TOAD / Textiles Objects & Documents

If you aren't already aware of this project, you should be.  TOAD (textiles, objects & documents) was created by Alexander Wendl in collaboration with Vince Bravo. They describe it as a privately curated, digital archive that explores historical textiles, objects, and documents from the mid-century period.  Their goal is to make to make private collections public. In addition to their own incredible collections, they include pieces from fellow collectors. 

Their most recent post was on a personal favorite, Laverne International. 

The ephemera stacks are deep at TOAD, with a major emphasis on Herman Miller. I'm super jealous of those boxes.

 

Vince has one of the (if not the) best Alexander Girard collections around. 

The La Fonda del Sol post includes items from the collections of Alexander, Vince and Will-Wade Gray. I don't know what's more impressive, the fact that a single restaurant had that many matchbook designs or that Will has amassed so many. 

Collection of Will Wade-Gray

Photo: Sam Seidel

They even allow some Knoll every once in a while.

I suggest giving them a follow on Instagram and signing up for the newsletter.