Stripes of Texaco
The work is inspired by the colours, architectural and typographical elements of the new and old Texaco gasoline stations founded in Texas in 1901. The first Texaco was the five-pointed symbol of Texas, later a green "T" was added and over time the logo changed subtly. In 1936 the white enamel-clad "Texaco type" filling with a new "banjo" logo and sign debuted. The long-running banjo sign was replaced with a new hexagon logo in 1963 and a year later Texaco introduced the "Matawan" service station design. The new logo featured a red outline with Texaco in black bold lettering and a small banjo logo with a red star and a green "T" at the bottom. The current Texaco star and modern station design launched in 1981. The distinctive design of the minimal streamlined Texaco gasoline station by Walter Teague (1883-1960), was evolved from Art Deco. The main features were orderly horizontal lines, curved shapes with rounded edges, three parallel green stripes wrapping around the white 'box' and the contrasted sharpness of the red star.
The shape and posistioning of the work depicts aspects of the various Texaco logos whilst the stripes represent the colours and horizontal lines of the Texaco gasoline stations.
The work is inspired by the colours, architectural and typographical elements of the new and old Texaco gasoline stations founded in Texas in 1901. The first Texaco was the five-pointed symbol of Texas, later a green "T" was added and over time the logo changed subtly. In 1936 the white enamel-clad "Texaco type" filling with a new "banjo" logo and sign debuted. The long-running banjo sign was replaced with a new hexagon logo in 1963 and a year later Texaco introduced the "Matawan" service station design. The new logo featured a red outline with Texaco in black bold lettering and a small banjo logo with a red star and a green "T" at the bottom. The current Texaco star and modern station design launched in 1981. The distinctive design of the minimal streamlined Texaco gasoline station by Walter Teague (1883-1960), was evolved from Art Deco. The main features were orderly horizontal lines, curved shapes with rounded edges, three parallel green stripes wrapping around the white 'box' and the contrasted sharpness of the red star.
The shape and posistioning of the work depicts aspects of the various Texaco logos whilst the stripes represent the colours and horizontal lines of the Texaco gasoline stations.
