Day-Glo Pairing

Day-Glo video and article pairing!

Cabinet Article

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Found at 50 Watts

Sorting Through the Old Stuff

About a year ago a friend of mine handed me a bundle of ephemera he'd come across randomly. I of course love old paper crap so, it was an amazing gift. I put it aside on my shelf and hadn't really filed through it til the other day when I was packing in preparation for my move. I found some great images of historical Minneapolis.One thing I noticed immediately was the angle the skyline of Minneapolis was drawn from. I have not seen very many photos or illustrations of the skyline drawn from this angle.

These images are from the 1967 Fairview Hospitals Annual Report

This letter from what is now the Star Tribune was also in the bundle.

The National Commercial Detective Association

Last weekend I took a trip to Wabasha, Minnesota. I visited a local antique store and picked up this lovely find for about $8. If these get you curious for a good story there's this site to fill all your old timey gossip needs. Miss Cora Strayer's Private Detective Agency 
Below is a dictation of the Notice on the inside of the cover.

The text on the Notice is pretty hilarious. As to not strain your eyes on the image, I've dictated here for you. It is as follows:

NOTICE

Kindly observe the following rules in the use of these forms:
1. Always use an unprinted envelope in mailing these letters. After sending out the first form furnished, wait a reasonable time for results, and if not forthcoming? Mail letter No. 2 in the same manner. If this letter also fails to produce returns in a reasonable time, send out the last form in the same manner as the others.
2. BE SURE-To mail them from some other post office than the Town in which you reside. If you live in a small place, the best results are usually secured by mailing them from the largest city or town near to the place in which you live. When it is convenient to do so, a good plan is to give the letters to the mail messenger on a train. But at a station distant from your own place of business or residence, for in that way the envelope will not get a post office postmark and the person to whom the letter is addressed will not be able to tell where it was sent from. If you have a typewriter, it is better to fill out the forms in that manner.
If written otherwise, do not use a pencil, but pen and ink and if there is a possibility of your debtor being acquainted with your handwriting, get some friend whom you can trust to do the writing. In this manner, the person addressed is kept mystified as to the origin and it will bother him, for the word "DETECTIVE" is not greatly relished by him, gives him shudders and he will worry over the matter to the extent that he will pay whole or part to ease his mind. If he comes to you with excuses and requests more time to pay, tell him that you have given him all the consideration possible, when he would not listen and that nothing but payment will stop further action and put him right with the Association.
There are times when "patience ceases to be a virtue," and you can not afford to be sympathetic after you once have your debtor scared, which is the time to follow out this System until you have secured what is honestly due you.
PRICE $5.00

What Men Really Want: Enchanting Cigarettes

Two books I received from my dad at Christmas along with 2 fountain pens.

Bar Hopping with Gondoliers

I love it when New York Times' T Magazine pops up with a fun little story such as this. Appropriately timed for the holiday season as well. Written with hidden wit, Joan Juliet Buck takes us through her Christmas adventure that is guaranteed to make you jealous of her life and time.

Cabinet Article

I wanted to share this article from Cabinet Magazine for no other reason beside it's fascinating.

At The Desk

I've been meaning to get this post up for a very long time now. A while back I came across Olivander's ephemera online and was really impressed. I sent him and email and found out he also runs this fun site, Machines of Loving Grace. Also, he's from Rochester, MN which is near where I grew up. I met up with him on one of my trips to Rochester a while ago and he gifted me this amazing typewriter! It's a Galaxie Twelve by Smith Corona, not sure on the year. I love the colors and it's in impeccable condition. I just had to share. Also, below is a letter from Olivander which I whited out some of his personal info for "never-know-it's-the-internet" reasons but, the letterhead I thought was a delightful design worth sharing.

Active Tumblr

I signed up for Tumblr a long time ago and recently took to it. it really only makes sense since so much of what I post about is visual. So, here's what I've been looking at lately.

Office of Johnston Tumblr.

Civil Rights

I'm a huge fan of Harry Belafonte. Here's a terrific video of him, Marlon Brando, James Baldwin, Charlton Heston, Joseph Mankiewicz , and Sidney Poitier discuss the Civil Rights Movement, on the same day as MLK’s “I have a dream” speech. August 28, 1963.

Bang The Keys Swiftly

I revisited this article after it came up in conversation. I forgot how much I enjoyed it.
Bang The Keys Swiftly : Typewriters and Their Discontents by Barry Sanders

Oswald's Mill

Retiring to a place like Oswald's Mill has easily become my new life's goal. It's solitude location, architecture, and interior design has my eyes spoiled with indulgence.

It reminds me of a place my dad used to take me when I was little called the Marnach House. There is very little info online. There is this site my dad just sent me about the restoration and this little bio about Elba, a nearby town to the Marnach House. The house is located in the Whitewater Valley area of Minnesota and it was built of stone by the first settlers of the area. Once the weather turns I'll visit the house and do a full write up with photos and more research.

via The Scout

New Site

Featuring all of my projects, resume, and info in a more professional layout. It's just a start. On Cargo Collective.

Le Petit Prince

Back in October I posted about a book lent to me about the famous French aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Today, on NOTCOT this video was featured promoting a limited edition Moleskine, that I must obtain! The video feels so delightful like a Wallace and Gromit movie but, more whimsical.

Pendafelx

There is a whole heap of old hanging file folders in a box at my office begging to be recycled or used for something. Ben Jenning's, Neo-Luddism's manifesto is a terrific idea. Also, the content on the gap that's getting bigger between design education and the printing industry is pretty amazing.