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Parroquia de la Medalla Milagro / Félix Candela
Iglesia de la Medalla de la Virgen Milagrosa by Félix Candela (1955) in Mexico CityThe modernist gothic structure is a showcase of Candela's use of thin-shelled concrete construction. The thickness...
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San Diego Arts & Architecture / San Diego Design Week
San Diego Arts & Architecture: A Unique Culture of Post-WWII ModernismHear from Mid-century modern experts, Dave Hampton and Keith York as they discuss San Diego’s unique culture of mid-20th...
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Eames House / Herman Miller X Hay Picnic
I went to a picnic at the Eames House this past weekend. It was a preview of a collaboration between Herman Miller and Hay. They call it a "thoughtfully reimagined" line "of eight classic Eames...
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Doug Ayers, John NovyDansk Rare Woods tray by Jens QuistgaardBruce Hill for Peter Pepper Products
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Alvar Aalto chair that I was able to buy back from a friend. Kurt Versen lamp and a Grainware bowl produced by Plastic Productions Co., Redwood City, CA and designed by Charles H. McCrea. The Grainware...
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Carl Auböck and Claire FalkensteinBaby Gainey Ceramics C-4 and a David Cressey Pro Artisan on a Malcolm Leland form
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Ben Seibel Roseville /Raymor Informal bean potsArchitectural Pottery, Ben Sebel and Don ShoemakerMaurice GrossmanYard Art
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Fontenell Apartments / Palm Springs
The Fontenell, also known as the Max Factor Compound, 1957 James and Frances Kopecky were the original owners of the Fontenell. Unfortunately the San Diegan passed away of a heart attack in 1959 while...
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Inco Product stools, Edmund Ronaky vase and Tony Paul candlesticksSmalls The SC Johnson Research Tower, by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1950I first thought it was a matchbook. They turned out to be mini emery...
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Vista-Costa Mesa Furniture from the estate of one of the owners of the company. Don R. Bates & Jackson Gregory Jr. were partners in the orange county-based Vista Furniture company and the later...
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Richard Allen Morris / City Gallery
"For Example" Richard Allen Morris at City GalleryThe exhibition was an overview of Richard's older work. This is one of the most recent paintings in the show, from 2010. That's Richard on the left.
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Walker House / Frank Lloyd Wright
Mrs. Clinton Walker House (1951), Carmel Point in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CaliforniaDella Brooks Walker (1902-1984) wasn't just any Walker. She was married to Clinton Walker (1875-1944), who was the son of...
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Milo Baughman for Glenn of California shelf and a nice wool rug.This technique, usually with lampshades, is widely attributed to Maria Kipp. I'd like to explore this further. The trash can does have a...
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Nepenthe / Big Sur
Nepenthe (1949) by Rowan MaidenLocated on Highway 1 in Big Sur, Nepenthe started as a three-story log cabin built by the Trail Club of Jolon in 1925. Local writer Lynda Sargent began renting the cabin...
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Kipp Stewart, Arthur Umanoff, Kurt Versen, David Stewart, George Nelson and La Gardo TackettThese came from a designer who was doing prototype packaging for Frank Bros.The two smaller boxes have...
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Lampshades / Not Maria Kipp
Modern lore, auctions and dealers abound would say Maria Kipp textiles were used in this Paul Laszlo interior. Photo: Julius Shulman Google would also lead you to believe that Maria Kipp did the...
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Pedro Ramírez Vázquez / Casa
Casa en Granizo, Jardines del Pedregal (1960). This is the home Pedro Ramírez Vázquez (1919-2013) designed for himself. Born in Mexico City, Ramírez Vázquez received his architecture degree from UNAM...
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Two more Malcolm Moran giraffe stabiles, a nice little painting and a Marguerite Wildenhain Pond Farm vase. SmallsA ceramic creature from Mexico. It's a whistle too.A magazine from the 1956 Los Angeles...
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