Road Trip...

Score 240 miles and win the game! The great graphics on this card game made it an easy flea market purchase a few years ago.

Shocking...

Jack Straws met the modern age with this electric version by Jim Prentice Games. I've forgotten where I picked this up at, but I've always loved the packaging for this game.

Toying Around...

Czech designer Ladislav Sutnar was one of the leading avant-garde designers of the 40's and 50's. Sutnar began his career as a toy designer. Surprisingly he was never able to find a manufacturer for his Toy Town blocks, but luckily a few prototypes remain.

He also created some amazing paintings and prints, many looking like they could of been done today. Here's a link.

The Wonderful World of Crump...

Rolly Crump was a designer, or Imagineer as they are called now, for the Walt Disney Company in the 60's. Crump worked on everything from Tiki mugs to whimsical building designs. One of his creations was the 120 ft kinetic sculpture "Tower of the 4 Winds" for the 1964 Worlds's Fair. This solar machine by the Eames may have been an inspiration.

Crump is still an active artist- take a look at his paintings here.

Lawn Chairs and more...

Artists and designers with the desire to work both within and outside of their 'main craft' have always inspired me. One of these would be Viktor Schreckengost whose work ranged from ceramics (his satirical Apocalypse ‘42 is above), to fine art, to industrial design - including over 100 bikes, and an iconic metal lawn chair, for Sears. See some more of his amazing work here.