The Modern Phoenix Dictionary

[hectoracuna]

Sweet! I had only known of it's re-draw in the seventies. I was only going on memory. Thanks Matthew.

So before Caruso re-drew it, If you wanted to use it you had to hand-draw it--from what? Not sure what kind of typesetting equipment was available back then. Certainly not computer guided photo-typesetting, that seems like early eighties. Hmmm

I wonder if I could find a copy of the original designs from Bayer, I'd like to see what that font was like to see what kind of liberties Caruso took.

I seemed to recal The Bauhaus being way into Futura for some reason, but I'd have to research why.

Fonts rock!
--H

[PixelPixie]

Font derailment continued...but file under ModPhx Encyclopedic Lore, subcategory Abandoned Designs. Here's another 1970s - 1920s connection:

Avant Garde, the font used for ModPhx.

I, too, wanted a perfect circular O shape, and many early prototypes of the ModPhx logo included the Textile Block circle-within-a-square that Matthew often uses as his avatar to be substituted for the O in PHOENIX.



Didn't work out and didn't express the boxiness that I so love in the current ModPhx logo. The O's were expressive enough as they were as perfect circles. So efficient and almost unnatural. It was my ultimate display type choice. Plus, it looked okay with Verdana as a body font on the web.

From: http://store.adobe.com/type/browser/P/P_1033.html
"Herb Lubalin and Tom Carnase based their 1970 design of ITC Avant Garde Gothic on Lubalin’s logo for Avant Garde Magazine. The condensed fonts were designed for the International Typeface Corporation in 1974 by Ed Benguiat. ITC Avant Garde Gothic is a geometric sans serif type, that is, the basic shapes were made with a compass and T-square; the design is reminiscent of the work from the 1920s German Bauhaus movement. Letterforms built of circles and clean lines are highly effective for headlines and short texts. The condensed faces have the same modern look, while retaining legibility in lengthier texts."

[Haverphile]

SoSco

1) n. A term coined by a local magazine that refers to a region of Scottsdale gaining popularity for it's post-war housing. An area commonly referred to as 'South Scottsdale' by people living North of Shea.

NoSco

1) n. A terms coined by a local magazine that refers to a region of Scottsdale well known for its suburb lifestyle, golf, old money residents, stucco-clad homes and desert landscaping. Most would agree that NoSco is north of Shea.

SoGood
1. Term referring to southern Goodyear.

NoGood
1. Term referring to northern Goodyear.

UGle
(ŭg'lē)

1. Term referring to upper Glendale.

FUGle
(fŭg'lē)

1. Term referring to Far Upper Glendale.


heh heh

don't get me wrong; the majority of my friends live in Glendale

[PixelPixie]

bauhaus
(bow-house)
Spelled lowercase if good o'l typemaster László Moholy-Nagy would have it his way

A short-lived German art and design education movement from 1919 to 1933 that had deep and long-lasting impact on the development of Modernism in Europe and America.

The philosophy is primarily distinguished by :
- upholding of function over form
- application of fundamental design principles over history and precedence
- use of technology as a tool that enhances craft
- interdisciplinary collaboration over isolation and specialization.

As their Manifesto so boldly insists, "The ultimate aim of all creative activity is the building!"


"ModernPhoenix upholds the Bauhaus tradition of collaboration to help create Modern built environments."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus
http://www.bauhaus.de/english/bauhaus1919/index.htm
http://www.dezignare.com/newsletter/bauhaus.html
http://www.germanculture.com.ua/library ... 22101a.htm

[hectoracuna]

Artistically, technically and practically balanced design. That is Bauhaus.

I'm feeling way better about the font choice for Haverhood logo. But very sorry about derailing the lingo thread.

--H

[Haverphile]

Sacrilege

sac·ri·lege (săk're-lĭj)

n.
1. Desecration, profanation, misuse, or theft of something sacred.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sacrilegium, from sacrilegus, one who steals sacred things : sacer, sacred; see sacred + legere, to gather.]

2. Covering an MCM home with enough stucco to make it an Early 21st Century Nightmare (ECN).

Example (from ad received in mail today): warning, may offend some viewers. Parental discretion advised.

[PixelPixie]

*bile*

It's not even GOOD!

[hectoracuna]

Is this for real?

This is equivalent to building a church on top of a Mayan pyramid. What could be worse? They used slave labor to do it?

[PixelPixie]

TiVo PaRtY
Tee-voh Par-tee

Mutation from Black Flag's first use in the punk rock anthem"TV Party"

Any loose gathering ending up at a MoPho's haus where inevitably the recorded backlog of Desert Lifestlyes, Generation Renovation and randomness like Mega Machines are pulled out and played -- resulting in much Oooooohhhhhh-ing and Aaaaaah-ing, raucus residential-envy, virtual applause, environmental repulsion and general good cheer.

Extra style points if Oscar exclaims the word Cantilever in appropriate context.


"Those Kings throw a sick TiVo party. Who knew a machine could chew a tree into a stick in less than two minutes?"


Revised Lyrics:
(shout in your best Henry Rollins voice)

TiVo PaRtY tonite!
TiVo PaRtY tonite!

We're gonna have a TiVo party tonite! Alright!
We're gonna have a TiVo party alright! Tonight!

We've got something better to do...
Than watch TiVo and have a coupla brews.

So all our MoPho's are gonna hang out here tonite.
Alright!
We're gonna gather 'round the couch.
Tonite!

We've got something better to do
Than watch TiVO and have a coupla brews.

Don't talk about the market no more
We don't wanna know!
We're dedicated
To our favorite shows!

(shout from background) Desert Lifestyles!

(shout from background) Dwell TV!

(shout from background) Generation...

(shout from background) Renovation!

We sit glued to AZ-TV Sunday night.
And every night!
Why go out when there's Modern by megabyte?
Traffic's such a fight!

We've got something better to do
Than watch TiVO and have a coupla brews.



[add your own verse here, but only if you actually know the song and its spirit... iTunes does wonders for the memory] The clapping in this song just kills me.

[nichefindyours]

Swanky

[hectoracuna]

Don't forget "snazzy"

When a non-MoPho can't find the words to describe it.

"That bent plywood lamp shade thingy is so... snazzy"

[PixelPixie]

Walrus
Any home that is so clearly out of proportion with its environment that all it appears is cumbersome and awkward.

McMansion
Now a term used internationally in the design community, McMansions are architecturally indistinguishable, uninspired oversized homes that tax on the environment and therefore community resources.

Taco Bellchiture
A southwest regional term referring to bland, unispired, vaguely historically referential stucco box homes that more or less end up looking no more inspired than your corner Taco Bell.

Crackerbox
A four-sided stucco box produced on the cheap in mass quantities, often devoid of exterior detail on three sides, the front facade providing the only distinguishing and often uninspired detail.

Ranchburger
The ubiquitous Arizona block-construction ranch home. So ubiquitous, perhaps, that it is difficult to distinguish it from the thousands and thousands that were built from the early 1960s to the mid 1970s. Ranchburgers hold particular esteem in our community because they are often blank slates upon which to express something distinctive. For that flexible quality alone they are valued above the typical crackerbox, which often carries community regulations for exterior modification.

[JC]

Happy Dance- This describes the acts and movements that overcome a MoPho's body upon entering or eyeballing a previously unseen Modern subdivision or property. The Happy Dance is usually executed with movement in the arms, swift wiggling of the hands while staring directly into the sky, smiling and marching in a figure 8 pattern.
"Honey- keep the guests in the kitchen for a couple of minutes.. There are a few tourists outside doing that damn Happy Dance!"

[PixelPixie]

Oh gosh. Start here, and meander your way through hypertext in the "related words" section at the bottom.

http://www.wordspy.com/words/McMansion.asp

Or start at the root level here:

http://www.wordspy.com/index/Culture-Ho ... ecture.asp

[modernlover]

Remuddle or Remuddling

Of, or pertaining to, those bile-inducing remodels that cover up those beautiful bones...