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Craig Ellwood for Laverne, custom for the Rosen HouseSource: California Design, 1930--1965: "Living in a Modern Way"I.M. Pei, custom for his own apartmentAlexander Girard, customGeorge Nelson for...
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Schlessinger / Schindler
Phillip and Phyllis Schlessinger House (1954) by Rudolph Schindler in Los FelizHere is your chance. Unique California Property is representing the sale of the last residence designed by Schindler.More...
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California's Designing Women / Book Signing
California's Designing Women 1896-1986 Book Signing Event. Join author Bill Stern and designers Marilyn Austin, Renée Firestone, April Greiman, Judith Hendler, Gere Kavanaugh Cher Pendarvis and Deborah...
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Fallingwater / VKG
Van Keppel Green chairs and table at Fallingwater, outside in the snow. That just doesn't seem right. California chairs like the sun. Source: KellanMost of the furniture in the house are originals by...
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Jacobs / Lamp
Lamp by Arthur Jacobs, San FranciscoA floor version of the lamp is seen here in Pierre Koenig's first house, Koenig #1 (1950) in Glendale, Ca.Source: Pierre Koenig by Steele & JenkinsFor years, I...
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Weekend / Stuff
Pretty damn excited about picking up this Harry Lawenda chair.I'm a sucker for string chairs.Once in a while I buy Scandinavian. I dig the Gustavsberg pitcher by Carl-Arne Breger. The Danish chair is...
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Lawenda / Kneedler-Fauchere
Harry Lawenda chair for Kneedler-Fauchere (1951)It was in my car and I was in the neighborhood. Still dorky, I know.In 1948 Dorothy Kneedler co-founded Kneedler-Fauchere with Lucienne Fauchere in San...
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Boyd / Hedge
Michael Boyd re:Visions at Hedge GalleryThis solo exhibition is new work by Boyd, with his amazing collection of vintage pieces serving as a contextual backdrop. Benjamin Baldwin, Rudolph Schindler...
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Grapevine / Book Signing
GRAPEVINE~ Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, Michael Frimkess, John Mason, Ron Nagle, Peter Shire, curated by Ricky SwallowPublished by Rainoff & David Kordansky Gallery Text by Ricky Swallow, Designed by...
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The Landing / Elizabeth McCord
ELIZABETH MCCORD: SOFT COLORThe Landing at Reform OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH TH, 7-9:30 PM ON DISPLAY: FEBRUARY 6TH-APRIL 5THElizabeth McCord (1914-2008) was a California Modernist...
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Fulton Mall / It's looking bleak
Happy 50 year anniversary to the Fulton Mall....on Wednesday, despite impassioned testimony by dozens of citizens to the contrary, the City of Fresno Planning Commission voted 6-0 to rip the heart and...
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Goldsworthy / SF
Andy Goldsworthy, Sprire (2008) in the Presidio of San Francisco"The Presidio forest was planted by the U.S. Army over a short period in the late 19th and early 20th centuries based on a vision by...
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Roos / SF
Roos house (1938) by John Ekin Dinwiddie in San FrancisoDinwiddie studied under Eliel Saarinen This is a pretty forward thinking design for 1938.I do think the hedge should be cut down some. It's...
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Weekend / Stuff
Henry Mittwer tableMac McClain pot. More about Mac - here. Cool stool and kitchen stuff
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Mittwer / Designer-Monk
Table/bench, designed and manufactured by Henry Mittwer, Los Angeles, CA 1952Henry Mittwer was born in Yokohama, Japan in 1918. His father was an American in the film industry, who first traveled to...
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Pottery / Books
The Pasadena Convention Center was happening last weekend.The Los Angeles Pottery show and the California International Antiquarian Book Fair, all in one place. That's right, VIP at the book fair.This...
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