Weekend / Stuff
 Earthgender, Robert Maxwell, La Gardo Tackett, Paul McCobb, SoleriFelmore fire tools (first time seeing outside of a period ad) and Victor Bisharat plant stand
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Peter Blake Gallery hosted another exhibition during Palm Springs Modernism this year. The Blakehaus installation for 2024 took place in a 1962 Donald Wexler steel house.The Calcor/Rheem Prefabricated...
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 James Lovera is underrated. This pot is perfectly thrown.Alice Kagawa ParrottA must have craft geek reference.Additions to my vintage photo / furniture collection.
View ArticleFlandrau Science Center & Planetarium / Blanton and Company
 Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium by Rex Willoughby of Blanton & Co. Architects & Engineers (1975). Located on the University of Arizona campus.More about Blanton & Co. (formerly...
View ArticleKendrick Bangs Kellogg / Japan
Hoshino Chapel or Uchimura Kanzo Memorial Stone Church in Karuizawa, Japan by San Diego architect Kendrick Bangs Kellogg (1988). I went to Japan for a couple weeks. This is my first report back. A post...
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Sori Yanagi x 2I'm up to three of these Katsuo Matsumura tablesThis one took a train trip from a beautiful seaside town in Japan to a suitcase on JAL. I always say i'm not going to buy books when I...
View ArticleAntonin Raymond / Summer House
Summer House by Noémi & Antonin Raymond (1933) in Karuizawa, JapanThe Raymonds designed the house for their own use as a summer retreat. It has changed ownerships many times over the years and was...
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Kai Winding for Poul Hundevad blanket chestJens Quistgaard Rare Woods tray and some tatami mats
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Doyle LaneBill Curry for Design Line and Peter Pepper Products table by Howard McNab & Don Savage Architectural Fiberglass, Architectural Pottery ashtray and EarthgenderI finally found a Byron...
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John Caruthers and Jack Boyd Alvar AaltoMore Aalto and Luther ConoverJames Grant, Doug Ayers, Archie Kaplan, Robert McKeownKnoll x 3Â
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 Saburo Inui table for Tendo MokkoChristian Duc, Ward Youry and Jen Quistgaard
View ArticleGion Ishi / Hiroaki Misawa
Gion Ishi Sakashita Building, Kyoto by Hiroaki Misawa (1969). I posted a photo of the building, here in 2012. I had no idea who the architect was and I certainly didn't know what was hiding upstairs....
View ArticleWeekend Stuff / Rivendell
 I didn't go shopping last weekend, but I did get a new bike. My weekend was spent riding instead of the normal picking routine. The bike itself isn't vintage, but it does fit in with my interests of...
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 Van Keppel-Green matchbookPo-Mo mirror, Ikebana from Japan and Seymour Robins trash canIt's pretty good if you're into this kind of thing
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 Bird sculpture, Barry Simpson stool and a bronze fire tools setOppi Untracht enamel plaqueOppi wrote one of the best enameling books. San Diegans Ellamarie and Jackson Woolley and Barney Reid are...
View Article901 / Eames Office
901 Washington Blvd, Venice, CA901 was the Eames Office from 1943 to 1988. Some of the most important designs of the 20th century were conceived and prototyped within these walls. Wartime products to...
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 Roy McMakin Domestic Furniture Cove dining tableKenji FujitaEames Office. Perhaps a little contact magic from 901. Evelyn Ackerman
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