A Visual History of Corvette Logos, Part 2

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In 1977, Chevy ditched the “sunburst” design for their Corvette logo and went with (above) this clean, graphically-stylized update on the original crossed flags. The fleur-de-lis from Louis Chevrolet’s family crest is still up front on the red flag, with the Chevy “bowtie” partially obscured behind it.

1978 was the Corvette’s 25th Anniversary, and cars released that year got this fancy badge:

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Corvette’s from ’79, however, reverted to the design of the ’77.

In 1980 a new decade arrived, bringing with it more angular designs. The ’80 Corvette saw a weird kickback to the 1963 design by arranging the flagpoles in such a way that they formed a “V.” Conspiracy theorists will see a Firebird or Thunderbird logo in their mind’s eye, but I don’t think those cars were truly competitive fears, as the former wasn’t in the same price range and the latter wasn’t in the same performance category. In any case, the logo persisted through ’81.

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Buyers of the 1982 “Collector Edition” Corvette had this special badge with the throwback circle from the ’63 or ’73 ot ’76. It’s also unusual in that the fleur-de-lis is dispensed with altogether, and for the first time in years we see an unobstructed bowtie.

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For 1983 to ’84, the fleur-de-lis again takes a hike, and the bowtie reigns supreme. The graphic treatment of the waving flag is dispensed with and the flags switch sides; I have no idea why, but it screams “focus group.” The circle also makes a comeback.

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Designing Things to Hold Other Things: The Staybowlizer for Commercial Kitchens

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Smartphones need cases, coffee mugs need coasters, hunting knives need sheathes. It’s weird to think about how many products are not designed with their own base or carrying case, and as it turns out, that’s an opportunity for sharp-eyed product designers. Designing an object whose sole purpose is to protect or augment another object is something we never covered in design school, but apparently it’s lucrative.

The latest case in point: The Staybowlizer silicone thingamajig you see above. Your standard mixing bowl is made out of stainless steel or glass, which has a tendency to slide on your standard commercial kitchen prep surface of stainless steel or wood.

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The Staybowlizer provides a little “nest” to keep the bowl stable.

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Set it with the wide side up and you can have it hold the bowl at an angle, making it easier for you to pitch in whatever you’re chopping up…

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…or turn the ring upside down and it turns into a huge suction cup, keeping your bowl firmly fixed in place so you can mix one-handed.

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Konza Techno City masterplan by SHoP Architects

Manhattan-based firm SHoP Architects has sent us a movie and more images illustrating its masterplan for Konza Techno City, a new “silicon” city 40 miles from Kenya’s capital Nairobi (+ movie).

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Above: entry plaza

Work is already underway on the pavilion that forms part of the first phase of SHoP Architects’ masterplan for Konza Techno City, a business and technology hub that’s been dubbed Kenya’s “silicon savannah”.

Konza Techno City masterplan by SHoP Architects

Above: university campus

The $14.5 billion project will transform an area of grassland into a city of 250,000 residents. The city is expected to generate up to 200,000 jobs by the time its final phase is completed in 2030.

Konza Techno City masterplan by SHoP Architects

Above: business district

The first phase, to be built over five years, will house 30,000 residents and be shaped like a row of “stitches” in the overall masterplan, the architects told Dezeen.

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Above: technology and life sciences district

The east-west axis of the first phase includes a boulevard of green spaces with bridges over the wide motorway leading to Nairobi.

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Above: Konza Techno City pavilion

The four initial north-south axes will comprise, from west to east, a university, a residential area, a technology and life sciences district and a business district.

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Above: Konza Techno City pavilion entrance

The stitch pattern is designed as a framework for the later growth of the city, which will be made up of criss-crossing horizontal and vertical bands.

Above: Konza Techno City pavilion entrance

The areas between the bands are expected to grow organically without specific planning.

Konza Techno City masterplan by SHoP Architects

Above: masterplan structure

SHoP Architects took over the masterplan after the Kenyan government rejected an earlier proposal by UK-based firm Pell Frischmann, some images from which we included in the launch of Konza Techno City last week.

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Above: phase one

SHoP Architects is the firm behind the Atlantic Yards development in Brooklyn, New York, which includes a 32-storey residential tower set to be the world’s tallest modular building and the Barclays Center, a 19,000-seat indoor sports arena that opened last year.

Konza Techno City masterplan by SHoP Architects

Above: green spaces in phase one – click above for larger image

Other masterplans we’ve reported on recently include the redevelopment of Darling Harbour in Sydney by architecture firms OMA, Hassell and Populous and a plan to redesign Futian District in Shenzhen, China, as a “garden city”.

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Above: phase one programme – click above for larger image

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Above: Konza Techno City pavilion model

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Shell Architecture

Les équipes japonaises de ARTechnic Architects ont imaginé cette belle structure appelée Shell située au milieu des bois à Karuizawa au Japon. Avec 2 structures proches d’une forme ovale, ce projet se veut être en symbiose avec la nature et coexister avec celle-ci. Plus d’image dans la suite de l’article.

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Il Pozzo di Sangue – Volume I

Cannibal Fuckface cade nel pozzo di sangue dove dovrà sconfiggere vari nemici splatter per poterne uscire vivo. Questa in sintesi la storia della prima graphic novel più violenta ed esilarante della storia dei fumetti. Lobo a confronto è docile come La Pimpa. Illustrato da uno dei miei preferiti Johnny Ryan, tradotto da Michele Serra e edito da The Milan Review. Se ve lo fate ora in pre-ordine avrete uno sconto del 12%.

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Objects at Maison et Objet 2013: Maharajahs, nylon diamonds, scissor charms more

Objects at Maison et Objet 2013

Amid the vast array of design to behold at this year’s Maison et Objet—we were interested in lighting, seating and innovation, in particular—were smaller accessories that give the very show its name. Here, a trio of designers presenting objects from sleek scissor necklaces and nylon diamonds to Indian scarves featuring…

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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark artwork by Peter Saville and Tom Skipp

OMD album artwork by Peter Saville and Tom Skipp

British graphic designer Peter Saville references stripy hazard signs in the artwork for the latest album by experimental pop group Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.

Peter Saville, who made his name in the late 1970s designing album sleeves for bands including Joy Division and Roxy Music, worked with designer Tom Skipp on the cover of OMD’s English Electric (above), out on 9 April.

Album artwork by Peter Saville

Above: Saville’s 1979 cover for Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures

“English Electric is best described as brutally simple dynamic energy,” explains Saville. “Briefed by OMD to be as reductive as possible, the cover captures but barely contains the high tension of an industrial legend.”

Album artwork by Peter Saville

Above: Saville’s 1981 cover for OMD’s Architecture and Morality

The artwork also appears to reference the yellow and black hazard signs that were the signature look of The Haçienda, the Manchester nightclub operated by Factory Records in the 1980s and 1990s.

Saville began his career at Factory Records creating now-iconic sleeves for post-punk band Joy Division before going on to design artwork for New Order, Ultravox, OMD, Roxy Music and other new wave bands.

Album artwork by Peter Saville

Above: Saville’s 1983 cover for New Order’s Blue Monday

Last year Disney caused controversy by releasing a T-shirt that added Mickey Mouse ears to Saville’s cover art for Joy Division’s 1979 album Unknown Pleasures.

We previously featured Saville’s design for an England football kit and his collaboration with architect David Adjaye to create a showroom for fabric manufacturer Kvadrat.

Album artwork by Peter Saville

Above: Saville’s 1981 cover for Ultravox’s Rage in Eden

We also recently reported on Jonathan Barnbrook’s artwork for the forthcoming David Bowie album, which coincides with an exhibition about the pop musician at the V&A museum this spring.

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