American Look

Your head will be spinning with Midcentury Modern designs by the end of this film. A Utopia that never was.

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Alex Boese Alex is the creator and curator of the Museum of Hoaxes. He's also the author of various weird, non-fiction, science-themed books such as Elephants on Acid and Psychedelic Apes. Paul Di Filippo Paul has been paid to put weird ideas into fictional form for over forty years, in his career as a noted science fiction writer. Contact Us

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I've always appreciated mid-century modern, or googie, design and lament its downfall. From the TWA terminal to old drive-throughs and even miniature golf courses, the googie architecture, to me, is bold and optimistic, even if not sometimes entirely practical.

Posted by Brewvet on 02/05/21 at 11:27 AM

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