David Stewart
Wayne Chapman
I now have a hanging friend for Malcolm Leland
Don Shoemaker
Roland Smith lamp with the early metal ball counterweight
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Weekend / Stuff
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Dome House / Soleri Mills
The Dome House, 1949, in Cave Creek Arizona, by Paolo Soleri and Mark Mills. Both were former apprentices under Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin West. The house was commissioned by Lenora Woods, who would soon become Paolo's mother-in-law.
I've been near the house in the past. However, this time I wasn't just snooping. Docomomo hosted a tour, which was led by Director of Paolo Soleri Studios, Roger Tomalty.
Source: Julius Shulman © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute
The ribs of the dome were constructed with war surplus materials.
Source: Paolo Soleri at Dome House
Source: Soleri: Architecture as Human Ecology by Antonietta Iolanda Lima
The initial design had an opaque section that was manually rotated for shade.At some point the rotating mechanism broke, so the top has been modified to shield the sun. The cooler was added and now doesn't function. It would be great to see it removed.
Source: Julius Shulman © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute
This was worth the drive to Arizona.
The floor is intarsio, which is not paint, but colored cement poured into grooves that were carved out of the concrete slab floor.
Not super stoked to have visitors.
Source: Julius Shulman © J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute
The shower. I had never heard of this before, but that's an early Dick Seeger panel.
This panel was added at least ten years after construction.
The Seegers visiting the Dome House in the late 1950s.
Source: Arizona Designer-Craftsmen: In the Beginning, by Dave Hampton
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Weekend / Stuff
Jewelry by San Diego enamelist and silversmith, James Parker.
Table with a planter
Pots
Books
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Bart Prince / Architecture
Bart Prince Home and Studio (1984), in Albuquerque, New Mexico
I was there in December.
The masonry tower was added in 1990. It serves as the library.
Prince is a native of Albuquerque. He studied architecture at ASU and worked with Bruce Goff, including assisting Goff on with the Pavilion for Japanese Art at LACMA. He completed the design and supervised the construction after Goff's death.
Soleri bells = Bart is in the know.
The rear of the house.
Another Prince project is located next door.
This is Bart Prince in front of his house, where he still lives. In September, a burglar broke in and shot Lee Wilson, who lives with Bart. He survived the shooting and hopefully he's doing well. Read the horrible story, here.
Souurce: Albuquerque Journal
I hate to end on a negative thing, so here is another Prince project- The Price Residence in Corona del Mar.
Source: Bart Prince
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Weekend / Stuff
Alvar Aalto
John Keal for Brown Saltman
The red knob makes it.
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Roswell / Architecture
The Wilshire Shopping Center (1964) by Robert Walters in Roswell, New Mexico
The center has a number of sculptures by New Mexican artist, Herb Goldman
Sadly, the Goldman sculpture seen here is no longer there.
Image: Road Arch
Janus (1964-65) sand-cast concrete sculpture by Herb Goldman (1922-2012)
Image: Smithsonian
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Weekend / Stuff
Japanese lamp
Eames, Alexander Girard, Herman Miller
Clay, including Myrton Purkiss and Amy Donaldson
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Hippie Modernism / The Struggle for Utopia
Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia at The Berkeley Art Museum.
The exhibition explores the counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s and its impact on art, architecture, and design.
J.B. Blunk and Lenore Tawney
The sign should have read Reform. The Landing/Reform has long been championing Blunk for over a decade and featured Tawney in an exhibition last year.
Gorilla Graphics and Kamikaze Design, 1970
The 50s modernists failed at creating a utopia with the Le Corbusier approach, so the hippies went small.
Ettore Sottsass architectural concepts from the early 70s
The Post-Modernist attempt at utopia took the hamster tube approach. So much cuter than the rat race.
It reminds me of L. Frances Smith Elementary School (1969) by John M. Johnson.
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Weekend /Stuff
Bulmore and Kurt Versen on Japanese tables
The build quality of Bulmore lamps is incredible. This thing is so heavy! Dudley Bulmore and his son Robert ran the San Francisco company.
Jun Kaneko cup
Japanese metal
Soleri special assembly bell
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LAMA Auction / May 2017
LAMA Preview for the May 21 Art and Design auction
Here we have a Van Keppel Green table and a KEM Weber Airline chair for Disney
Claire Falkenstein ceramic sculpture from 1939
Ken Price cup
Ken Price cup on paper
Greta Grossman
Monster Beato mural above a monster Nakashima cabinet
Nice tie in with the Natzler pieces below their former student's work.
George Nelson Catenary Group. A set like this doesn't show up very often.
Emerson Woelffer and Jerome Kirk
Richard Allen Morris
Alvin Lustig chair for Paramount Furniture. They were made to order and about 50 were produced.
This should be interesting.
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Weekend / Stuff
Arthur Umanoff side tables, La Gardo Tackett, and a bench from Japan
Stilux Saturn Lamp from Italy
Jerry Glaser Bowls
Hans Wegner Papa Bear Ottoman
Smalls
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Weekend / Stuff
Wood and Japanese
Lightolier
Serge Chermanoff for L. Anton Maix Fabrics
Vivika + Otto Heino and La Gardo Tackett
Gerald McCabe
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Tackett / Thursday
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The Barn / A. Quincy Jones
There is a New England style barn on Santa Monica Blvd in Los Angeles. It was originally designed in 1950 as a photographer’s studio.
In 1965, A.Quincy Jones (seen here) purchased the building and remodeled it after his home burned down. He referred to it as “the Barn.” It was his home and workplace until his death in 1979. His wife Elaine continued to live in there until 2009.
Source: Julius Shulman, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles
1966 interior with Eames and other Herman Miller as far as the eye can see.
Source: Julius Shulman, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles
1966 and more Eames
Source: Julius Shulman, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles
Source: Julius Shulman, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles
Here was in the scene in 2002, with some David Cressey/Rober Martin planters for Architectural Pottery. The pots went up for auction at LAMA in 2010, after Elaine moved out of the house.
Photo: La Times Magazine via An Eclectic Eccentric
This Eames Hang-it-all , a gift from Ray, from the Barn was also part of the same LAMA sale.
Photo: Toshi Yoshimi, Via Dwell
In 2009 the Barn was purchased by the Annenberg Foundation, so it's in good hands.
Photo: Minardos Group, who did some restoration work under Fredrick Fisher and Partners
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Weekend / Stuff
1950s chair by The Inco Company
John Risley
This exit sign looks very similar to the one at the Sea Ranch Lodge.
Supergraphics at Sea Ranch were designed by Barabara Stauffacher Solomon.
Image: Hall of Femmes
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Paul McCobb / Wright
On June 29th, Wright will hold the first auction dedicated solely to Paul McCobb.
Much of it comes from the collection of Reform Gallery.
Pavilion Collection room divider, model 6000, by Arbuck
Paul McCobb designed a lot of pieces. The simple geometry of the Pavilion collection is at the top for me.
1953 Arbuck catalog
Pavilion Collection chair, model 6550, by Arbuck
Seagrass and iron. So good.
Magazine rack, model 6521 for Northcraft Lighting Co. USA, 1951
McCobb's lighting designs are some of his best work, and the hardest to come by.
This one, produced by Excelsior Art Studios USA in 1954, might be his best.
Yes, he designed radios too.
CBS-Columbia USA, 1955
All images via Wright
And make sure to check out all the period documentation links.
It's a goldmine!
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Weekend / Stuff
Pepe Mendoza from Mexico and a stool from Ecuador
La Gardo Tackett and Sori Yanagi
California studio pottery, including Susan Peterson, Hal Fromhold, Ira Bates, Bernard Kester and Wayne Chapman
Raymond Loewy
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Weekend / Stuff
George Nelson bubble and Nathan Lerner Chair (1947)
Ernesto Gismondi for Artemide (1975) and Alvin Lustig
Russell Woodard Sculptura rocker
Ball-B-Q (Canadian Design- That's right Canada) and Barwa
Good thing I bought that new old stock Barwa cover a few months back.
Smalls
Rose Cabat in a sweet Granny Smith 🍏 glaze.
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Tackett / Thursday
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Paolo Soleri / HBD
Happy Birthday Paolo
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