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Don Shoemaker / Señal Mexico
Last November I went to the Don S. Shoemaker exhibition at the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico CityDon Shoemaker was born in Nebraska. He fought in WWII and moved to Mexico in 1947. Shortly after, he...
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Museo de Arte Moderno / Mexican Modernism
Museo de Arte Moderno (1964) by architect Pedro Ramírez VázquezThe view from above, 1960s.Source: Museo de Arte ModernoThere was a small exhibition of Mexican Modernism at the same time the Don...
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Weekend / Stuff
George NelsonSometimes all you get is a book and a couple of flower pots.
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Perriand / Japan
Charlotte Perriand, with support from Sori Yanagi and Junzo Sakakura, was invited by the Japanese Ministry of Commerce and Industry/Department of Trade Promotion to serve as an advisor to help increase...
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Another bowl by Stan Hawk and a Norwegian polar bear by Arne TjomslandIt's always nice to pick up more California Design catalogs.Especially ones that used to belong to great local architects like Sim...
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The Smiths / Morrissey
These Days, a bookstore and gallery in Los Angeles has an exhibition of vintage Morrissey and The Smiths UK subway posters.This is pretty off topic, but it's where I cut my collecting teeth.Speaking of...
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Lots of pots this weekend, including Doug Ayers and Susan Harnly Peterson.I found these two together. During the 1950's and 60's at UCLA, Bernard Kester (right) studied and worked under Laura Andreson...
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Albert Frey / Lina Bo Bardi
Albert Frey and Lina Bo Bardi: A Search for Living Architecture, at the Palm Springs Art Museum Architecture and Design Center.The exhibition explores the lives and work of Lina Bo Bardi and Albert...
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Dieter Rams / JF Chen
Dieter Rams at JF Chen The opening was last week, but there were so many people, it was hard to take good photos. This is the only one I could get. I'll be going back. The exhibition was curated by...
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Colonial / Modern
Do you remember these string tables? They came from the estate of a gentleman who was an industrial design professor in Pasadena during the early 1950s. The mix of modest materials, simple construction...
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Dieter Rams / Braun
Dieter Rams/Braun exhibition at JF ChenCurated by Daniel Ostroff, with exhibition design by Clare GrahamDieter Rams TP 1 and T 3 radio. These are rare!The first iPod is obviously based off the T3....
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LAMA / 25
In October of 1992LAMA had their first auction. So on this, their 25th anniversary auction, it looks like they are offering up a little more of the modern classics than usual, including a lot of Eames!...
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Weekend / Stuff
La Gardo TackettAnyone seen this one before? It looks like some sort of VKG contraption.Another California Design catalogThis one is pretty special. It belonged to one of my favorite potters, Jean Balmer.
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Weekend / Stuff
Billy Al BengstonHal Fromhold, Dora de Larios and Malcolm LelandMichael van Beuren for Domus
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Downtown / Modernism
Downtown Modernism vintage flea market is this weekend in Los Angeles. It's a good one!
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Found in Translation / LACMA
Butaca Chair (1940) by William Spratling. Chest by Elizabeth Jane Colter for the Fred Harvey Corporation. The chest was was used in the La Posada Hotel in Winslow, Arizona. They are being exhibited in...
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