Photographer David Friedman made a beautiful serie about inventors. Inventors you’ve never heard of. They all share one thing; they aren’t happy with how something works and want to improve that. Resulting in a ongoing series of portraits.
In the 70’s, some parents swapped their children’s toys from boy to girl and vice versa. Usually, they would completely adopt the new toy, unaware of the society’s role models. This makes the analysis of keywords used in TV ads a bit more shocking. Clearly boys are teached to aggressive toys, and girls are pushed towards a Barbie like role model. So, even in the 21st century, boys and girls aren’t equal. Yet.
Remember that old Porsche Le Mans racing cars, and the Rotman Formula 1, or the Martini Lancia Delta? They all had outstanding graphic designs. The book “Go Faster The Graphic Design of Racing Cars” shows a selection of classic racing cars, making clear that modern racing cars look daft. But that opinion will probably change the next decade or so.
Owh, I know that feeling. Both of the front and the rear ones. I hate it, but sometime you have to. Lovely collection of hovering art directors
“sharing, celebrating and enhancing the world’s visual language”, that’s the mission of the The Noun Project, a place to find free, good quality symbols.