Historic Preservation
An opposition to inferior change and cultural decay
Who to call
The National Trust for Historic Preservation
The Recent Past Preservation Network (mid-century modern, retro, vintage, googie, space age preservation)
In the business? Get the book: [amazonify]0471191833::text::::Preservation Yellow Pages: The Complete Information Source for Homeowners, Communities, and Professionals[/amazonify] (published by the National Trust)
Also recommended: [amazonify]0873389271::text::::Historic Preservation for Professionals[/amazonify] (a comprehensive full-systems approach)
Corporate Chains, Big Boxes, Franchises
“Fast Food Fascism” by Joyce Marcel shows how the corporate franchise chains are making everything ugly and bland
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Design Preservation
HP is not just buildings and architecture … all manners of design are part of “cultural preservation” including the dumbing-down of logos and packaging and the doing-away with “outdated” or “old-fashioned” things for clearly inferior replacements.
Vivid example of the Bell logo’s descent from classic to bland [responsible parties?]
Ditto for the UPS logo: from classic (a famous design by Paul Rand) to unbelievably generic and bland.