Moog Music Forum

ColorForm2113 wrote:I think the white wash makes the moog stuff look so retro-futuristic if that makes any sense. Like 1950's idea of 2030.

I totally agree, except... I remember this as the "early to mid '70s" idea of what future technology would look like.

Here are the fonts that would go with that look:
http://www.fontshop.com/fontlist/genres/compuretro/

Try this '70s site and click on "Furniture":
http://www.berting.nl/seventies/

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_DemonDan_ wrote:I totally agree, except... I remember this as the "early to mid '70s" idea of what future technology would look like.

That design style started in the 50s but was still popular through some of the 70s.
A good example would be the furniture designed by Eero Saarinen in the 50s.
I only know this because my wife is infatuated with this style of decor.

...which, by the way, Studio Electronics totally ripped off with their Orion synth. Were these ever produced and sold? I remember the news announcement a year or two ago, but I've never seen them for sale. Maybe they are special order.

soundxplorer wrote:

_DemonDan_ wrote:I totally agree, except... I remember this as the "early to mid '70s" idea of what future technology would look like.

That design style started in the 50s but was still popular through some of the 70s.
A good example would be the furniture designed by Eero Saarinen in the 50s.
I only know this because my wife is infatuated with this style of decor.

see i knew what i meant. but yeah it probably was more popular in the late 60s thru the 70s

soundxplorer wrote:

Wasn't a similar "futuristic" design briefly considered for the Mini until it was decided that a more "organic" design would be more appealing?

soundxplorer wrote:...which, by the way, Studio Electronics totally ripped off with their Orion synth. Were these ever produced and sold? I remember the news announcement a year or two ago, but I've never seen them for sale. Maybe they are special order.

looks more like an iSynth, like 1st generation ipod stuff