What's interesting about this (and the string of sites that the link leads to), is that trends and perceptions change so quickly now that this stuff, even though the era that produced it is still present in our recent memory, is already design ephemera worthy of being collected.
Sick find! Funny story: saved these as a reference for this thing at work I'm doing, and then came upon the same cassettes in the ISO50 archives just now: http://blog.iso50.com/2009/02/20/audio-cassette-inserts/
VINTAGE CASSETTE J-CARDS
Agfa, German for, "Hypnotically cool."
ReplyDeleteWhat's interesting about this (and the string of sites that the link leads to), is that trends and perceptions change so quickly now that this stuff, even though the era that produced it is still present in our recent memory, is already design ephemera worthy of being collected.
Good find.
those are nice
ReplyDeleteSick find! Funny story: saved these as a reference for this thing at work I'm doing, and then came upon the same cassettes in the ISO50 archives just now: http://blog.iso50.com/2009/02/20/audio-cassette-inserts/
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ReplyDeleteThat makes sense. Wanken is Shelby White's blog. She also contributes to ISO50.