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The incredible metalwork of Harry Bertoia A master of mid century multidisciplinary design
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Badalona Municipal Sports Palace in Barcelona, Spain Designed by Esteve Bonell and Francesc Rius for the 1992 Olympics
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Conversation pits from Bloomingdale’s Book of Home Decorating (1973)
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The graphics of the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics are a masterclass in design
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Design credits Čedomir Kostović Lora Levi & Radmilla Jovandic James Rosenquist Andy Warhol
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This was the last great American aesthetic and you can’t tell me otherwise
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This is how you do Tropical Modernism Private residence, Honolulu, Hawaii (1976)
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We need a return of the two person recreational vehicle Everything is so serious now
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Photographs of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France by Candida Höfer (1997-98)
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Super Bowl program design used to really be an art form
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The incredible interiors of NikeTown NYC // 1997 Y2K Techno Futurism at its peak
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Lance Wyman’s 1972 Olympic postage stamps for the U.S. Postal Service Designed for both the Sapporo Winter Games and Munich Summer Games that year
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Loving these early sketches and apartment plans for Bertrand Goldberg’s Marina City apartments in Chicago
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