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Category Archives: california
donald olsen’s “kip house” for sale
Famed Bay Area modernist Donald Olsen designed a number of classic modernist homes here in the Bay Area, and one of his more significant homes is on the market. It’s the Kip House, which was designed and built in 1952 … Continue reading
Posted in 50's, architecture, bay area, california, donald olsen
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mel bogart fire tools for stewart-winthrop
Here are a couple of ads from arts & architecture magazine in 1955 for fire tools designed by Mel Bogart for Stewart-Winthrop of Van Nuys, California. You may recall Mel as the designer of the cool iron ashtray stand I … Continue reading
Posted in 50's, california, fireplace, iron, mel bogart, stewart-winthrop
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desert modern architecture – palm springs 2012
Last October I had the pleasure of attending the “Desert Modern Architecture” tour in Palm Springs hosted by the Western Museums Association, which allowed me to visit some beautiful and stylistically different examples of 20th century modern architecture. Our tour … Continue reading
Posted in 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's, albert frey, architecture, california, donald wexler, neutra, palm springs, raymond loewy, steel
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fletcher benton “synchronetic” kinetic art sculpture
This is a short video of a Synchronetic L-110, which was a limited edition kinetic art optical sculpture produced by Fletcher Benton Studios for Galeria Bonino in New York in 1969. Fletcher Benton is a sculptor who currently lives in … Continue reading
Posted in 60's, california, fletcher benton, kinetic art
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design workshops of san francisco
While leafing through old copies of Interiors magazine today I came across a cool little article in the September 1947 issue called “Made in California” that showcased a few different furniture designs from the Golden State. The pictures above caught … Continue reading
Posted in 40's, california, interiors magazine, san francisco, table, walter harada, wood
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j. b. blunk – “the planet”
It has been gratifying to see the return of J. B. Blunk’s epic “The Planet” at the recently remodeled Oakland Museum of California, and I had been meaning to pay it a nice long visit for awhile. It is a … Continue reading
Posted in california, craft, j. b. blunk, OMCA, wood
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“creating modern furniture”
These pictures are from the 1975 book “creating modern furniture” by Dona Meilach. It is a how-to book for craftspeople with lots of great basic information about building your own furniture, mainly out of wood. However, it interests me (the … Continue reading
the pacifica mystery
Through the years, while obsessively leafing through auction catalogs of 20th century design, I have often come across wrought-iron furniture pieces that I liked that were described as being from “Pacifica Designs”, or “Pacific Ironworks”, or “Pacific Iron”, or some … Continue reading
Posted in california, iron, LA, luther conover, milo baughman, pacific iron, pacifica
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I like it, whatever it is (#3)
My very good friend in the southland came across this piece a couple of years ago at a garage sale while he was driving around. He characterized the garage sale as having your garden-variety kids clothes and toys and general … Continue reading
Posted in california, iron, LA, whatever
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