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Robert Hanley / LAMA Design
I'm going to do some posts on some of my favorite lots from the upcoming LAMA Design auction, starting with Lot 197, Robert Hanley Floor vase for Modern Color Inc.In the early 1950s Robert Hanley...
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Pacifica / LAMA Design
Pacifica Designed Interiors at the De Young Museum. Image: Arts & ArchitectureThere are a number of lots in the November 15th LAMA Design auction related to one of my favorite moments in...
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Mitchell Bobrick / LAMA
Lot 104, Mitchell Bobrick Floor lamp by ControlightToday is Mitchell's birthday so it seems like a good day to post about him.Mitchell Bobrick (November 10, 1921 - February 1979) was born in Colorado...
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Lane, Hill and James / LAMA
Lot 158 Tony Hill LampTony Hill, Wilmer James and Doyle Lane were all black ceramicists in Los Angeles during the mid-century. They also all studied under Glen Lukens.Tony happened upon a night class...
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Gilbert Watrous / LAMA
Lot 160 Gilbert Watrous Table LampGilbert Watrous by Dave HamptonA few design treasures connected to San Diego, the Esoteric Survey base of operations, can be found rather discreetly embedded within...
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San Diego Enamel Scene / LAMA
Lot 107 Kay Whitcomb, Enamel SculptureSan Diego Enamel Sceneby Dave HamptonDuring the mid to late 1950s, the Art Center in La Jolla was becoming an important hub for area artists and...
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Balmer, Boyd & Stewart / LAMA
Lot 123 Jean Balmer, UntitledBalmer, Boyd & StewartBy Dave HamptonThroughout the 1960s and 1970s, the work of June Schwarcz, Kay Whitcomb and the Woolleys was exhibited repeatedly in the Pasadena...
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Weekend / Stuff
Back to regular scheduled programming. Stuff from the past few weekends.VKGSouvenirs from Mexico CityEames, Martz and Stan BittersJosef FrankGood Design
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Antonio Attolini Lack / Parroquia de la Santa Cruz
Parroquia de la Santa Cruz by Antonio Attolini Lack (1960-1968)I took another trip out to Jardines del Pedregal, the master planned community developed by Luis Barragan. This incredible church was...
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High Life Textile Factory / Félix Candela
Félix Candela: High Life Textile Factory, Coyoacan, Mexico City 1955The facility made suits for a retail men's store called High Life. The store is still in existence but the building was later...
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Japanese Modern / T&Y Gallery
Japanese Modern at T&Y GalleryThe exhibition includes pieces by Junzo Sakakura, Isamu Kenmochi, Isamu Noguchi, Riki Watanabe and Sori Yanagi. There is also a mobile tatami platform by architect...
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Weekend / Stuff
Eames! Euro stuff with holesMusic jewelry box by Tom Tramel Architectural PotterySmalls, including a Heino and plaque by Marguerite Wildenhain
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Weekend / Stuff
Ikebana, Amy Donaldson, Hal Fromhold and David StewartI went to the Peter Shire open house last weekend and bought a dustpan.and some ceramicsGeorge Nelson (with Isamu Noguchi and Bucky) and Irving...
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Weekend / Stuff
I took a trip out to the desert and did a little shopping.Jewelry box by Aspy Khambatta. Cup by Susan Peterson. Kenji fujita cruet and BoltaBest tray by Paul McCobb. It's the largest size.Speaking of...
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Fulton Mall / Update 2024
I took a trip up Highway 99 and stopped in Fresno again. This is a sore topic around here. Although I drive down Fulton Street every time I'm in Fresno. I've done many posts about the mall, the first...
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Weekend / Stuff
The "Sombrero" was designed in 1949 by Jack Morris when he we a student at The California School of Art. La Gardo Tackett was the instructor. This was pre-Architectural Pottery.Paolo Soleri...
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Weekend / Stuff
Euro lampFelmore Associates Log Basket by Stewart-WinthropEarly Jens Quistgaard ice bucket and Arabia pitchersEmil Milan bird and an Ain book
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Vivika and Otto Heino, Danish mirror and a Mexican basketEllamarie and Jackson WoolleyJoel Edwards, Susan Peterson, Laura Andreson and HeathInsert AP hereMore books
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Agustin Hernandez / Taller
Home and studio of architect Agustin Hernandez (1975)I'm catching up on posts from my last trip to Mexico. This time I ventured to La colonia Bosques de las Lomas on the outskirts of Mexico CIity. It's...
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Weekend / Stuff
Doyle Lane from the late 1950sJean BalmerJere Osgood book ends. The only other piece I've had by him was one of his amazing clocks.These bookends were sold through America House. America House was a...
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