Esoteric Survey

Some months back I posted the William Rotsler sculpture seen on the table here.  The photo here is from the installation of the 1989 exhibition at MoCA Los Angeles,  Blueprints for Modern Living:  History and Legacy of the Case Study Houses .  Carole Krohn and her husband made the table that was used in the exhibition. It's one of two they produced. She also provided objects for the timeline of consumer appliances section in the exhibition. Carole assisted with many other exhibitions through the years, like What Modern Was and Machine Age Design .  Photo: David Wasco Blueprints for Modern Living:  History and Legacy of the Case Study Houses  was held in 1989 at the the Geffen Contemporary at MoCA Los Angeles.  Specifically, it was at the "Temporary Contemporary" space designed by Frank Gehry. The exhibition and accompanying book were and still are a big deal. It was the first museum show focused on the impact of the Arts & Architecture ...

Harry Lawenda chairs and table by Victor Papanek  Here is victor with his table. The design was included in a Sunset Magazine DIY book. Vista also copied the design.   Jan de Swart and Rick Yoshimoto Japan La Gardo Tackett Christmas mobiles, Val Robbins, Peter Shire and other things.  Scandi things

I don't condone eating turkey. However, if you have to, you should do it on a Hawk House Brazier. I thought today would be a good day to post a Hawk House bio. The one here is much shorter than the one on the bio section section of the website, which can be found here .  Hawk House was a small but influential design venture that helped define the California Modern lifestyle. Founded by Edwin “Stan” Stanton Hawk Jr. and his wife, Ethyle O. Hawk, the company grew from ideas first tested in their 1939 Harwell Hamilton Harris–designed home in Silver Lake. Through collaborations with landscape architect Roberto Coelho Cardozo, Hawk House produced a line of inventive indoor-outdoor furnishings that became fixtures in Case Study Houses, and were embraced by leading designers, retailers, and museums. Though modest in scale and short-lived, Hawk House left an enduring imprint on the visual and material language of postwar California design. Hawk House (1939) by Harwell Hamilton Harris In 19...

I was pretty much rained out last weekend. 

  McGregor Memorial Conference Center (1958) This was the first building Yamasaki designed on the Wayne State campus. College of Education Building (1960) by Minoru Yamasaki This was the second Yamasaki building on the campus. Helen L. DeRoy Auditorium (1964) I did a post on Wayne State the last time I was in Detroit.  I think the new photos are better.  One Woodward Ave was Yamasaki's first skyscraper. Reynolds Metal Regional Sales Office (1959) in Southfield Another repeat from 2018 . The interior is a bit rough. Temple Beth El (1973) in Bloomfield Hills The Minoru and Teruko (Hirashiki) Yamasaki House (1972) in Bloomfield Hills. Minuro lived here until he passed in 1986 and Teruko in 1997. He designed this lamp, which is still in the house. So is the screen his buddy Harry Bertoia made for him.