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Aah, October, a time for fall sales, Halloween prep, and design delights? Indeed, it’s apparently American Archives Month, and to celebrate, a bunch of archives around the U.S. are sharing their best design blasts from the past on social media, covering everything from architecture to furniture design to typography.
The brainchild of Jennifer Whitlock, Archivist at the Vignelli Center for Design Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology, #Designarchives has so far seen contributions from places like The New School, Chicago Public Library, University of California, Berkeley, and Herman Miller.
Already, we got to peep old photos of the 1963-built Case Study House #26 (most recently on the market in August 2015), an inflatable structure from 1948, elevations drawings of the Golden Gate Bridge, and much more.
We’ll update this post throughout the month, so be sure to check back for the latest and greatest. Or follow along yourself with the hashtag #DesignArchives on Twitter and Instagram.
Romano Hänni, Typo Bilder Buch, Basel, 2012 #designarchives pic.twitter.com/2xhoHuvSQa
— Letterform Archive (@Lett_Arc) October 12, 2017
For today's #designarchives we bring you #CaseStudyHouse #26 by #DavidThorne (aka Beverley) in January, 1963 #ArtsandArchitecture magazine pic.twitter.com/S8Ax5fwfo6
— FITSpecialCollection (@SPARCFIT) October 12, 2017
#ArchivesMonth celebration of #DesignArchives, Walter Bird on his radome air structure, 1948. From UB Archives, https://t.co/9eyzDKntKv pic.twitter.com/jaBNWt9FUU
— UBLibraries (@UBLibraries) October 5, 2017
In the #19thcentury, #teachers often gave rewards of merit to recognize good behavior. Gold star stickers came later. #designarchives #TBT pic.twitter.com/yKKRfBPO9l
— Historic Newton (@HistoricNewton) October 12, 2017
October is #designarchives month! Check out our #FortWorth history pamphlets & more vintage design at https://t.co/t2FC2BulJ0 pic.twitter.com/UUgKbxDBxB
— Fort Worth Library (@FtWorthLibrary) October 13, 2017
#tbt That looks familiar! @TheNewSchool students examine #model of addition ("the new building") to 66 W. 12th Street, 1955. #designarchives pic.twitter.com/Kbohy8HeiV
— New School Archives (@TNSarchives) October 12, 2017
A real beauty from the Deaf Studies Archive - #asl #poetry #stippling #DesignArchives. From RITDSA.0032: https://t.co/rY1osxDgoO pic.twitter.com/5Ct3OMjE7x
— RIT Archives (@rit_archives) October 12, 2017
This page from a scrapbook in the Martha Crawford #DesignArchives has us pondering beautiful, functional office "snuggeries." #ArchivesMonth pic.twitter.com/jasgmlQSye
— VTSpecialCollections (@VT_SCUA) October 13, 2017
Transportation + Design from our collections to celebrate #ArchivesMonth #DesignArchives https://t.co/RTSc6OxOu0 pic.twitter.com/EotL7RhP5l
— NUL Transportation (@NUL_Transport) October 12, 2017
Look at this lovely @gpconservatory design, ca 1907, from @ChicagoParks#Archives! More in our Special Collections. #designarchives pic.twitter.com/Ug0ZvHfurt
— ChicagoPublicLibrary (@chipublib) October 12, 2017
Landscape architect E. Maria Roth's coll. includes ink drawings & prints used to make cards & other ephemera. #DesignArchives #ArchivesMonth pic.twitter.com/V53sO3ntQH
— VTSpecialCollections (@VT_SCUA) October 9, 2017
Couch w/ built in ashtray. Joseph Urban design for @TheNewSchool (from 66 West Twelfth Street plans) https://t.co/VmvAV5ZrOK #designarchives pic.twitter.com/7zClbBK69Y
— New School Archives (@TNSarchives) October 6, 2017
Presentation boards for @SOM_Design for North Terrace signage #design by #Vignelli. Celebrate #designarchives for #archivesmonth! pic.twitter.com/tW5LBBhSnG
— Vignelli Center (@VignelliCenter) October 5, 2017