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Sori Yangi Teapot and two more cupsFireplace toolsIt was a slow weekend, so you'll have to look at my new rangefinder camera. It was designed in the 1970s by the Munich, Germany-based firm Schlagheck...
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Richard Allen Morris / MCASD
MORE LIKE A FOREST: PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES BY RICHARD ALLEN MORRISFriday, Jun 21, 2019-Sunday, Oct 27, 2019 at MCASD Downtown"Art International (Pages I-59, Sept. 20/1961)" (1961)Many of the...
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Crafting Opportunity / Mingei
Crafting Opportunity:Mid-Century Work from the Collection of Mingei International MuseumCrafting Opportunity, an exhibition of ceramics, furniture, fashion, fiber art, jewelry, and metalwork, explores...
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Mid-Century Collectors Circle / Mingei
Mid-Century Collectors CircleA Conversation with Modern San Diego and Objects USAJul 13, 201912:00 – 1:00pmAt San Diego Central Library Art GalleryMingei welcomes local mid-century experts, collectors...
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Leon Meyer chairThis is the first time I've seen a non-rocker design.David Stewart chess pieces on a table by Bud Tullis. Bud is a Santa Barbara woodworker. In addition to making some great studio...
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Malcolm Leland, Ben Seibel, Sol Bloom and GaineyDoyle LaneDansk and Martz
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Calvin Straub / Pasadena
Over the weekend I went to an open house for this 1957 home by Calvin Straub of Buff, Straub, and Hensman. It was built by Straub as his personal residence. The beautiful and detailed restoration was...
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Dan Johnson chairs and Nelson Thin Edge dresser for Herman MillerCeramic MirrorEttore Sottsass containers, Dansk and iron
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Frank Lloyd Wright / Taliesin West
Taliesin West served as Frank Lloyd Wright's winter home and school in the desert from 1937 until his death in 1959. Wright's importance as an architect is immense, although one could argue that his...
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Nathan Lerner chair and Davis Pratt and Harold Cohen table for their company, Designers in Production. All the designers were part of the 1940s New Bauhaus school in Chicago. Arthur Umanoff candelabra...
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Frank Lloyd Wright / Marin Civic Center
The Marin County Civic Center was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It was his largest public project and also his last. At the time of Wright's death in 1959, it was uncompleted, and Taliesin Fellow...
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Cabinet by Berkeley architect John Gilbert Wells and some smallsSori Yanagi tray and Paul Rand covers for PM Journal (1938 & 1941)Barney Reid enamelLa Gardo Tackett
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Sad People in Modernist Homes in Popular Films / Schindler
Sad People in Modernist Homes in Popular FilmsEssays by Erik Benjamins, Andrew Romano, Adam Štěch, and Mimi ZeigerEdited and designed by Benjamin CrittonA follow-up to Benjamin Critton's Evil People in...
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Wolff House / John Lautner
Marco Wolff residence by John Lautner (1961) I attended a tour of the house that was hosted by the Lautner Foundation. They only allowed cell phone pics.Wolff was an interior designer and musician. He...
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Kurt Versen in Sage Green, Martz tables, Kenji Fujita and...George Nelson for Pomoma TileThat's Nelson's signature on the bottom
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Bakersfield Built / Architecture of the 1960s
Bakersfield Built: Architecture of the 1960sSymposium and Home TourIn partnership with Kern County Museum, Society of Architectural Historians Southern California Chapter, and the School of Arts &...
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Central Coast Modern / Exhibition
California Cool: Mid-century Modernism on the Central CoastOpening Reception: September 20thCalifornia Cool looks at contributions to the era focusing on the landmark architecture, design and art from...
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Olga Lee Baughman textile for L. Anton MaixLa Gardo Tackett for Architectural Pottery
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