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California / Vermont
On May 08, 2104, this "Rod Iron & Leather Side Chair. Wood Arms California" was sold at Michaan's auction. The estimate was $1,000 to $1,200 and it sold for $2,500.Of course all "unknown" iron...
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Sori Yanagi Shop / Tokyo
Since 1972, the Yanagi Shop has been located down a small quiet alley in TokyoThe shop sells new products that were designed by Sori Yanagi (1915-2011)There are also many vintage nuggets on display,...
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Weekend / Stuff
Loch Crane Loch Crane's Taliesen ApronLoch's hantenVan Keppel GreenSol Bloom "Trough"David CresseyPotsCalifornianItalian
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OBJECTS USA / FALL 16
The annual Objects USA sale was this weekend. The annual event, which has been happening for a decade, is still going strong.Richard Allen Morris is always part of the show, in person and with pieces...
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Weekend / Stuff
Kurt Versen lamp and an extremely long and early George Nelson Bench. Fiber
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Kyoto / Things
Kyoto has the best alleys.That's where I discovered Books & Things. Across town is Ukishima Garden, a vegan restaurant with Junzo Sakakura chairs!I had ramen and these vegetables, served on a great...
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Print Culture / Midcentury Modern Graphic Design
Bob Matheny, Wabi Sabi (detail), 2016. Letterpress on paper, Series of 100Photo: Stan Hodge, Manager of Art Direction at Convair-Astronautics, showing employees at work in the art department, c....
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Barragan / Gilardi
Casa Gilardi (1976) is the last residential project by Luis Barragan. It was designed for Pancho Gilardi and Martin Luque, who owned an advertising agency. It was to be used as a studio space or...
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Weekend / Stuff
Shelves/Room Divider by Freda Diamond for BaumritterMore ironJapanese ironCeramics, including Daniel Rhodes, Rose Dodds and Tom McMillin.
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Kagawa / Kenzo Tange
Kagawa Prefectural Government Hall (1958) in Takamatsu, by Kenzo TangeThe tile mural, “Wakeiseijaku – Harmony, Respect, Purity, Tranquility” is by Genichiro InokumaThe Kenzo Tange studio designed the...
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McLaughlin / LACMA
John McLaughlin (1898-1976) Paintings: Total Abstraction at LACMAThe exhibition contains 52 pieces by the self taught Dana Point artist.1949There is a room of earlier paintings in the exhibition, like...
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Sachs / Noguchi
In 1977, Isamu Noguchi's freind and founder of the Sōgetsu-ryū school of ikebana, Sofu Teshigahara, asked him to design an open space for flowers, of stones, and water titled “Heaven” in the Sogetsu...
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Weekend / Stuff
A stack of Japanese architecture magazinesJapanese ironAmy Donaldson enamelIt was a tough weekend. Good thing I haven't posted for a few weeks....Kay SekimachiVivika & Otto HeinoStools by Maurizio...
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Alexander Girard / St Johns
In 1964, Alexander Girard redesigned the interiors of Saint Johns College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Artists painting the Girard mural.Source: St Johns Digital Archive It still looks great. Gerard also...
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MLK
Martin Luther King Jr.& Andrew Young, 1966 Montgomery AL airportSource: Bob Fitch, via Stanford
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Weekend / Stuff
Meridian clock by Raymor and Howard MillerAbel SorensonTunsi Girard, Alexander's brotherBruce Hill for Peter Pepper Products
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Modern / San Diego
CLAREMONT MODERN: THE CONVERGENCE OF ART + ARCHITECTURE AT MIDCENTURYIn conjunction with the exhibition Irving J. Gill: New Architecture for a Great Country, the San Diego History Center hosts the San...
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Barragan / San Cristobal
I'm trying to catch up on photos from my trip to Mexico City in November.Here's Cuadra San Cristobal (1966) by Luis Barragan The stablesView from the stable houseI didn't see any horses on my visit, so...
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