@SFOMuseum Twitter Posts Tagged StreamlinesAesthetics This is SFO Museum's archive of the @SFOMuseum Twitter account. There are 31 posts and this is page 2 of 3. See all the tags or all the Twitter posts that have been archived so far.

#RichardNeutra’s circa 1936 tubular aluminum chair is emblematic of the types of streamlined chairs designed in the late 1930s. It featured a simple, clean aluminum frame that suggested the sweptback, teardrop shapes of an aircraft. #StreamlinesAesthetics This tweet was posted on June 10, 2019.

#RichardNeutra was best known for his mid-century modern architecture, but he also designed the furniture that would complement his home designs. #StreamlinesAesthetics This tweet was posted on June 10, 2019.

"Streamlines: Air Age Aesthetics for Industrial Design" is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library in the International Terminal. https://t.co/Xjin8CjgwZ #StreamlinesAesthetics This tweet was posted on May 28, 2019.

The streamline designs of radios further conveyed the idea of technological progress. Portable radios were often designed with highly swept back, rounded, aerodynamic housings. #StreamlinesAesthetics This tweet was posted on May 28, 2019.

During the 1930s and ‘40s, as new forms of entertainment were electronically transmitted along radio waves from venues and broadcast stations to the public in their homes. #StreamlinesAesthetics This tweet was posted on May 28, 2019.

The early 1940s Hobart Streamliner meat slicer designed by Egmont Arens and Theodore C. Brookhart appeared as though it could glide through the air as easily as it could evenly slice meat. Can you see this meat slicer in your kitchen aesthetic? #StreamlinesAesthetics This tweet was posted on May 17, 2019.

"Streamlines: Air Age Aesthetics for Industrial Design" is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library in the International Terminal. https://t.co/Xjin8CjgwZ #StreamlinesAesthetics This tweet was posted on May 10, 2019.

The Parker 51 fountain pen, designed by Marlin Baker & Kenneth Parker & introduced in 1941, was compared to the sleek, aerodynamic North American P-51 fighter. Parker proclaimed, “it looks for all the world as if it had been planned by aircraft designers!” #StreamlinesAesthetics This tweet was posted on May 10, 2019.

"Streamlines: Air Age Aesthetics for Industrial Design" is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library in the International Terminal. https://t.co/Xjin8C1FFr #StreamlinesAesthetics This tweet was posted on April 19, 2019.

In the 1930s and 40s, microphones were reshaped into designs that emphasized streamlined beauty and efficiency. The RCA Aerodynamic microphone was designed in a smooth, teardrop shape suggesting that it could fly through the air with frictionless ease. #StreamlinesAesthetics This tweet was posted on April 19, 2019.

During the 1930s and ‘40s, as new forms of entertainment were electronically transmitted along radio waves from venues and broadcast stations to the public in their homes, the streamline designs of radios further conveyed the idea of technological progress. #StreamlinesAesthetics This tweet was posted on April 19, 2019.

"Streamlines: Air Age Aesthetics for Industrial Design" is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library in the International Terminal. https://t.co/Xjin8CjgwZ #StreamlinesAesthetics This tweet was posted on April 04, 2019.