History GRAPHIC DESIGN WHEN RACING WAS DANGEROUS AND SEX WAS SAFE!

Even Davy Crockett drove a Hudson - I'm not so bad in American history for a German but this surprises me.

 

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Notice the great graphic on that racer: An arrow all over the car.

 

1916 DORT a car I have never heard of LOL.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dort_(automobile)

 

way cool, really enjoyed the view.

 

Real & painted...

 

"As GM designers returned from WWII, GM Design's VP, Harley Earl, encouraged them create concepts that were far ahead of the market. This Pontiac "Twin Streak" rendering drawn by noted designer Ned Nickles is a great example."

 

Part of design is the use of colors along with shapes that attract the eye.

 

Avanti Varianti

 

Road map design rules!

 

Bell telephone for the resat of this batch






Above from this ad

 

An forgotten issue: The showroom & garage lettering!
Great works to see:

 

Pulp Hot Fiction Rod

 

Another wide subject of great graphic design: The race programs!
Hell, what great works sometimes and what cheap shit sometimes.
But I like them both.

 

Beer

 

1959 ad; late '50s was one of the great eras for graphic design...