Various devices and architecture are similar to the Populuxe style.

It features a Populuxe bowling alley with a family of four having fun.

This is one in a series of Populuxe films and events sponsored by General Motors.

It is a notable Populuxe film.

Thomas Hine wrote in "Populuxe" that the portable television set inspired a new look and a market for second sets.

But it might be said that 20th century futuristic vision found its ultimate expression in the development of Googie or Populuxe design.

The motel was featured prominently in Thomas Hine's 1986 book, Populuxe.

Similar architectural styles are also referred to as Populuxe or Doo Wop.

Its aesthetic tends toward Populuxe and Raygun Gothic, which describe a retro-futuristic vision of the world.

Video: "Populuxe in Niagara Falls (feat."

After winning two Clio Awards during graduate school at Art Center, he was hired by Populuxe Pictures to direct commercials.

Next door to Populuxe is Shenandoah Valley Art Works, one of the finest art galleries in the Valley.

Thomas Hine, the author of "Populuxe," has found an approach and a tone that at once make his specific subject entertaining and his more general subject resonant.

In October 2007 'Home On The Strange' was finally released on Populuxe Records through Redeye Distribution.

Although Raygun Gothic is most similar to the Googie or Populuxe style and sometimes synonymous with it, the name is primarily applied to images of science fiction.

(Sierra Towers, a Populuxe apartment building, has been added to the Starline tour because of Cher's recent purchase of a one-bedroom, 2,400-square-foot apartment for $4.5 million.)

Across the street, in a freshly-painted red building, visitors are invited to discover Populuxe, home to Strasburg's local music company, the Strasburg Blues Society, and its most unusual store.

The Truckee Brothers reformed briefly in January 2014 for a series of re-union shows in San Diego, but Patrick did not resume his Populuxe Records involvement.

It's easy enough to see how Mr. Hine moved from the subject matter in "Populuxe" to the subject of shopping, tackled in his latest book, "I Want That!"

Architecturally, San Salvador's noteworthy structures have distinct Modern, Googie and Populuxe influences, similarly to those of Los Angeles, a city San Salvador is influenced by.

In Murrieta, he re-branded the company and began working under Populuxe Entertainment and Last Stop Booking, with a greater focus on booking and promoting shows for touring bands.

"The truth about couch potatoes is that they tend to sit on reclining chairs," said Thomas Hine, a writer on design and architecture and the author of "Populuxe" (Knopf, 1986).

The design of Founders Tower is representative of the Googie, also called "Populuxe", architectural style prevalent at a time when much of the United States was enamored with spaceflight.

What these digressions share with the rest of the book is a sense of shopworn familiarity, all of which makes for a volume quite beneath the skills of the insightful author of "Populuxe."

Wirepony's first record was released on independent label Populuxe Records along with releases by Dead Rock West, Cindy Lee Berryhill, Atom Orr and Truckee Brothers.