Scanning Around With Gene: When Are You in “Good Enough” Shape?
Over the holidays I had my “annual” physical, which I’d put off for almost ten years. Fortunately I checked out pretty well, but as…
Scanning Around with Gene
Gene Gable combs through his extensive personal collection of vintage magazines, trade catalogs, old instruction manuals, product brochures, promotional pamphlets, and advertisements to bring this collection of ephemera and design...
Scanning Around With Gene was a long-running, popular weekly column on CreativePro.com written by designer and collector Gene Gable.
We have also collected a number of these great articles in the book Scanning Around with Gene, Volume 1: The Graphic Arts — a free downloadable for CreativePro members.
Scanning Around With Gene: History of the "Alcoholocaust"
I’ve often wondered if automobile safety today is better or worse than it was back in the days when seat belts were optional, cars…
Scanning Around With Gene: Home Kinks Part 2
Last week I introduced you to Home Kinks, special-edition magazines from the prolific publisher Popular Mechanics Press. The “kinks” in this case were helpful…
Scanning Around With Gene: Getting Your Kinks at Home
One of my favorite magazines, at least from a vintage perspective, is Popular Mechanics. You can find nearly every issue going back to 1905…
Scanning Around With Gene: Radio Shack in 1959
Everyone who dabbles in electronics, and that’s just about everyone these days, has cause to visit a Radio Shack store at least a few…
Scanning Around With Gene: Suitable for Framing
At the market my family frequented when I was a kid, there was always some sort of promotion going on to win your repeat…
Scanning Around With Gene: Carrying Around Life's Baggage
I am one of those people who carry around a lot of excess baggage, literally and figuratively. I’ve never been the type, even in…
Scanning Around With Gene: Tie One On for the Holidays (an Apron, That Is)
Aprons are like umbrellas: you either embrace them or reject them. I fall into the latter category. I’d rather end up with flour on…
Scanning Around With Gene: My Father Was a Plagiarist
Regular readers know I’m a sucker for old art technique books, especially those that are hand-lettered by the artist. So I was excited to…
Scanning Around With Gene: When Life Was Oversaturated
I fall into a hard-to-define category when it comes to my preferences for color. Studies say that, as a male, I naturally tend toward…
Scanning Around With Gene: Why Oh Why Wyoming?
Despite having travelled quite a bit around the United States, I’ve never been to Wyoming. So when the opportunity recently came to go on…
Scanning Around With Gene: The Most Important Meal of the Day
In my childhood home, we only had cooked breakfast on Sundays. The rest of the week was relegated to cereal, which we kids were…