Graphic design vocabulary of ~1955-1965, applied to engineering of which almost no one had the slightest technical understanding.
I’d love any of this on my wall, but what I notice most is how little it has to say about the things it talks about. There’s a lot of vaguely metaphorical, themed nonsense going on.
We’re not doing that much better today, but on average current illustrations have a lot more machine process in their pedigree, and a lot less soul.
