Monthly Archives: March 2012

This is a post about Herbert Matter and his identity for the New Haven Railroad. Actually, I don’t really need to say very much. It’s all here and written by Jessica Helfand too! http://observatory.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=4697 By the late 1940s, the New … Continue reading →

London – Paris – Milan. The extension of railway infrastructure across huge distances and the integration of services had the effect of accelerating time and compressing distances. This phenomenon was understood and described as a force. The experience of this … Continue reading →

This is a post about ideas and the railway. I mentioned, earlier, that I’d found a book that looked interesting. Well, I ordered it and I’ve been reading bits of it all this week. I was delighted to find this … Continue reading →

This is a post about Otto Dix, Dada, collage and trams. Anyone who knows about art and design will know the destination – it’s Schwitters and Merz. All aboard. This is Otto Dix’s collage of an electric tram. I saw … Continue reading →

This is a post about railway related ephemera. These things aren’t strictly strictly railway ephemera. They weren’t produced by, or behalf of, railway companies. However, they do show the symbolic power of the railway engine as a trademark or brand. … Continue reading →