Esoteric Survey

1950s chair by The Inco Company John Risley This exit sign looks very similar to the one at the Sea Ranch Lodge. Supergraphics at Sea Ranch were designed by Barabara Stauffacher Solomon. Image: Hall of Femmes

There is a New England style barn on Santa Monica Blvd in Los Angeles.  It was originally designed in 1950 as a photographer’s studio.  In 1965, A.Quincy Jones (seen here) purchased the building and remodeled it after his home burned down. He referred to it as  “the Barn.” It was his home and workplace until his death in 1979.  His wife Elaine continued  to live in there until 2009. Source:  Julius Shulman,  Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles   1966 interior with Eames and other Herman Miller as far as the eye can see. Source:  Julius Shulman,  Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles 1966 and more Eames Source:  Julius Shulman,  Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles Source:  Julius Shulman,  Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles Here was in the scene in 2002, with some David Cressey/Rober Martin planters for Architectural Pottery. The pots went up for auction at LAMA in 2010 , after Elaine moved out of the house.  Photo: La Time

Wood and Japanese Lightolier Serge Chermayeff for  L. Anton Maix Fabrics Vivika + Otto Heino and La Gardo Tackett Gerald McCabe

Arthur Umanoff side tables, La Gardo Tackett, and a bench from Japan Stilux Saturn Lamp from Italy Jerry Glaser Bowls Hans Wegner Papa Bear Ottoman Smalls

LAMA  Preview for the May 21 Art and Design auction Here we have a Van Keppel Green table and a KEM Weber Airline chair for Disney Claire Falkenstein ceramic sculpture from 1939 Ken Price cup Ken Price cup on paper Greta Grossman Monster Beato mural above a monster Nakashima cabinet Nice tie in with the Natzler pieces below their former student's work.  George Nelson Catenary Group. A set like this doesn't show up very often.  Emerson  Woelffer and Jerome Kirk Richard Allen Morris Alvin Lustig chair for Paramount Furniture. They were made to order and about 50 were produced. This should be  interesting.

Bulmore and Kurt Versen on Japanese tables The build quality of Bulmore lamps is incredible. This thing is so heavy! Dudley Bulmore and his son Robert ran the San Francisco company. Jun Kaneko cup Japanese metal Soleri special assembly bell

Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia at   The Berkeley Art Museum .  The exhibition explores the counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s and its impact on art, architecture, and design. J.B. Blunk and Lenore Tawney The sign should have read Reform. The Landing/Reform has long been championing Blunk for over a decade and featured Tawney in an exhibition last year. Gorilla Graphics and Kamikaze Design, 1970 The 50s modernists failed at creating a utopia with the  Le Corbusier approach , so the hippies went small. Ettore Sottsass architectural concepts from the early 70s The Post-Modernist attempt at utopia took the hamster tube approach. So much cuter than the rat race. It reminds me of L. Frances Smith Elementary School (1969) by John M. Johnson.