Saturday 27 April 2013
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What gorgeous graphic art. Where in heaven's name do you find these treasures? Thanks for taking the time to share them. I'm going to pass this on to my artist friends who I know will enjoy them, despite their being a bit puzzled about my typewriter thing.
ReplyDeleteThese are great designs, very creative.
ReplyDeleteHere's something I'm wondering about the name Lettera: how is it pronounced? I always pronounced it léttera (basing it on "letter"), but I've also heard it as lettéra. Apparently it is not an Italian word.
Very nice! Some of those old Olivetti ads are so colorful and eye-catching I'm seriously tempted to have them printed a good size, framed, and hanged on my studio walls.
ReplyDeleteExcellent! Thanks for posting these. I love this "mod style" advertising from that time. Yes, there was a time when I didn't like it.. but as I get older, I see it for what it is. Art!
ReplyDeleteYou know.... I think the L22 is probably my favorite Olivetti machine - thus far. At least from a design perspective. And these advertisements really seem to reinforce that.
ReplyDeleteI was speaking with John just the other night about the Olivetti posters that were provided free to most stores at the time, and he was lamenting how they just threw them away. Particularly as many of them were really true works of modern art.