Esoteric Survey

Alvin Lustig design on a pre- Architectural Pottery John Wells pot The photo is from a 1949 show at the Evans and Reeves Nursery. The g arden pottery was a project assigned by  La Gardo Tackett, who was working as an Instructor at the California School of Art . His students were assigned the task of creating garden ware that could be sold at the  Evans and Reeves Nursery. The  nursery commissioned the students to design the line and plan the merchandising.  The pots were put on display at the nursery. VKG supplied the furniture.   Max Lawrence and his wife Rita started Architectural Pottery in 1950, after they saw designs from La Gardo Tackett's students.  Tackett, John Follis, and Rex Goode all worked as designers for the new company.  Along with Tackett, Alvin Lustig also taught at the California School of Art; as did Edgardo Contini, Rafael Soriano, and Bernard Rosenthal. Despite the amazing faculty, the school was only around for a year. The school's owne

La Gardo Tackett

  California’s Designing Women 1896-1986 BOOK SIGNING: Saturday, March 1, 2 to 5 PM At Boomerang for Modern , 2475 Kettner Blvd., San Diego, CA 92101 PARTICIPANTS: Writer-editor Bill Stern , executive director of the Museum of California Design, who is also the author of “California Pottery: From Missions to Modernism” with photographs by Peter Brenner (Chronicle Books, 2000) and “Mid-Century Mandarin: The Clay Canvasses of Tyrus Wong” with photographs by Peter Brenner (Museum of California Design, 2004). Marilyn Austin who, in the 1960s, designed large-scale Modernist ceramics for Architectural Pottery and large-scale Modernist fiberglass planters for Architectural Fiberglass. Later, Austin established her own interior design business, Design Austin. The San Diego-based Arline Fisch who creates wearable art. She is best known for her silver work, which is in the collections of major museums around the world. Judith Hendler who began making jewelry in the

GRAPEVINE~ Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, Michael Frimkess, John Mason, Ron Nagle, Peter Shire, curated by Ricky Swallow Published by Rainoff & David Kordansky Gallery Text by Ricky Swallow, Designed by Sinisa Mackovic & Robert Milne Order yours  here . The Peter Shire autograph is epic. You need this book! More about the exhibition  here  and  here .

High Desert House (1993) by Kendrick Bangs Kellogg The house was commissioned by artist Bev Doolittle and her husband Jay. Source: Organic Modern Estate Source:  Organic Modern Estate Most of the press about the house mention how it looks like a villain's lair.  Source:  Organic Modern Estate   Season of the Eagle LRS Art Medley by   Bev Doolittle I'm not sure if Doolittle  is secretly an evil villain. If so, it doesn't come through in her art. Her notoriety as the  "c amouflage artist" does seem to come into play in the design of her lair. Nonetheless, for $3 million this place could be yours. More information can be found here .  Source: Rompedas More about Doolittle can be found here and more about Kellogg can be found here .

Stack of Interiors + Industrial Design. This Irving Harper cover is the best of the lot. Tackett and Dansk Miscellaneous and a Ravenware tray by Richard Galef 

Kaufmann house by Richard Neutra, obviously It's hard for me to go to Palm Springs and not stop by. Palevsky House (1969) by Craig Ellwood, More here . Edris House (1954) by E. Stewart Willams Palm Springs Art Museum Barbara Hepworth Alexander Girard Gio Ponti Billy Haines and Rudolph Schindler Claire Falkenstein Judy Chicago and Frank Stella Ed Ruscha Richard Diebenkorn I made it to the last day of the Diebenkorn exhibition. It was incredible. This is blurry because the guard was running towards me. I swear there wasn't a sign.

From the collection of the  Brooklyn Museum

Objects USA  booth at the 2014 Palm Springs Modernism show. Craft geeks. Reform Gallery Gerard, once again, went all out and had an amazing display of California craft. Jack Rogers Hopkins Studio 111   Limboman likes to mix up classic hard-edge modern with some out there wackiness. The big round fur sofa was a hit with the ladies.    Fat Chance This is where the rich people shop. Jeff always has the good high end stuff... Parzinger, Dunbar... and this kick ass Claire Falkenstein. Lisa Cliff Collection Lisa always has awesome sculpture, including the jeweled variety. Z Modern The classics. The Nelson MAA is a sexy chair. It looks  particularly good from behind, doesn't it?  Archive A lot of big fancy names here.  This is the dark modern look, for the evil villain types. Max Neufeldt assemblage ... Sold Sputnik Franco Albini desk and an insane Malcolm Leland for Architectural Pottery lantern fixture. Chr