tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989779602103737857.post6461171915477105000..comments2024-03-13T19:16:14.649+11:00Comments on Art Deco Buildings: Swallows of Port MelbourneDavid Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08559022801796129763noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989779602103737857.post-84946383174381708472012-07-05T19:02:08.976+10:002012-07-05T19:02:08.976+10:00You are 100% correct. I obviously can't count...You are 100% correct. I obviously can't count. Swallows employs the not so frequently used deco <i>rule of four</i>.David Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08559022801796129763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989779602103737857.post-81047477171151152492012-07-05T07:47:16.749+10:002012-07-05T07:47:16.749+10:00hi, i can see 4 lines /speedlines..not 3...?hi, i can see 4 lines /speedlines..not 3...?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989779602103737857.post-21952620864848164032011-02-22T02:38:34.427+11:002011-02-22T02:38:34.427+11:00great post, nice readgreat post, nice readcanvas artworkhttp://www.personalcanvasprints.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989779602103737857.post-36927156691916636602011-02-21T11:03:03.630+11:002011-02-21T11:03:03.630+11:00I'm trying to picture that intersection and I ...I'm trying to picture that intersection and I can't recall the building. I'll have to check it out the next time I am in St Kilda.David Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08559022801796129763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989779602103737857.post-12994770916982934792011-02-20T21:35:08.856+11:002011-02-20T21:35:08.856+11:00Interesting that you should be having this discuss...Interesting that you should be having this discussion as I was just admiring what I now know are speedlines on the building on the corner of Barkly and Blessington St in St Kilda today.Port Placeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11256025234120919722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989779602103737857.post-56519584784486214322011-02-20T20:47:18.198+11:002011-02-20T20:47:18.198+11:00Sorry that is of course Streamliners with just the...Sorry that is of course Streamliners with just the one 's' at the start for Matthew Martin's talk.David Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08559022801796129763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989779602103737857.post-29361635058641236762011-02-20T20:45:30.959+11:002011-02-20T20:45:30.959+11:00Lisa, yes we call them speedlines and they are ver...Lisa, yes we call them speedlines and they are very common on all manner of Art Deco objects from buildings, cars, ships, trains, radios, vacuum cleaners and beyond. At the Symposium held in conjunction with the Art Deco 1910-1939 Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria in 2008, Dr Matthew Martin presented a talk entitled Sstreamliners: Travel & Transportation and Industrial Design where he referred to short or cut-off speedines as speed whiskers which I just love as a descriptive term. <br /><br />Hels, for sure, not unique but the way the lines have been applied is the most interesting aspect of the design.David Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08559022801796129763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989779602103737857.post-4211833593971809692011-02-20T20:08:14.583+11:002011-02-20T20:08:14.583+11:00Thanks for sharing that those lines are called spe...Thanks for sharing that those lines are called speed lines. I love speed lines. This is a very nice looking building.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />LisaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989779602103737857.post-17071214781332325872011-02-20T20:05:07.553+11:002011-02-20T20:05:07.553+11:00The corner parapet with its three speedlines and f...The corner parapet with its three speedlines and flagpole are lovely, but not unique. However the speedlines curve in a more interesting way than is usual.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com