FEED is the main blog where Aeronaut Studio provides various design inspiration in cars, photography, architecture, graphic design, and personal projects. By Josh Lopez
MARIN COUNTY CIVIC CENTER
The Marin County Civic Center is an endless streamlined moderne prairie building. Its not one particular style but an emphasis on the style of the architect himself. Frank Lloyd Wright cut no corners on his stylistic vision of this building from the size of the doorways to the material of the hardware. There is a lot to look at when walking through the building. So many materials make up the interior aesthetic of his buildings. Red tile floor, dark wood trim, gold spheres, heavy gauge brass hardware, long white walls, geometric furniture, stainless steel water fountains, and green plants. Its an eclectic collection of materials that you don't see in many buildings. Even if you didn't know who Frank Lloyd Wright was, if you walked in to this building, the Guggenheim Museum, or the Xanadu gallery on Maiden Lane, its very apparent that one man designed all three of these buildings.
STREET FIND: JENSEN HEALEY
Jensen is a foreign brand to me seeing as though I have only seen 3 in person. One of them was an Interceptor and two of them were Healey's. All were found in the city. Although Jensen Motors ended up going bankrupt, the styles that came out from them were oddly and uniquely British. The fit and finish on both Healey's that I found were a bit off but I'm not sure of the cost of one of these back in the day but its managed to survive. The convertible doesn't look water tight and the front valance looks like its made out of plywood. But the interior looks maintained despite the years.
STREET FIND: BMW 2002 (Roundie)
The 2002 is a car that I've always been surrounded by throughout my life. My dad had one when I was 13 and he always took us to the 2002 meet ups. It wasn't till I started to learn more about vintage cars that my appreciation for it began. Such a simple shape but very calculated in its form. I think that theres merit in restraint when it comes to design. The trend for todays marketing is to clamp your head still and force you to look at something, and demand that you like it. The appeal of older designs is that they are simpler and grow on you over time. They are subtle and lean. They are built with character but leave room for you to grow with it and inevitably add your character to it as you own it.
