Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Graphic Design of the '70s

The van is just about the coolest movable canvass ever invented. Unfortunately, a certain segment of airbrush 'artists' got their hands on it in the '80s and well, I am sure you have seen the poorly proportioned results.

But those earlier, graphically pure vans live, on the streets of LA, and around the southwest, where rust has yet to claim them.

Joe Stevens has been chronicling both their current social environment and their slow demise (partly blamed on the "cash for clunkers" program).

Not so sure about the horizontal scroll used here - a more up date version of that coming next.

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