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Idealog—in the ideas business

  • WIN some vintage looking beer for a look-in at your fave piece of vintage

    2010-10-28 12:58:05 // // The Idealog Blog | 26 comments
    As part of DB Export’s brand makeover—which pays homage to the brand's past by incorporating retro and nostalgic design—we’re giving you the chance to revisit the 60‘s by taking home a twin-pack of the limited edition quart bottles, complete with the old style print press packaging. Just share a link with us to your favourite piece of retro design—be it food, drink, or a piece of technology. Take this stunning Walkman for example...
  • Time Travelling Technology

    2010-07-06 12:09:16 // // The Idealog Blog :: The Idealist
    Digital artist Alex Varanese posed the question: “What would you do if you could travel back in time?” If it were him, Alex says he’d grab today’s modern technology (an mp3 player, a laptop, a mobile phone and a handheld video game system) and redesign them as if they were designed in 1977. The results are very cool indeed. Check them out here.
  • Bringing a little 1940s into 2010

    2010-07-01 10:13:34 // // The Idealog Blog
    Forget all the new fancy high-tech car models – this classic 1940’s is in a domain of its own! The curvaceous 1948 Buick Streamliner by Norman E has been brought up to speed (so to speak) with 2010, thanks to the tender restoration work of Dave Crouse.
  • Video: A retro architecture reprise for you

    2010-06-25 16:35:36 // // The Idealog Blog | 1 comment
    Here’s a little bit of architecture retro for your Friday afternoon. Nothing like a good ‘ole black and white news broadcast from 1949 to shed some perspective.