Esoteric Survey

Recurring theme: Tackett fish and VKG That's a good VKG candelabra out there  Photos: Maynard Parker

Ray Komai Ray Komai chair Source:  Brooklyn Museum Alexander Girard Alexander Girard table Source: Christie's Olga Lee Olga Lee  chair Barney Reid Barney Reid stool with ReidArt fabric Paul McCobb Arbuck by Paul McCobb Source:  Planner, Perimeter, Predictor, Paul McCobb Alexander Calder Alexander Calder chair from his studio   Source: Furniture Erwine and Estelle Laverne Erwine and Estelle Laverne bench for Laverne Originals Source:  Wright20 Angelo Testa Angelo Testa with his weaving covering a Barwa lounge. Source: Design Addict Forum

Tackett Studio Ceramic Kenji Ks and Tackett Ts

  Doug Wheeler: DW 68 VEN MCASD 11  UV neon light and space installation   at  MCASD Sol   LeWitt Margaret Noble: 44th and Landis Richard Long Tanya Aguiniga at Product Porch Doug Johnston at  Product Porch

Geisel Library, 1970 Architect William Perreira There's Theodor Geisel (Dr Suess) with The Cat in the Hat, right next to his library John Baldessari, READ/WRITE/THINK/DREAM, 2001 Baldessari  s liding glass door at the entrance to the Geisel Library . I guess all Baldessari's can't be winners, or maybe I just don't get it. More about it  here . Do Ho Suh, Fallen Star, 2012 More about it  here . Image: UCSD Bruce Nauman, Vices and Virtues, 1988 This is what it looks like when it's on. More about it  here . Image: UCSD The  Grove Gallery,  1972 A rchitect  Chuck Powers assembled four storage sheds that were later expanded to include a darkroom, kiln and ceramics studio.   Glass kilns at the Grove Gallery / UCSD Crafts Center Glass from the kilns Galbraith Hall, 1965 Architects Deems & Lewis I wonder who did the ceramic relief? Modern San D

My friend  Kristen Gallerneaux Brooks  sent me this Eames tag from the  Packard Motor Car Company plant in Detroit.  It's a screen shot from a film she did called  Get In My Car & Drive: Nowhere in Detroit .  You can watch it here . The plant, designed by  Albert Kahn,  closed in 1956 Image: Single Fire Speed Current state of the Packard plant Image:  metalocus Motor City Image:  metalocus Charles and Ray actually drove Fords for most of there lives, though the last cars they owned were a Jaguar and Mercedes. In 1954 Charles wrote a letter to Henry Ford II about his concern with Ford's selection at the time. The letter says Charles  had  been driving Fords since 1929, and Ford   convertibles since 1941 .   The letter can be found  here .    Image: PBS Charles in his Mercedes Image:   Eames Outtakes: L.A. Unrestrained  (embedded below)  Charles rolling by 901 Washington Blvd/ The Eames Office Image:   Eames Ou