@chromeography.com
Since 2006, a community of enthusiasts photographing the #lettering of metal #badges on vehicles & other machines. The originator of the term #chromeography. Custodian: @stewf.com https://chromeography.com
1957 Volvo PV 444 (by Ben Piff of Old Parked Cars)
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#Volvo #Chromeography #Lettering
Trying to reduce the number of platforms that I have to depend on, as they always change to suit their own needs. Hope to find a way to host it on my own site myself.
That said, Tumblr has been remarkably resilient. It’s the themes that rely on external libraries that keep breaking.
1972 Chevrolet Luv Mikado (photo by LetterGetter)
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#Chromeography #Chevrolet #Mikado #BestOfPhotography #Serif #CasualSerif #Orange #1970s
1970 Lancia Stratos Zero HF Prototype. (Photo by Tom Wood.)
A daring car with a daring badge. Don’t have space for the kind of ‘S’ you want? Just rotate it 90°! Why the apostrophe, though?
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Photo of a red metal panel with a raised bade painted in white. The logo is “MIlwaukee” in a angular script with a lightning bolt underline.
Milwaukee Drill (by R. Gust Smith)
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#Chromeography #BestOfBadges #Milwaukee
#Red #Script #Angular #M #Lightning #Tool #Drill
A “Chromeography” sign hanging in a window. It mixes the flowing style of natural freehand lettering with the more mechanical nature of mid-century emblems cut from metal.
Our logo was drawn by @laureola.bsky.social for our 2012 Berlin exhibition. I tossed her a pile of photos from the collection and she came back with something that could exist on any car from 1930–65, balancing natural freehand lettering with the more mechanical nature of emblems cut from metal.
Hello Bluesky! Thanks to @presentcorrect.bsky.social and @kottke.org for jumpstarting chromeography.com last year with their generous mentions of our site. I’m looking forward to a tune up in 2025 (maybe a Tumblr exit?) to clean up the homepage and bring us back to our roots. Volunteers welcome!