Chromeography
NAVIGATE

In praise of the chrome logos and lettering affixed to vintage automobiles and electric appliances — those unsung metal emblems and badges that are overlooked, forgotten, damaged, lost to time or the dump.

Is this kind of thing up your alley? Check out this short presentation and the exhibition in Berlin.

Under construction. Potholes common. Services minimal. Blame the management.

Best: photography, lettering, badges (overall design)

Color: white, black, gray, silver, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, beige

Era: 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s

Car Make: AMC, Alfa Romeo, Austin-Healey, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, DeSoto, Dodge, Ford, Holden, Hudson, International, Jaguar, Karmann Ghia, Lamborghini, Lincoln, Mercedes, Mercury, MG, Morris, Oldsmobile, Packard, Plymouth, Pontiac, Porsche, Studebaker, Volvo, VW

Car Model: 88, 500, 3000, Apache, Bel Air, Camaro, Capri, Charger, Continental, Cougar, Corvette, Custom, Dart, Fairlane, Falcon, Fury, Galaxie, GT, Hornet, Impala, Mustang, Special, SS, V8

Not Car: bicycle, camera, espresso machine, fan, refrigerator, scooter, typewriter

Letter: A, B, H, M, S, V, Z

Lettering Style: romanscript, sans, serif, script, slab, swash | condensed, extended | baseline connection, underline | italic, left leaning

Motif: circle, crown, globe, lightning bolt, rocket, shield, wings

Shift: RSS | All | Random

Exit: Group | Twitter | Badges on eBay | Fonts | This site is set in FF DIN Round.

Logo by Laura Serra.

Your ad here. Contact Chromeography for metrics and info.

1956 Plymouth Savoy Sedan, PowerFlite Transmission (by Randy von Liski)

kThis post has 57 notes
  1. j4p4n reblogged this from jujavonmal
  2. jujavonmal reblogged this from chromeography
  3. rumorcontrol reblogged this from chromeography
  4. so-unrelate-to-me reblogged this from control--panel
  5. cutter12 reblogged this from tehawesomeness
  6. tehawesomeness reblogged this from fouchtra
  7. newenglandautumnnights reblogged this from vandertorque
  8. fouchtra reblogged this from intweetion
  9. control--panel reblogged this from chromeography
  10. kittenmittens13 reblogged this from chromeography
  11. hunterdevolin reblogged this from chromeography
  12. the-wild-eyed-stalker reblogged this from vandertorque
  13. dolikeme reblogged this from chromeography
  14. noelanilangille reblogged this from chromeography
  15. 8823dsn reblogged this from chromeography
  16. charlaeudy-ferg reblogged this from chromeography
  17. kcamazing reblogged this from chromeography
  18. silviabarrosopadilla reblogged this from chromeography
  19. hugstore reblogged this from chromeography
  20. grahamyoungai reblogged this from chromeography
  21. urbanprep reblogged this from chromeography
  22. nylonsmile-mow reblogged this from intweetion
  23. thebodyheadsyndrome reblogged this from chromeography
  24. catacombs-of-lucidity reblogged this from lemonjuicelobotomy
  25. vandertorque reblogged this from chromeography
  26. double-a--ron reblogged this from chromeography
  27. lemonjuicelobotomy reblogged this from chromeography
 
tPosted 6 months ago
 
zPlymouth,Savoy,PowerFlite,transmission,feature,shifter,interior,script,sans,dashboard,button,1950s,
R