J.woodward-
it’s funny, when I first saw these a couple months ago I was amazed at how similar the style was to my 1971 & Vuela prints and the 1976 shirt especially… but there’s no way I saw these as a kid, growing up in america we didn’t have citroen. I guess it’s just the overall vibe of that era that rubbed off… but still, the similarities are pretty crazy.
i am a daily viewer, i really like the fact that you have a very personal style…not very common nowadays. keep posting this blog is amazing and very inspiring Scott.
My parents were Citroen fans in those days (owning a car called an “ugly duck” 2cv) and we had posters around like these.
Citroen had a cool run of posters and promo’s in the early 80’s as well.
Nowadays they are hip and all .. C5 and so on.
Gladly I saw an old Citroen CX limousine turbodiesel passing me by on the highway just yesterday.
Just that car bring back memories of the 70’s style that was around in the … 70’s ..
Scott – being born in ’75, I think I’m now somehow obligated to put this on my next pair of skis (I get customs made so have control over top-sheet graphics). Of course therein lies the natural follow-on question:
Today’s skis have some pretty deep side-cut (imagine putting two Nutter Butters side-by-side) so how’s best to attack covering two skis to get the most coverage, but lose the least of the graphic?
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J. Woodward says:
June 15, 2008 at 2:48 pmClearly an influence on you!
Damo says:
June 15, 2008 at 6:22 pmLove the last one…awesome colour combo too!
Jon M. says:
June 15, 2008 at 7:23 pmYeah, that last one is just bonkers. Amazing!
neil says:
June 15, 2008 at 10:44 pmthese are great! that first one could not be any nicer
Scott says:
June 16, 2008 at 12:15 amJ.woodward-
it’s funny, when I first saw these a couple months ago I was amazed at how similar the style was to my 1971 & Vuela prints and the 1976 shirt especially… but there’s no way I saw these as a kid, growing up in america we didn’t have citroen. I guess it’s just the overall vibe of that era that rubbed off… but still, the similarities are pretty crazy.
frederico says:
June 16, 2008 at 4:52 ami am a daily viewer, i really like the fact that you have a very personal style…not very common nowadays. keep posting this blog is amazing and very inspiring Scott.
jasper F. Agterbosch says:
June 19, 2008 at 10:26 amMy parents were Citroen fans in those days (owning a car called an “ugly duck” 2cv) and we had posters around like these.
Citroen had a cool run of posters and promo’s in the early 80’s as well.
Nowadays they are hip and all .. C5 and so on.
Gladly I saw an old Citroen CX limousine turbodiesel passing me by on the highway just yesterday.
Just that car bring back memories of the 70’s style that was around in the … 70’s ..
jasper F. Agterbosch says:
June 19, 2008 at 10:36 amhttp://www.benoot.net/CX.jpg
That’s the one I was writing about .. wonderful design for a car.
J. Woodward says:
June 20, 2008 at 8:42 pmAh! Too funny then. Coincidence!
Nath says:
March 18, 2010 at 4:21 amScott – being born in ’75, I think I’m now somehow obligated to put this on my next pair of skis (I get customs made so have control over top-sheet graphics). Of course therein lies the natural follow-on question:
Today’s skis have some pretty deep side-cut (imagine putting two Nutter Butters side-by-side) so how’s best to attack covering two skis to get the most coverage, but lose the least of the graphic?
I need to study perspective.
TRMW says:
March 22, 2010 at 4:11 pmI think the last link in description (“Citroen 2cv Pages”) is pointing to the wrong place. :)
toshineza says:
July 6, 2010 at 11:57 pm1976: That’s my year!
I definitely love the 70s for the way they would melt
geometrics & typography as one entity.