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Montgomery Residence / Emerald Hills
Hood Century recently posted photos of this San Diego home of Alpha and Catherine Montgomery from a 1960 issue of Ebony Magazine. Image: Ebony MagazineI worked for an organization that had offices...
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Weekend / Stuff
Genaro Álvarez, Fantoni bird, Don Shoemaker, Joyce McCullough candle holders with Lee Weber candles.A ceramic umbrella. Necklaces
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Yuma / Architecture
I ran across this storefront on a recent stop in Yuma Arizona. I haven't spent much time exploring the town. It has basically been a gas stop on the way to Phoenix or Tucson. This time I decided to hit...
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Tackett / Thursday
A picked up a new La Gardo Tackett vase.From an early 1950s article. I'm getting there.
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Weekend / Stuff
Vivika and Otto Heino, Tom Tramel, Tom McMillin and Bill Curry make for a nice California grouping. Tom Sachs - Six-in-One Screwdriver - Printed Matter
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San Diego Modernism / Palm Springs Modernism
San Diego Modernism: Furniture and Arts for Daily Living at Palm Springs Modernism - Tues Feb, 21st @ 1PMSan Diego's unique culture of post-WWII art, design and architecture remains one of American...
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Doyle Lane / Lytton Savings
Ceramic tile floor by Doyle Lane at the Lytton Savings Bank in Canoga Park (1966). The carpet is by Edward Fields. Photo: Julius Shulman, GRI Digital CollectionsThe tables also have Lane ceramic tile...
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Weekend /Stuff
I've been slacking. This post is from the last two weeks. Here is a Domestic table by Roy McMakin and Sintesi lamp by Ernesto Gismondi.San Diego art score.I was happy to get another painting by Conrad...
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Cody House / Peter Blake Gallery
Peter Blake Gallery from Laguna took over the Cody House by William F Cody for an exhibition they are calling BLAKEHAUS PALM SPRINGSThis was William Cody’s personal residence. He started designing the...
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Weekend / Stuff
Italian lampTimo Sarpaneva for Opa cookware and smalls.Eames 670/671 hang tag and Kashmir tile by Dorothy Liebes
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Kallis House / RM Schindler
Maurice (Mischa) Kallis House in Studio City by R.M. Schindler (1946)The house is wrapped around a north-facing slope in Studio City. It has a broad view of the San Fernando Valley. Originally, there...
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Breaking Ground: Women in California Clay / AMOCA
Breaking Ground: Women in California Clay at AMOCA, celebrating 44 artists who have defined—and redefined—ceramics over the past 100 years. Many of the Golden State’s most innovative and impactful...
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Weekend / Stuff
I love bisque Architectural Pottery so I was pretty happy about this collection from an original owner. They are mostly by Malcolm Leland but there are a couple La Gardo Tackett large cones and one by...
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Weekend / Stuff
Robert Swanson candelabra and Alvar Aalto stoolsRobert Swanson designed the candelabra to compliment the Saarinen-Swanson Group. The line, designed in collaboration with his wife Pipsan, included...
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Isamu Noguchi / Garden Museum
I finally had the chance to visit the Noguchi Museum in Long Island City, New York.Noguchi created the museum in 1985 to exhibit his life's work. It's housed in a 1920s brick industrial building and...
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Weekend / Stuff
Susan Peterson, Kenji Fujita, Denis WagnerCarl AubockDenis WagnerEarthgender, Jens Risom and David Cressey
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TWA Flight Center / Eero Saarinen
TWA Flight Center (1962) by Eero Saarinen at JFK airport in New York City. The thin-shelled concrete structure was commissioned in 1956 by TWA owner Howard Hughes. It's one of Saarinen's signature...
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