photographer
Ein Blick zurück in das Jahr 2003: Pionierarbeit für Grass auf der Interzum! 🛋️✨
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Ever wondered which legendary British creation truly reigns supreme?
The Best of British Design tournament pits icons like the Spitfire against the iconic red phone box in a battle for the ultimate crown. ✈️
https://best-of-british-design.vercel.app
Which design gets your vote?
:kare_mac: Pépite du jour, pour @maxbonhomme : le site de Renater en 1999. https://web.archive.org/web/19990221080231/https://www.renater.fr:80/
#histoirevisuelleDuWeb #webdesign #designhistory #histodon #history
The 1999 Apple iMac G3 "Colors" commercial, set to The Rolling Stones' "She's a Rainbow."
Before tech became minimalist silver and space gray, translucent polycarbonate in Blueberry, Grape, Tangerine, Lime, and Strawberry turned personal computing into personal expression.
Did your school lab or home office have one of these?
#VetTVRetro #VintageTech #AppleHistory #iMac #RetroComputing #DesignHistory #90sTech
The beach ball's direct ancestor is a monochrome icon on NeXT computers representing a spinning magneto-optical disc, circa 1988. NeXT flopped. Apple acquired it in 1996. The icon survived and eventually got a rainbow Aqua makeover.
Focus Design & Patrimoine Numérique
La Sicos Fancy Mouse (1993) : exemple de la démocratisation du Memphis Design dans les objets du quotidien :
🎨 Palette néon déconstructiviste sur fond sombre.
📐 Forme parallélépipédique faisant fi de l'ergonomie biomécanique au profit du statement visuel.
✍️ Graphismes 'squiggle' et motifs géométriques asymétriques.
L'aurais-tu mise sur ton bureau ?
#MemphisDesign #DesignHistory #RetroComputing #PostModernism #MastoArt
New episode of Podcast Awesome digs into the actual history of the Mac's "beach ball of death" cursor: Xerox PARC, Susan Kare, a failed $10,000 NeXT computer, and Steve Jobs's years outside of Apple.
Watch → https://youtu.be/MothoHNhc7E?si=6GAlUXvu5eT06NfE
Listen → https://www.buzzsprout.com/2092855/episodes/19626534
Ein Blick zurück in das Jahr 2003: Pionierarbeit für Grass auf der Interzum! 🛋️✨
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A look at how the Crown Prosecution Service tested the use of colour to denote ✨ A I generated Content.
A great example of #WorkingInTheOpen as part of a wider CPS #DesignHistory site.
👆 via Lydia Teebray
When transit passes were designed by hand
https://letterformarchive.org/news/milwaukee-transit-passes/
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49123003
#HackerNews #transitdesign #handdrawn #designhistory #milwaukee #urbantransportation #nostalgia
Sharing a public facing #DesignHistory is a great way for Teams to demonstrate #WorkingInTheOpen.
Another great example of this from the #NHS Digital prevention services Team with their record of #Design and #Research for NHS digital prevention services.
The Anti-Mac User Interface (1996)
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/anti-mac-interface/
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928234
#HackerNews #AntiMac #UserInterface #1996 #DesignHistory #UXDesign #NNGGroup
New on the Blog: A survey of type used on the website of the People’s House doubles as a capsule view of web designers’ evolving professional identity.
https://fontsinuse.com/uses/78453/the-typography-of-whitehouse-gov-2000-2026
#PoliticalDesign #POTUS #Typography #WebDesign #DesignHistory #USPolitics #FontsInUse
These Finnish-designed ceiling lights were created by the famous architect Alvar Aalto in 1953 for the University of Jyvaskyla. This version of the A331 model, known as the 'Beehive', reflects the iconic modern lines of the era.
#alvaraalto #beehive #a331 #designhistory
Ein Blick zurück in das Jahr 2003: Pionierarbeit für Grass auf der Interzum! 🛋️✨
Damals wie heute: Kommunikation im Raum braucht Mut zur Innovation! 🚀
Mehr zu unseren Projekten:
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#Interzum #Messestand #Messearchitektur #temporäreArchitektur #VR #virtualreality #kino #3d #möbel #möbelbeschläge #Grass #DemoMöbel #international #CI #fliegendeBauten #Kommunikation #Retro #DesignHistory
Ah, yes, the riveting saga of pixel fonts. 🎨 Because who doesn't yearn for the days of squinting at VCR displays and thinking, "Gee, I hope someone fixes this font in 30 years"? 🙄 Meanwhile, the art of 'colorful fringing' is back, because apparently we missed seeing our screens through a kaleidoscopic hangover. 🎉
https://unsung.aresluna.org/a-few-interesting-modern-pixel-fonts/ #pixelfonts #nostalgia #colorfulfringing #designhistory #techtrends #retroaesthetics #HackerNews #ngated
Reviving the IBM Selectric Composer Fonts (2023)
https://www.kutilek.de/selectric/
#HackerNews #IBM #Selectric #Fonts #Typography #RetroTech #CreativeRevival #DesignHistory
Is Apple the end of emoji design? 🍎
Google’s blob emoji (Android 5.0) was wonderfully weird. Gone by Android 10. Microsoft’s crying tears floated up — wind? Windows 11 went abstract pill. Samsung’s artistic emoji surrendered too.
Apple stayed consistent for 20 years. Everyone else gave up.
Is this really the end? Probably not.
Spotify turns 20: how a misheard word in a brainstorm became its global brand: Spotify's name started as a brainstorm mishear. Its distinctive green was deliberate. A look at 20 years of brand, design, and product decisions at the platform. https://ppc.land/spotify-turns-20-how-a-misheard-word-in-a-brainstorm-became-its-global-brand/ #Spotify20 #Branding #DesignHistory #MusicStreaming #Spotify
Color is never "just" a choice.
In the 1890s, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (the precursor to the modern IRS) was the ultimate gatekeeper. Alcohol was taxed at nearly 300% of its production cost, while soft drinks were tax-exempt.
#brand #designtheory #3TADesign #branding #designhistory #design #branddna #CocaCola
On the Design of Programming Languages (1974) [pdf]
https://web.cs.ucdavis.edu/~su/teaching/ecs240-w17/readings/PLHistoryGoodDesign.PDF
#HackerNews #ProgrammingLanguages #DesignHistory #1974 #PDF #HackerNews #TechEducation
“1995 begins with web designers creating cinematic experiences using images and browser tricks, and ends with the arrival of table support in Netscape Navigator, giving true control over layout.” – @ricmac
https://cybercultural.com/p/1995-web-design/ #WebDesign #WebDesignHistory #DesignHistory #WarnerBros #cinema #movies #films #marketing #promotions
♛ 1995: From Batman Forever’s cinematic design to HTML tables. History lesson and appreciation by @[email protected].
cybercultural.com/p/1995-web-d... #WebDesign #WebDesignHistory #DesignHistory #WarnerBros #cinema #movies #films #marketing #promotions
1995: From Batman Forever’s ci...
H-Bomb: A Frank Lloyd Wright Typographic Mystery
https://www.inconspicuous.info/p/h-bomb-a-frank-lloyd-wright-typographic
#HackerNews #HBomb #FrankLloydWright #TypographicMystery #DesignHistory #Architecture
Jesse Reed, designer and co-founder of Standards Manual—discusses the preservation of historic style guides and designed artifacts.
📻 Tune in: https://interfacecafe.com/absolutely-everything-is-a-lesson-jesse-reed-standards-manual/
Staff pick:
Poster series for the Centre de Création industrielle (CCI, 1969–71), designed by Jean Widmer (contributed by Stéphane Darricau): https://fontsinuse.com/uses/29710/centre-de-creation-industrielle-poster-series
The French-Swiss graphic designer died 1 February 2026 at the age of 96. RIP.
1960 Now everyone can enjoy a wood-burning fireplace! Uni-bilt ad
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#MidCenturyModern #VintageAdvertising #FireplaceDesign #1960sDesign #UniBilt #VintageInteriors #Homedecor #IndustrialDesign #Ephemera #DesignHistory #retro #vintage
Before Brazil became a country of cheap data plans and group chats, conversations flowed through a fiberglass “big ear” on the corner. The end of the orelhões in 2026 is more than urban cleanup; it is a quiet farewell to a different idea of connection. #DesignHistory #Telecommunications