Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" (or simply "Sweet Dreams") is a song written and performed by the British pop music duo Eurythmics (Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart). It was released as a single in early 1983, the title track of their album Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), one of their biggest hits, and the song which provided the group with their breakthrough into commercial success. Its striking music video helped to propel the song to #2 on the UK singles chart and to their only #1 ranking on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, on 3 September 1983, after The Police's "Every Breath You Take" had held it off at #2 for four consecutive weeks in August. It was the fourth and final single released from the Sweet Dreams album in the UK and the first ever single to be released by Eurythmics in the United States.

Rubik's Cube

Rubik's Cube

Rubik's Cube is a 3-D twisty puzzle invented in 1974[1] by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik. Originally called the "Magic Cube", the puzzle was licensed by Rubik to be sold by Ideal Toy Corp. in 1980 via German businessman Tibor Laczi and Seven Towns founder Tom Kremer, and won the German Game of the Year special award for Best Puzzle that year.

Shutter Shades

Shutter Shades

First available in the 1980s, nicknamed "Venetian Blinders," a then-popular design of louvered eyewear were featured in the music videos for "Glittering Prize" by Simple Minds in 1982 and "Obsession" by Animotion in 1984. They were also popularized by the late pro wrestler Macho Man Randy Savage, which he wore before many of his matches, as well as in his promos. Alain Mikli made a contemporary custom design for Kanye West, again influenced by the fashion of the 1980s. West popularized the glasses in the music video for "Stronger."

Apocalyptic Rider

Apocalyptic Rider 1980

Apocalyptic Rider is a painting created by Nabil Kanso in 1980. It is oil on canvas measuring 7 X 9 feet (2 X 2.65 meters),[1] and is part of a series depicting horsemen in compositions dealing with apocalyptic themes.

The painting depicts a scene in which a horseman appears riding forward between two horizontally juxtaposed horses. The "Rider," symbolically representing horseman of the Apocalypse, is shown moving toward a figure falling near a mother holding a child. 

The composition of the picture is focused on the image formed by the rider and horses in the central plane. Its area, which occupies much of the pictorial space, appears to links the background and foreground, and to reinforce the tense atmosphere generated by the subject matter and the rendering of dense layers of paint applied with broad brush-strokes across the entire surface. 

The tone reflects a contrast of blue black against red. Some art critics interpreted the work as a metaphor for the wars in Central America and the Middle East. Others suggest that the compositional conception of the figures, colours, symbols and textures give a sense of imminent threat underlining the depicted theme.

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1980s Best selling Children's Books

1980s Best selling Children's Books

The Berenstain Bears : (No Girls Allowed)

Written by Stan Berenstain and Jan Berenstain

Sister Bear can run faster, climb higher, and hit a ball farther than the boys, and she gloats over it. So Brother Bear and his friends build a clubhouse for boys only, and Sister is hopping mad! She plans a honey of a revenge in this funny and thoughtful book.

Little Critter:

Written & illustrated by Mercer Mayer 

In this simple, sweet, and very human picture book, Mayer's popular Little Critter shows us all the things he can do by himself, from tying his shoes (almost) to pouring his own juice (and only spilling a little).

Sherrie Levine

Sherrie Levine

Sherrie Levine is an American Photographer and appropriation artist.

She is mostly known for her work "After Walker Evans" in her 1980 

solo exhibition at metro picture gallery.

She rephotographed Walker Evans work of the great depression without any manipulating it. 

Gerhard Richter

Gerhard Richter

Gerhard Richter was born to Horst and Hildegard Richter in Dresden on February 9, 1932.

·         Betty

·         1988

·         102 cm x 72 cm

·         Oil on canvas

·         Catalogue Raisonné: 663-5

Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons

BORN:   York, Pennsylvania, 1955

EDUCATION:

1976        Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, B.F.A.

1975-76   School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

1972-75   Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland

TALKS / LECTURES:

1989   CAA Conference, San Francisco, California

           Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England

           Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York

1988   Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago, Illinois

           Society for Contemporary Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois

1987   The Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland

1986   Fundacio Caixa De Pensions, Barcelona, Spain

1985   The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New York

1983   Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

 ART WORK:

Fisherman Golfer

stainless steel
12 x 5 x 8 inches
30.5 x 12.7 x 20.3 cm
Edition of 3 plus AP
1986

Jim Beam - Box Car

stainless steel, bourbon
7 3/4 x 14 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches
19.7 x 36.8 x 16.5 cm
Edition of 3 plus AP
1986

French Coach Couple

stainless steel
17 x 15 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches
43.2 x 39.4 x 29.8 cm
Edition of 3 plus AP
1986

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson 

In 1980s Michael Jackson was a definitive icon.

His album Thriller (1982) is still counted as a best selling album of all time.

Michael Jackson fashion style in the 80s consists of a leather jacket, and gloves.

Moreover, his moon walk started in the 80s, he executed the move during the Billie Jean on march 1983.     

American Auto Industry

American Auto Industry 

American Auto Industry  began in 1980s and it had a rough start.

Because of the poor quality that it was made of, the rising import competition

and the economic downturn. 

However, in 1983 the auto makers recovered from the economy, 

and in 1985 United State hit a new record in auto industry.  

 

Madonna Albums 1980s

Madonna Album "Madonna"

Madonna is the self-titled debut album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on July 27, 1983 by Sire Records. The album was re-released in 1985 for the European market and re-packaged as The First Album.

Madonna Album "Like a Virgin"

Like a Virgin is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on November 12, 1984 by Sire Records. It was re-released worldwide in 1985, with the inclusion of the bonus track "Into the Groove".

Madonna Album "True Blue"

True Blue is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on June 30, 1986, by Sire Records. She worked with Stephen Bray and Patrick Leonard on the album while co-writing and co-producing all the songs. 

Madonna Album "Like a Prayer"

Like a Prayer is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on March 21, 1989 by Sire Records, three years after her previous studio album. Madonna worked with Stephen Bray, Patrick Leonard, and fellow icon Prince on the album while co-writing and co-producing all the songs

Logos that I like

Logos that I like

these are the logos that I like because they show the meaning very clearly and very thoughtfully. 

this logo show us the water drop by mixing it with the "W". 

and if we have seen it without the words below we stile can understand the meaning behind the logo. 

for this logo the representation of the coffee word by using the steam that are coming from the coffee cup is very nice.

this logo has a very nice way of showing the family using the "l" and the "i"

"Diamond Book-store" combining the diamond shape with the book is very clever. 

Logos That I dislike

 Logos That I dislike

these are some of the logos that I really dislike/hate because they do not represent their meaning clearly

the first one is about women cloths, however, it is very offensive because of the use of the cats image.

Also, if you saw this logo for the first time you would think  that this is for cats not women.    

for the second, since there are no spaces between the words people might read this as "kid sex change" 

other than "kids exchange" which is actually a kids exchange school program.  

for the last, I simply don't understand the meaning for this logo 

Ross Bleckner: The Oceans

Ross Bleckner

The Oceans 1984

Bleckner used Oil, Wax, and Canvas to draw this painting in 1984

Ross Bleckner

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William Gibson (Neuromancer)

William Gibson (Neuromancer) 1984

William Gibson's 1984 novel Neuromancer envisions cyberspace as 

a vast ethereal grid. Gibson's data cowboy leaves behind the "meat" 

of his body and drifts off into a "transparent 3D chessboard extending to infinity." 

The image of this grid is projected on an internal surface of the mind, bound by no screen or window   

Typography book

Typography book (1989)

The book called: THE TELEPHONE BOOK: TECHNOLOGY, SCHIZOPHRENIA, ELECTRIC SPEECH.

Date: 1989

Designer: Richard Eckersley

Author: Avital Ronell

Compositor: Michael Jensen 

Photography: Dan Meyers

The book is about a philosophical study of writing as a material technology, uses typography to emphasize the rhetorical arguments of the text.  

Typography 1

Typography (1980's)

In the mid-1980's personal computers and low-resolution printers put the tools of typography in 

the hands of a broader public. In 1985 Zuzana Licko began designing typefaces that exploited the

rough grain of early desktop systems. 

Zuzana and her husband, Rudy Vanderlans, cofounders of Emigre Fonts and Emigre magazine, called themselves the "new primitives," pioneers of a technological dawn.  

Zuzana Licko & Rudy Vanderlans 

Picasso & Museum of Modern Art

Picasso & Museum of Modern Art (1980's)

A Retrospective exhibition was hold at the Museum of Modern Art in New York city; the museum displayed the largest and the most complete Pablo Picasso exhibition ever held in the United State.

  

A press release was made to advertise this Exhibition

Cabbage Patch Kids

Cabbage Patch Kids 1980's

Cabbage Patch Kids is a line of dolls created by American art student Xavier Roberts in 1978. It was originally called "Little People". The original dolls were all cloth and sold at local craft shows, then later at Babyland General Hospital in Cleveland, Georgia. The doll brand went on to become one of the most popular toyfads of the 1980s and one of the longest-running doll franchises in America.

The dolls attracted the attention of toy manufacturer Coleco, who began mass-production in 1982.[7] The Coleco Cabbage Patch Kids had large, round vinyl heads, (originally of a different, hard plastic), and soft fabric bodies, and were produced from 1982 to 1989, many at a factory in Amsterdam, New York. After Coleco went bankrupt, the Cabbage Patch Kids were later mass produced by other companies, including Hasbro, Mattel, Toys R Us, and currently Play Along. Mattel started producing them after canceling production of My Child dolls.

these are some picture of the dolls:

                                                     

David Carson

David Carson in the 80's

David Carson is a Graphic Designer.

He was a teacher in Torry Pines high school from 1983 to 1987.

However, he started his experiment with graphic design in 1983.

In late 1980's Carson has developed his own signature style.

Also he won many awards on the period of 1989 to 2004; he won over 170 awards for his graphic design work
  

80's Movies

Movies from the 1980's

there were so many movies in the 1980's, and some of the most fames movies were: 

Star wars (1980) 

E.T (1982)

Back To the Future (1985)

Indiana Jones (1989)

Batman (1989)

Inuit Prints (1982)

Inuit Prints (1982)

Our Journey to Baffin

Artist: Qinnuayuak, Lucy
Date made: 1982
Print number: CD 1982-029
Copyright: Photo © CMC
Artwork: Dorset Fine Arts

Technique: Stonecut 

Boats I Have Known

Artist: Pootoogook, Kananginak
Date made: 1981-1982
Print number: UN CD 1982-005 FOLIO IV
Copyright: Photo © CMC
Artwork: Dorset Fine Arts
Technique: Etching

Inuit Prints (1988-1989)

Inuit Prints (1988-1989)

One Kind of Fish

Artist: Etidlooie, Kingmeata
Date made: 1988
Print number: CD 1988-022
Copyright: Photo © CMC
Artwork: Dorset Fine Arts
Technique: Lithography

Nascopie Reef

Artist: Pootoogook, Napatchie
Date made: 1989
Print number: CD 1989-018
Copyright: Photo © CMC
Artwork: Dorset Fine Arts
Technique: Lithography