by Shawn Robare | Dec 6, 2013 | Awesome 80s Bedrooms, Branded in the 80s, Read
It’s been a few weeks since I sat down and got all OCD combing through a DVD looking for an awesome 80s bedroom. Last night I popped my special edition of E.T. the Extra Terrestrial into the computer and spent a couple hours staring at Ellitot’s room...
by Shawn Robare | Dec 4, 2013 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I’ll be the first person to admit that I have my gaze set firmly in the past when thinking about pop culture art and design. The packaging, ad campaigns and poster designs, all of the branding that I love to examine, catalog and collect. I know a big part of...
by Shawn Robare | Nov 22, 2013 | Branded in the 80s, Read
As a kid growing up in the 80s I felt pretty lucky when it came to be exposed to all sorts of different toy lines. I was pretty obsessed with a lot of the usual suspects, G.I. Joe, Star Wars, Masters of the Universe and Transformers of course, but also got into some...
by Shawn Robare | Nov 18, 2013 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Even though I’ve seen a metric ton of flicks from the 80s, there are a lot that I’ve never seen. One of the cool aspects of catching up with these movies is getting to see some established actors before they were huge, and in some cases seeing them in...
by Shawn Robare | Nov 14, 2013 | Awesome 80s Bedrooms, Branded in the 80s, Read
I wish I could finagle a way to like, make a living writing articles obsessing over all the small details in the backgrounds of flicks ’cause I think I’ve found a calling. I mean, there has to be a college degree program based around this, a Bachelors in...
