This is the journal of Geebird & Bamby, a venture by two guys who like modernism, especially in Photo- graphy, Design and Architecture in the context of Contemp- orary History. Follow us on twitter to get more coverage. A Adam, Ken Adams, Ansel Adams, Robert Altman, Jeff Angelini, Maurizio B Bass, Saul Bergstrand, Jonas Bernard, Michael Bernardes, Thiago Blanz, Hubert Bodiam, Michael Bonaque, Borja C Candela, Hilario Celii, Alana Coedel, Stephane Cronkite, Walter Cyr, Kevin D Dalton, Max Dart, Kevin Douglas, Jesse E Eames, Charles & Ray Eggleston, William F Fitts, J. Bennet Foster, Aaron Fricke, Ron Frogg, Grape Frost, Ben G Glass, Phillip Gualandris, Matteo Gursky, Andreas H Hansen, Scott Harrison, Wallace Hawkes, Jason Hellige, H. Howe, Mark J Jacobsen, Paulo K Kele, D. Kelly, Emma Kirk, Katie Koenig, Pierre Kruger, Barbara Kubrick, Stanley Kundig, Tom Kunkle, Jeff L Lee, Ji Lenz, Jesse Lloyd Wright, Frank Logue, Matt Lyons, Matthew M MacLean, Alex S. Margolies, John Massa-Bidal, Stephane Mars, Robert Martin, Amy Milk, Chris Miyazaki, Kevin J. Moos, Max Mullican, Matt Murphy, Ber Murray, James T. & Karla L. N Nikolai, Carsten O O’Brien, Matthew Oportot, Benjamín P Provost, James R Rams, Dieter Rand, Paul Reed, Justin Redgrove, Benedict Reggio, Godfrey Reynolds, James Rosenmunthe, Johan Rudolph, Paul Ruscha, Edward S Shahparnia, Ashkahn Shulman, Julius Star, Kevin Steacy, Will Steele, Michael Stoll, Christian Stulz, Richard T Tan, Eric Tamiesie, Stephen Thériault, Jean-François Thompson, Hunter S. Traub, Daniel U Ulrich, Brian W Wagner, Mark Warhol, Andy Wedel, Levi Wexler, Donald Whalen, Tom Wolf, Michael Y Yamasaki, Minoru Z Zuckerman, Andrew Tumblr (3.0; @geebirdandbamby)http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky7g7gZKKs1qzzhw6o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“EXPWY 4” (2008), the Photography of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.christian-stoll.com/">Christian Stoll</a></p>http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/403064838http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/403064838Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:47:40 +0100photographychristian stoll<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvy5byNkAH1qzzhw6o1_r1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Los Angeles, Portrait of a City” (2009), <a href="http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/photography/all/05705/facts.los_angeles_portrait_of_a_city.htm" target="_blank">book</a> with over 500 images visually documenting the history of Los Angeles. <a href="http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1948120,00.html" target="_blank">Slideshow</a> provided by TIME magazine.</p>http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/403064612http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/403064612Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:47:33 +0100los angelesphotographyarchitecturehistorybook<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw9htjF3vc1qzzhw6o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Art of <a href="http://labpartners-sf.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Lab Partners</a></p>http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/403064239http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/403064239Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:47:19 +0100vintagemodernismdesignillustration<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw9d1n8KLQ1qzzhw6o1_r1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Illustration of <a href="http://www.matthew-lyons.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Matthew Lyons</a></p>http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/383819219http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/383819219Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:26:41 +0100designillustrationmodernismvintagematthew lyons“While many U.S. cities worry that their economies are deteriorating to the level of the 1930s Great Depression, New York City fears reliving a more recent decade that features strongly in city lore.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE50Q6IH20090127" target="_blank">Reuters</a> about a return of the 1970s</em>http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/383837749http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/383837749Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:20:18 +0100new yorkhistory<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw7jcfBNSW1qzzhw6o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A 1970s New York alive in these vintage photos at <a href="http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16970&page=2" target="_blank">wirednewyork.com</a></p>http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/383831129http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/383831129Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:19:56 +0100new yorkvintagemodernismphotographyarchitecture<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw9jtgNFoQ1qzzhw6o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Anonymous Places” (2009), the Photography of <a href="http://www.michaelbodiam.com/" target="_blank">Michael Bodiam</a></p>http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/376069653http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/376069653Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:51:01 +0100michael bodiamphotography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw9f9yqu2Y1qzzhw6o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Stéphane Massa-Bidal created retro book covers featuring todays web services. <a href="http://www.retrofuturs.com/" target="_blank">Available</a> as posters.</p>http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/376069441http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/376069441Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:50:00 +0100designillustrationmodernismvintagestephane massa bidal<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ESPRb7a1EWU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ESPRb7a1EWU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Animated catalog of logos designed by New York’s <a href="http://www.cgstudionyc.com/" target="_blank">Chermayeff & Geismar</a></p>http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/376068619http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/376068619Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:48:00 +0100logodesignillustrationbrandingvideomodernismnew york<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw9k2j2w7Q1qzzhw6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Illustration of <a href="http://www.grape-frogg.com/" target="_blank">Grape Frogg</a></p>http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/370617625http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/370617625Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:38:12 +0100designillustrationvintagegrape frogg<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw9gwy6h7n1qzzhw6o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams” (2009), new book about the work of <a target="_self" href="http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/tagged/dieter_rams">Dieter Rams</a> from <a href="http://www.gestalten.com/books/detail?id=ceafb21a24b0f7bc01250bc3ef290067" target="_blank">Gestalten</a></p>http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/370617350http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/370617350Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:37:00 +0100dieter ramsbookdesignmodernism<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw9fucoVMK1qzzhw6o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Ghosts of Shopping Past” (2009), the Photography of <a href="http://notifbutwhen.com/" target="_blank">Brian Ulrich</a> featured in <a href="http://themorningnews.org/archives/galleries/ghosts_of_shopping_past/" target="_blank">The Morning News</a></p>http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/365584240http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/365584240Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:51:16 +0100Brian Ulrichphotographyarchitectureabandonism“Retail design and use is not only based on the space itself but also location. When a few stores go down often many others in an area go with them, a retail ghost town if you will.”<br/><br/> - <em>Brian Ulrich</em>http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/365583826http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/365583826Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:49:24 +0100Brian Ulrichabandonismarchitecturequotephotography<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="293" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3868781&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3868781&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3868781&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="293"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>A clip from the documentary “Journeyman Architect: The Life and Work of Donald Wexler” (2009), available at <a href="http://www.designonscreen.org/" target="_blank">designonscreen.org</a></p>http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/365582797http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/365582797Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:48:35 +0100architecturedonald wexlermodernismvideo<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw9hq0Nptm1qzzhw6o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Art of <a href="http://www.benfrostisdead.com" target="_blank">Ben Frost</a></p>http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/356077842http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/356077842Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:51:13 +0100ben frostdesignillustration<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw9hgv9ege1qzzhw6o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Science Fiction Typography” (2009), a story about the typography used in America’s most popular science fiction magazines published between 1930 and 1970 by <a href="http://www.meandtheburo.com/" target="_blank">Matteo Gualandris</a></p>http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/356077540http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/356077540Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:50:54 +0100Matteo Gualandristypographydesignillustrationvintage“And Libeskind himself? What to say, really, about an architect who has now recycled the same mournful, jagged forms that he deployed in the deeply moving Jewish Museum in Berlin and in his design for the World Trade Center site for use in a high-end shopping mall on the Las Vegas Strip?”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/12/in-las-vegas-one-final-echo-of-the-boom-years.html" target="_blank">LA Times</a> reviewing Las Vegas’ CityCenter</em>http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/356077148http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/356077148Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:50:30 +0100quotearchitecturedaniel liebeskindlas vegas<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw9jp3A7i21qzzhw6o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Empty L.A.” (2009), the Photography of <a href="http://www.mlogue.com/photography/" target="_blank">Matt Logue</a>, now available as <a href="http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/770625" target="_blank">book</a></p>http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/347400826http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/347400826Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:58:35 +0100matt loguephotographylos angelesarchitecturebook<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kw9jhcHDmU1qzzhw6o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Illustration of <a href="http://www.markhowe.co.uk" target="_blank">Mark Howe</a></p>http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/347400600http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/347400600Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:58:21 +0100Illustrationmark howedesign<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8759614&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8759614&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8759614&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Trailer for “Modern Views” (2009), a documentary about modern Architecture in the northwestern states by the UW Department of Architecture</p>http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/347400217http://journal.geebirdandbamby.com/post/347400217Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:57:55 +0100videoseattlemodernismarchitecture