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Grossman / R Gallery
Greta Magnusson Grossman - A Car and Some Shorts May 2, 2013 - June 29, 2013at R GalleryImage: Covenger & Kester - This is a tumblr you should be following. Andrew digs up some great stuff! He...
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Weekend / Clay
La Gardo Tackett wheel-thrown studio potDoyle LaneDoyle Lane handlesSusan Peterson
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Bob Matheny / Art for the Educated
Bob Mantheny, artist, educator and all around cool guy, recently told me how he camped out at the Aspen Design Conferences in the 1950's, took a field trip to the Eames House back in the day and even...
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Douglas Fir / Modern
FarnsworthSkalar ModernWeinberg ModernIt's good to see some old school Douglas Fir DIY modern on 1stdibs.The lack of the usual grasping for designer names through attributions is also refreshing. Some...
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Important Design / Wright
It doesn't get much more important than this, an Eames / Saarinen chair from the 1940 MoMA Organic Design in Home Furnishings competition, 1940.Image: WrightDetailImage: WrightRemember this one?Isamu...
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Eames House / CSH 8
Yeah, another Eames House post.You can help support the Eames House at EamesHouse250More on the house: here, here and here
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George Nelson / 105
George Nelson would have been 105 today.George Nelson presents a history of weapon technology... Which is also "..a scathing commentary on the arms race during the Cold War."It's not really the...
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CSH 20 / Neutra
Arts & Architecture Case Study House 20 / Bailey House for Dr. Stuart Bailey by Richard Neutra, 1948There are actually two CSH 20's. The other is the Saul Bass House by Buff and Hensmen, 1958The...
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Eliot Noyes
Eliot Noyes (1910-1977) designed the IBM Selectric typewriter.Noyes probably doesn't pop into your head when thinking about modern architecture and design heroes —even though he was actually a major...
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DIA / WTF
In 1949, Alexander Girard curated An Exhibition for Modern Living at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA).Image: Life MagazineIt was a ground breaking exhibition which showcased some really great...
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Neutra / Bakersfield
Behind all that greenery is the Davis House by Richard Neutra, in Bakersfield, CA, 1937I wonder what the story is with the light fixture?Vintage Julius Shulman shot of the Davis house. Source: Neutra,...
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Lustig / Beverly-Carlton
Beverly-Carlton Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA, 1948-49Alvin Lustig- Industrial DesignerSam Reisbord- ArchitectEckbo, Royston & Williams- Landscape ArchitectsPhoto: Julius Shulman, Architectural ForumThe...
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Kaufman / Cosmic Equilibrium
This is a cool lamp, but Sam Kaufman's description of it is GREAT!"One of those great anonymous pieces. Why is there so much junk that is signed, while some amazing things are completely...
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In the know / Soleri Bells / Volume 6
Tanya Aguiniga has one next to her Stan Bitters bird houseFarnsworth knows that Soleri bells are good for business.Edgar Tafel was the last surviving member of Frank Lloyd Wright’s original Fellowship....
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Lautner / Wright / Bradley
My friend Darren Bradley, who is an amazing photographer, just started a blog, Modernist Architecture.You should definitely check it out often. The newest post on ecclesiastical modern architecture is...
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A. Quincy Jones / Hammer / Politics
A. Quincy Jones: Building for Better Living, at The Hammer Museum Architecture exhibits are a hard thing to pull off. There are only so many plans, models and photographs you can look at, but the...
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Strathmore / Neutra / Eames
The Strathmore Apartments, Richard Neutra, 1937The Strathmore is where Charles and Ray Eames lived when they first came to Los Angeles in 1941. It was number 11013 1/2, the upstairs unit shown here....
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Saint / Falkenstein
St. Basil church, A.C. Martin architectural firm, 1969. Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles Windows and architectural details by Claire FalkensteinThe Cardinal [McIntire] asked me, "Are you religious?," when I...
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