Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Disney Week: Old timey stuff


As they proved with EPCOT, Disney really excelled with the contemporary and futuristic style of design. They also really nailed the super-ornamental early 20th century styles and seamlessly mixed them with more contemporary design techniques.

Here's a printed mirror I found in a thrift store for the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Sorry for the bad photo - mirrors are really hard to photograph. Go figure.

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...and a hand-painted mural from Disneyland in California:

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