Esoteric Survey

 Anne Goldman, Wayne Chapman, Ikebana and Tom McMillin I bought these together. Alexander Girard, Hans-Agne Jakobsson and Harold Elberg. Experimental airplane model and tik-tek clock. You would think that with being around so much Eames, I would have been able to pick a piece up over the weekend.

While in Michigan, I visited the MillerKnoll Archives .  Amy Auscherman, Director of Archives and Brand Heritage at MillerKnoll, has been hard at work since I was there a decade ago. In addition to adding the Knoll archive to her workload, there is now a full fledged design museum. The collection starts in the 1920s and includes contemporary pieces.  Charles and Eero are sort of back together now. I guess Florence Knoll was stockpiling sculptures by her Cranbrook buddy, Harry Bertoia. There were several stashed away in a warehouse in Pennsylvania. They came with the Knoll archive when Herman Miller acquired the company in 2021. This is so good and rare Gilbert Rohde The strap area with Rapson rocker, Risom high chair and the rest is Sorensen.  I believe this is the same chair Eliel Saarinen died in at his house in Cranbrook. The death womb! It was the second Womb Chair ever made.  Eero gave it to his mother,  Loja. This chair sold at Wright from the collection o...

  Eventually Everything Connects: Mid-Century Modern Design in the US Inspired by Charles Eames’s quote, “Eventually everything connects: people, ideas, objects,” the exhibition   included over 200 works by100 designers and artists.  It centers on the Cranbrook Academy's role in the evolution of modern design along with emphasizing the often-overlooked contributions of women, LGBTQ+ individuals, and designers of color. The exhibition at  Cranbrook Art Museum  an d accompanying book were curated by Andrew Blauvelt and Bridget Bartal. Near the beginning of the exhibition is the Wartime Experiments section, with pieces from the 1941  Organic Design in Home Furnishings  competition, which was sponsored b MoMA. On the left is a chair design  Eero Saarinen and Charles Eames submitted to the competition. This example has original upholstery and was donated to Cranbrook by the Saarinen family. Ralph Rapson rocker. He studied at Cranbrook and then worked a...