today and tomorrow

Here are some vintage ads from the 60ies for the Volkswagen Karmann Ghia. Volkswagen really had a good sense of humor back then.

Some people just can’t see a VW.
Even though they admire its attributes, they picture themselves in something fancier.
We sell such a package.
It’s called a Karmann Ghia.
The Karmann Ghia is what happened to a Volkswagen when an Italian designer got hold of it.
He didn’t design it for mass production, so we wouldn’t think of giving it the mass production treatment.
We take time to hand-weld, hand-shape, and hand-smooth the body.
Finally, after 185 men have had a hand in it, the Ghia’s body is lowered onto one of those strictly functional chassis.
The kind that comes with VW’s big 15-inch wheels, torsion bars, our 4-speed synchromesh transmission and that rather famous air-cooled engine.

So that along with its roman nose and graceful curves, the Ghia has a beauty that is more than skin deep.

found at Coudal

These 2 table lamps were designed by Greta Magnusson Grossman, almost 60 years ago. I would take both right away. You can see more of her designs here.

found at hoping for happy accidents

Rabbit by Hannah Whitaker.

found at Bond Street Gallery

Moule by Valerie Collart.

found at anygivenname.org

‘Im Kreis’ by Alicja Kwade.

found at trendbeheer

I really like the look of out_4_pizza’s jpg’s and gif’s.

Keith Hancox is graphic designer, who has a friend who suffers from seasonal affective disorder (s.a.d). So he designed this t-shirt for him, where the sun image is over printed with black heat sensitive ink which turns transparent at 32ºc. Very neat.

found at kottke

Reflector face from the We Give You Face by David Toro and Salomon Chase.

Teknotile by Disa Braunerhielm.

found at manystuff.org

I really like these bottles. They are part of the Hruska collection designed by Martin Žampach.
found at dezeen