JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post
Squidward Tentacles once had a dream of the future–I mean, a dream with the future in it–in which everything in the sea was chrome plated, except of course for the water. His vision (which he liked at first for its shineyness and then hated soon afterwards for it shineyness) of the future may have involved a vision of the past as well as someone else’s vision of the future. Anyway it is my mentality that pulls up Spongebob when looking through this fine 1937 pamphlet1 on architectural/design uses of stainless steel, where there was so much shining and shimering matteness constructed using steel and chromium, which comes a little close to Squidward’s chrome seabed. But not really. In any event, these are lovely creations, best served up in glorious black & white.
