Scanning Around With Gene: When Hollywood Went Schwinn
When I was a kid, having two wheels represented freedom. After a certain age I was pretty much allowed to ride my bicycle wherever…
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: Autumn, a Time for Contemplation
Celebrate the season of fall foliage and pumpkin spice everything with these vintage autumnal images.
Scanning Around With Gene: Let's Have a Tupperware Party!
I’ve never been to a Tupperware party, though I was once given a Shaklee vitamin pitch after what was suppose to be an innocent…
Scanning Around With Gene: Confessions of a Mysophobe
I inherited a fear of germs from my mother, though I don’t have the disease as badly as she did. As a nurse my…
Scanning Around With Gene: Turning 25 in 69
Over the years, one of my favorite design publications has been Graphis, the international journal of graphic arts and applied arts. The publication began…
Scanning Around With Gene: A Trip to the Western Auto Store
A Saturday trip to the local Western Auto store was a common occurrence in my childhood. While Dad dealt with someone behind the counter…
Scanning Around With Gene: Stuff Magazine
A look back at a magazine that featured punkish designs and cutting edge type in early '80s Los Angeles.
Scanning Around With Gene: The Speedball Pen
A speedball is a pen you dip in ink and use primarily for lettering. It was invented by Ross F. George, of Seattle, who…
Scanning Around With Gene: Having Fun With Donuts
The first thing you have to decide when writing about donuts is how to spell the word: donuts, doughnuts, do-nuts, dough-nuts… I’ve decided on…
Scanning Around With Gene: Milk, the Wholesome Food
I’ve never much cared for dairy products, especially the liquid or creamy variety. (The idea of a milk moustache being “cute” is ridiculous to…
Scanning Around With Gene: Fun With Balloons
Because my father was in the supermarket business, I attended a lot of grand openings as a child. I remember them fondly; the carnival-like…
Scanning Around With Gene: Civics Lessons, Corporate Style
I assume civics is still a part of the U.S. grade school and high school curriculum, though I hear it’s not much emphasized. When…