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General Philatelic/Gen. Discussion : Appreciating Design Done Well

 

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ikeyPikey
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22 May 2019
11:59:53am
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There are lots of stamps we like (duh), but have you ever looked at a stamp and had a minor flood of thoughts about all the things you liked about it?

Well, there are four things I like about the Oklahoma Statehood 50th Anniversary stamp.

One is the pun: the arrow is splitting the atom.

2nd is that the artist found a way to combine these two disparate design elements, instead of having them just sit there, side-by-side, as if they were waiting for a bus to take them to another stamp.

3rd is that the arrow lies parallel to the panhandle, the effect of which I do not have the requisite command of design jargon to capture in words.

4th is that the major elements - the map, the atom, and the arrow - are well-proportioned; I would have made them all smaller, myself, but all three (especially the arrow & the atom) are nicely over-sized.

Like Vince (*), I never gave this stamp a second look.

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22 May 2019
01:39:16pm
re: Appreciating Design Done Well

Not to take this off track but what stands out the most to me in the design is we went from arrows as weapons to nuclear weapons. Things that make me say humm.

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27 May 2019
08:46:57pm
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Keep in mind that in 1957, this was the "Space Age". I do not think the spinning atoms were meant to represent atomic weapons, but the symbol of the new "Space Age" or "Atomic Age".

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28 May 2019
06:42:15am
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Yes, clearly the atom had more to do with Oklahoma's uranium industry ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerr-McGee

... than the bomb factories in New Mexico & Tennessee.

Cheers,

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28 May 2019
03:02:44pm
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It is a lovely design.

To me the arrow is also a symbol of progress directly to the current and exciting atomic age.

I also think it is interesting that the element displayed is that of beryllium. While it has many uses, beryllium is used as an initiating element for atomic bombs.

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28 May 2019
05:44:14pm
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Well, I had not got around to considering that stamp as special, but, at the point where the Arrow exits the atom is Panhandle, Texas, as a matter of fact, I think it is right over our garage.
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ikeyPikey

22 May 2019
11:59:53am

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There are lots of stamps we like (duh), but have you ever looked at a stamp and had a minor flood of thoughts about all the things you liked about it?

Well, there are four things I like about the Oklahoma Statehood 50th Anniversary stamp.

One is the pun: the arrow is splitting the atom.

2nd is that the artist found a way to combine these two disparate design elements, instead of having them just sit there, side-by-side, as if they were waiting for a bus to take them to another stamp.

3rd is that the arrow lies parallel to the panhandle, the effect of which I do not have the requisite command of design jargon to capture in words.

4th is that the major elements - the map, the atom, and the arrow - are well-proportioned; I would have made them all smaller, myself, but all three (especially the arrow & the atom) are nicely over-sized.

Like Vince (*), I never gave this stamp a second look.

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

(*) https://stamporama.com/discboard/disc_main.php?action=20&id=17232#161875

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22 May 2019
01:39:16pm

re: Appreciating Design Done Well

Not to take this off track but what stands out the most to me in the design is we went from arrows as weapons to nuclear weapons. Things that make me say humm.

Vince

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27 May 2019
08:46:57pm

re: Appreciating Design Done Well

Keep in mind that in 1957, this was the "Space Age". I do not think the spinning atoms were meant to represent atomic weapons, but the symbol of the new "Space Age" or "Atomic Age".

Thoughts?


David

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ikeyPikey

28 May 2019
06:42:15am

re: Appreciating Design Done Well

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Yes, clearly the atom had more to do with Oklahoma's uranium industry ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerr-McGee

... than the bomb factories in New Mexico & Tennessee.

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

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28 May 2019
03:02:44pm

re: Appreciating Design Done Well

It is a lovely design.

To me the arrow is also a symbol of progress directly to the current and exciting atomic age.

I also think it is interesting that the element displayed is that of beryllium. While it has many uses, beryllium is used as an initiating element for atomic bombs.

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05:44:14pm

re: Appreciating Design Done Well

Well, I had not got around to considering that stamp as special, but, at the point where the Arrow exits the atom is Panhandle, Texas, as a matter of fact, I think it is right over our garage.
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