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The "California Wine and Brandy Company" caught my eye--it's has the color and tonal delicacy of the US stamps I collected in the fifites. I also liked the Seattle Rubber Stamp Co. design for its improbable association of a partridge with the business name--or am I missing something? And "Mitten's Display Letters": what can I say, except that I wish I could have met Mr. or Mrs. Mitten, or whoever the brains was behind this design.
As always, Gene, thanks for these!
Clyde McConnell
University of Calgary
Scanning w/ Gene
Don't know where you live, what you want to do, or if you will re-locate. I do know I'll miss your contributions to CreativePro if your new direction causes such a change.
Show me a person prepared for the future and I'll show you a future unprepared for that person.
Where?
Gene, I always love your articles. Every one is amazing.
I always wonder...
Where does Gene get this stuff?
Where does he store it?
Terre
GAIA GRAPHICS & ASSOCIATES
San Luis Obispo, California
www.gaiagraphics.com
Definitely Display Letter Mart --if gradations survive faxing
Headquarter buildings on letterhead-- what a concept! Just about as useful these days as money in the bank: such a reliable, sturdy feeling. . .
Having recently gone through some, uh, employment adjustments of my own recently, I can attest to the fact that letterhead -- especially the personal variety -- plays very little if any role in the proceedings. Even the last time I went through this (about ten years ago) I was already down to a stylized version of my initials and snail and email addresses created myself and printed on Crane paper using my own laser printer. These days the old laser doesn't even get warmed up all that much anymore.
Good luck with the career machinations Gene --and if in the middle of it all you can still manage to throw together as great columns as you always do, the world will simply be a better place for it.
Letterheads
These were such fun, and so evocative of their times. You asked for favorites and mine are Dymo and Stinson. The products are intrinsic, the design is fine.
Letterheads
Gene...Loved your article and the nostalgia of the letterheads. As I was reading the article and looking at all the "stuff" jammed at the top of an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet, it made me think that the letterhead has been replaced with a "home page." My favorite letterhead is the "Display Lettering Mart"...with a drop shadow..who knew drop shadows existed before the computer!!
I also love the fact that you saved them.