danemodsandy
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Hello: In addition to my love for vintage vacs and appliances, I'm an editor of a magazine (Modernism) about mid-century design and architecture.
We have a department called Real Modern that deals with reissues or updates of classic modernist design, helping people to find new versions of things that are no longer affordable as vintage originals, or that really shouldn't be daily drivers, or that require too much restoration for the average person to handle.
I'd like to do a Real Modern piece on the reissue of the Hoover Constellation, designed by Henry Dreyfuss, but I would need this group's help. I need both info and a photo, as follows:
1) What year was the original Connie introduced?
2) Is the reissue still readily available now that the new owners have fully taken over Hoover?
3) Does anyone have a really good photo or ad scan of an original Connie? This is for a print magazine, so there are very specific quality requirements:
A) The photo or ad scan must be a minimum of 300 dpi resolution, in either JPEG or TIFF format.
B) The photo or ad scan must be a minimum of five inches by seven inches, as measured by photo-editing software, not by eye or ruler. Microsoft Photo Editor (comes with MS Office) can read this measurement; go to Properties in the File menu.
C) For a photo, the background should be neutral and uncluttered, with the vacuum being the most prominent thing in the shot. There should be as little background as possible, with the vacuum filling the photo.
D) A photo should be bright, with good colour rendition, not dark and greyish, as so many digital photos are.
E) A scan should also be 300 dpi, scanned as large as possible - again, at least five inches by seven.
All answers and help would be greatly appreciated. Anyone providing a photo or scan we can use will receive a copy of the finished magazine. We will take care of getting permission from Hoover for the use of any vintage ad scans.
Thanks!
Sandy McLendon
Senior Editor, Modernism Magazine
[email protected]
We have a department called Real Modern that deals with reissues or updates of classic modernist design, helping people to find new versions of things that are no longer affordable as vintage originals, or that really shouldn't be daily drivers, or that require too much restoration for the average person to handle.
I'd like to do a Real Modern piece on the reissue of the Hoover Constellation, designed by Henry Dreyfuss, but I would need this group's help. I need both info and a photo, as follows:
1) What year was the original Connie introduced?
2) Is the reissue still readily available now that the new owners have fully taken over Hoover?
3) Does anyone have a really good photo or ad scan of an original Connie? This is for a print magazine, so there are very specific quality requirements:
A) The photo or ad scan must be a minimum of 300 dpi resolution, in either JPEG or TIFF format.
B) The photo or ad scan must be a minimum of five inches by seven inches, as measured by photo-editing software, not by eye or ruler. Microsoft Photo Editor (comes with MS Office) can read this measurement; go to Properties in the File menu.
C) For a photo, the background should be neutral and uncluttered, with the vacuum being the most prominent thing in the shot. There should be as little background as possible, with the vacuum filling the photo.
D) A photo should be bright, with good colour rendition, not dark and greyish, as so many digital photos are.
E) A scan should also be 300 dpi, scanned as large as possible - again, at least five inches by seven.
All answers and help would be greatly appreciated. Anyone providing a photo or scan we can use will receive a copy of the finished magazine. We will take care of getting permission from Hoover for the use of any vintage ad scans.
Thanks!
Sandy McLendon
Senior Editor, Modernism Magazine
[email protected]
