Origin of early Trader Vic's logo Tiki found! - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sat, May 12, 2007 4:30 PM The lack of stylization comes from the fact that they must have used a photo as a basis for the menu art, so that photo must also be out there somewhere. You are right Paipo, that was that e-bay lot, Swanky tipped me off to it, and I won it. I saw THIS photo in one of the articles... ...and needed to have it, like anything I see that has the mid-century modern/primitive juxtaposition in it. I was disappointed though, that was the ONLY image like it in the whole magazine, and there was just ONE Poly Pop photo in it, this OA Tiki, at an undisclosed location: The rest was all about oh-so-authentic South Seas art and culture. Which again proves my whole theory about WHY Polynesian Pop/Tiki Style was not recognized in its own heyday. To the design critics which wrote for the media the fake stuff was just bad taste, so this "Taste Police" ignored it whenever they could. These kind of articles on primitive art inspired the people to seek out and build Tiki temples, but the results of that inspiration were NOT noted or reported...the BOT had to do that, first, but 40 years after. [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2007-05-13 06:49 ]

The lack of stylization comes from the fact that they must have used a photo as a basis for the menu art, so that photo must also be out there somewhere.

You are right Paipo, that was that e-bay lot, Swanky tipped me off to it, and I won it. I saw THIS photo in one of the articles...

...and needed to have it, like anything I see that has the mid-century modern/primitive juxtaposition in it.

I was disappointed though, that was the ONLY image like it in the whole magazine, and there was just ONE Poly Pop photo in it, this OA Tiki, at an undisclosed location:

The rest was all about oh-so-authentic South Seas art and culture.
Which again proves my whole theory about WHY Polynesian Pop/Tiki Style was not recognized in its own heyday. To the design critics which wrote for the media the fake stuff was just bad taste, so this "Taste Police" ignored it whenever they could. These kind of articles on primitive art inspired the people to seek out and build Tiki temples, but the results of that inspiration were NOT noted or reported...the BOT had to do that, first, but 40 years after.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2007-05-13 06:49 ]

Post #305931 by bigbrotiki on Sat, May 12, 2007 4:30 PM