Clive Thompson on Nostr: Behold the aesthetic of "Googie" for decades, it was the go-to style for roadside ...
Behold the aesthetic of "Googie"
for decades, it was the go-to style for roadside restaurants -- mod/sci-fi shapes, tons of glass, wild signage, the better to be seen by folks driving by in cars
Then in the 80s it began to die
Item #6 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter, free to read/subscribe here: https://buttondown.com/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-29-methanotropes-sign-language-poetry/
for decades, it was the go-to style for roadside restaurants -- mod/sci-fi shapes, tons of glass, wild signage, the better to be seen by folks driving by in cars
Then in the 80s it began to die
Item #6 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter, free to read/subscribe here: https://buttondown.com/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-29-methanotropes-sign-language-poetry/