1971 Chrysler Plymouth Road Runner Advertising Hot Rod Magazine April 1971 by SenseiAlan on Flickr.
Plymouth Road Runner 383 They might not have been the most reliable cars, but in the early 1970s, the B-body Chryslers looked great.
‘Pixarification’ Great points here from director Danny Boyle. Where are films such as The French Connection these days, that push the envelope and have adult (not porn) themes? Answer: cable TV.
She had one turkey Once upon a time, when NBC was a struggling network, it tried to ape the success of CBS’s The Mary Tyler Moore Show with The Avengers’ (the real one) Diana Rigg in Diana. The premise: a London fashion designer moves to New York in the hope of hitting the big time. It didn’t work, and the show was cancelled within months.
The Good Life The Americans had a sitcom called The Good Life years before the one with Richard Briers and Felicity Kendall—though with a very different premise. Note that the theme tune is adapted from the English lyrics of Sacha Distel’s ‘La belle vie’, made popular by Tony Bennett as ‘The Good Life’.
Buckminster Fuller Book Covers, 1970s.
Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth
by R. Buckminster Fuller / Pocket Book Edition, 1970 & 1974
Originally published by Southern Illinois University Press, 1969
Cover art by GomezNo More Secondhand God (and Other Writings)
by R. Buckminster Fuller / Anchor Books Edition, 1971
Originally published by Southern Illinois University Press, 1963
Cover design by Sydney Butchkes, Cover photograph by Barry SonnenfeldIdeas and Integrities: A Spontaneous Autobiographical Disclosure
by Buckminster Fuller, edited by Robert W. Marks / Collier Books, 1974
Originally published by Prentice-Hall, © 1963 by Richard Buckminster FullerUtopia or Oblivion: The Prospects for Humanity
by Buckminster Fuller / Bantam Books, 1972
© 1969 by Buckminster FullerBuckminster Fuller: At Home in the Universe
by Alden Hatch / Delta Books, 1976
© 1974 by Alden HatchI Seem to be a Verb
by R. Buckminster Fuller with Jerome Agel and Quentin Fiore (graphic designer)
Bantam Books, 1970Bucky: http://bfi.org/
The intellectual integrity and infinite order of the universe obviously are vastly greater than man. Man is an invention within it. What one did about this understanding would have to be through design. I decided I must not be a persuader, but a doer.
Via AQ-V
http://aqua-velvet.com/2013/04/buckminster-fuller-book-covers-1970s/
http://aqua-velvet.com/2011/11/dymaxion-house-r-buckminster-fuller/
http://aqua-velvet.com/2012/11/photo-essay-architect-buckminster-fuller/
Buck Reblogging for the 1970s retrofuturistic cool.
Source: vintageclassiccars
1978 Cadillac Eldorado Custom Biarritz by aldenjewell on Flickr.
1978 Cadillac Eldorado Custom Biarritz
What ’70s fuel crisis? Well, it wasn’t the last one, but it was the ultimate big Eldorado with that 500 in³ block.
1978 AMC Gremlin GT by aldenjewell on Flickr.
1978 AMC Gremlin GT
Gremlins Must be one of the earliest uses of ITC Eras I can think of.
1971 Lancia Stratos HF Prototype
Viva Italia Even as a prototype, the Stratos looks awesome.
(via material-interest)
Source: automotiveporn
Douche-veaux The French have a different idea when it comes to hood ornaments.
Quick and mostly irrelevant thoughts from a 
