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Roy McMakin / Postmodern Love Letter to California

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Completed in 2022, Roy McMakin designed Punta Paloma to serve as his home and studio in the Banker's Hill neighborhood of San Diego. He calls it his Postmodern love letter to California. And yes, that face is on purpose.    Although not a native San Diegan, Roy received his B.A. and M.F.A. from UCSD. Also, I learned from Roy that most of his Domestic Furniture was made in San Diego. An ode to Irving Gill. The massing hints to 1950s apartment buildings. The diamond window pane is a reference to 1940s California cottages.  Early Bauer Pottery A cabinet and Heath vase, both designed by Roy. I love this detail. Going along with the California focus, there's a John McLaughlin print. You might recall, his Slatback chairs were used in the galleries at  John McLaughlin (1898-1976) Paintings: Total Abstraction at LACMA in 2016. More about that, here .  A number of years before that, in 2011, Quint Gallery in San Diego mounted an exhibition they called  Roy McMakin ...
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The Bailey Residence / Kendrick Bangs Kellogg

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  The Bailey Residence by Kendrick Bangs Kellogg (1983-1989)  Dave Hampton took Dung Ngo and I on a Kellogg outing this week. The first stop was in the northern tip of San Diego County to visit a project on a 40 acre avocado ranch in Valley Center, CA After seeing Kellogg speak at a lecture in Balboa Park, Joe and Barbara Bailey asked him to design a "simple house" for their hilltop property. Kellogg responded with the design we see today.  The Baileys managed and took part in much of the construction. This labor of love started in 1984 and took 6 years to build. It is still owned by the Bailey family. John Vugrin did the door. The kitchen skylight One of the downstairs bedrooms. Ranch workers used rocks from the site to do all of the masonry work. More about the house and short-term rentals and photo shoots can be found on their website:  https://www.baileykelloggresidence.com/about
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Weekend / Stuff

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I've had some Eames luck lately. Super early with the exposed metal shock mounts. The earliest Evans label George Nelson string clock. I'm kinda into this as-is look.  Marg Loring on the left. The wood piece on the right is a salt and pepper shaker. Jens and PoMo
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Weekend / Stuff

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I went to Palm Springs Modernism and mostly bought Japanese things. I did get a John Follis and some paper too.
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Weekend / Stuff

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  Mostly Eames this weekend. This is my first screen. It comes with a lot of patina. It's the way they look best. The LCW is one of the best looking chair designs in history. Rosewood DCM from about 1970 Ship's Lantern by Erik Magnussen
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Wolfe Summer House / R.M. Schindler

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Wolfe Summer House, by R.M. Schindler (1928-1931) Catalina Island, CA Ethel and Charles Wolfe came to Los Angeles, attracted by the boom of the movie industry and the charm of a new world at the frontier of western civilization. In 1920, they opened the Wolfe School of Costume Designing for stage and cinema in downtown Los Angeles. Through Leah Lovell, Ethel was introduced to Schindler and later commissioned him to design several projects, including the graphic identity of her institution, the remodeling of the school lobby, and a residence in Avalon.' In the school catalogue, the house is described as a "studio. home" and "the rendezvous for students during the summer season."?  In Schindler's mind, the Wolfe House was the seed for a new type of architecture on Catalina Island, one which celebrates play, sports and outdoor life, as did his Lovell Beach House.  In 1934, he wrote a letter to Mr. Wrigley, the chewing-gum tycoon who owned the island, to critici...
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