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Austin / AP
I had the opportunity to hang out with Marilyn Kay Austin this past weekend. Most people reading this will know her from her design work at Architectural Pottery. Marilyn graduated with an Industrial...
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Scripps Collection / The American Museum of Ceramic Art
Best Kept Secret: The Scripps College Ceramic Collection at The American Museum of Ceramic Art The Scripps Collection is legendary. It was almost singlehandedly complied by Fred Marer, a math...
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Fullerton / Architecture
Pollak Library at California State University, Fullerton by Howard van Heuklyn (1966). Howard designed all the cool 60s buildings on campus.Pollak LibraryPollak LibraryPollak LibraryJoseph Clark...
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Theology / Stone
Kresge Chapel at the Claremont School of Theology by Edward Durell Stone (1957)
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Millard Sheets / Studio
In 1953 Millard Sheets designed a studio and office complex for his bustling mural business, Claremont, CA.Millard Sheets Studio, 1958Source: Adam ArensonCurbed LA toured the inside a couple years ago....
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Sculpture Court / Topless
San Diego fine Arts Gallery, West Wing (1966) by Mosher & DrewNow the San Diego Museum of ArtNotice anything different? Yes, the Claire Falkenstein is back, but look higher...The canopy roof is...
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Malcolm Leland / Gates
ArtStop by James Grebl, Ph.D.,Manager of Library and Archives at The San Diego Museum of Art, and discusses Malcolm Leland in the The May S. Marcy Sculpture Garden.
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Weekend / Stuff
Risom, Tackett, and TuttleVKGMalcolm Leland prototype bird shelterEames Tray/EphemeraMaurice Martine - that's all you get to see for now.
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Downtown Modernism / LA
Modernica hosted another great Downtown Modernism vintage flea market this past weekend. The event was held at the Modernica factory and warehouse in Downtown Los Angeles. Source: Downtown Modernism...
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Hangover / Halliburton
Hangover House, AKA the Halliburton House (1937-38) by William AlexanderAlexander designed and built the house on a hilltop in South Laguna for his friend, travel writer and adventurer, Richard...
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Krisel / Wrecked
Krisel House (1955) by William KriselSource: Photo by Julius Shulman, via ArchpaperKrisel House - Demolished (2014)Another case of preservation being no match for expensive land.The architect who took...
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Weekend / Stuff
Luther Conover desk, Tony Paul, stacking tables and Harry Lawenda lampThe iron gods treated me well this weekend!Smalls
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Lawenda / Not Lawenda
Sofa, tables, and lamp by Harry Lawenda for Kneedler-FauchereMy new Lawenda lampKneedler-Fauchere ad (more on them here)This was an expensive lamp. $80 in 1952 equals about $700 today.The lamp with the...
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Novato / Crown
Although it looks like a Soviet Modernist relic, this angular roof-line can be seen peaking out behind a grassy knoll on Highway 101 in Novato, CA. It's home to an unlikely modernist...
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Industrial Design / On the Beach
Paper mobile advertising the Second Southern California Student Industrial Design Conference.It was held in 1965 at the Blue Lagoon Villas in Laguna Beach. The felt circles on the map marks the...
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