L’œil on the Seventies

I’ve been checking me stats and weirdly the Boicozine post on vintage Architectural Review [see boicozine/293] magazines has proved massively popular so I thought I’d dig out another vintage mag from the ‘archive’ (ie my cramped little book shelves). L’œil [artclair.com/loeil] was established in 1955 under the publishing matra of ‘all arts, all the countries, all times’ although the magazine was at it best around the late 60s and early 70s when they shifted their focus from traditional art to architecture and interior design. This issue from 1970 features a Verner Panton [vernerpanton.com] design on the cover and spread inside as well as articles on the French Underground, a new type of skyscraper in Johannesburg and an amazing concrete construction by sculptor turned architect, Gottfried Böhm [wikipedia.org].

In case you’re interested last month Boicozine recieved about 3,500 visitors which may not be a lot in terms of the world wide web but I dare you to name 3,500 people you know by name… see it’s quite a lot really. The most popular search term was ‘paper machete’ [see boicozine/394]. Methinks there are a number of people having trouble spelling ‘Papier Mâché’ [wikipedia.org], still it’s nice to see sticking bits of newspaper to a balloon is still as popular as ever.