Esoteric Survey

PLANEfurniture co by Michael Boyd
The PLANEfurniture co. installation is currently at Edward Cella Art + Architecture. It ends June 16th so there's still a little time to catch it. 
With PLANEfurniture, Boyd takes a historical approach to create an unadorned and functional line of furniture based on a synthesis of elements from great modern design.  Cues from Neutra, Schindler, Prouvé and Rietveld are evident, and I think that's the point.  
PLANKseries Made from reclaimed wood from an actual Neutra building.

 BLOCKseries Made from reclaimed wood from a Schindler building. I can see it.  
RODseries
Like many design books from the past, the PLANEfurniture co. catalog is bound in a linen cover.
Overlay sketch from the WEDGEseries 
WEDGEseries

The Falkenstein Foundation just published a great book.  It's called Claire Falkenstein I bought mine at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts
Pignatelli Gates, 1957
Rome, 1958
San Francisco Museum of Art, 1948 This one is at the Rutberg exhibition.

Jeffrey Head, who has written a bunch of great articles on subjects like Luther Conover and Heifetz lamps, continues his list of great projects with a book on Airforms by architect Wallace Neff. No Nails, No Lumber: The Bubble Houses of Wallace Neff 
Though, the construction cost were low and the uses were limitless, only 2,500 bubbles were built. How could people possibly like stucco tract housing better than living in bubbles??
Resort Housing in Turkey, 1950
1947 LA Times Home Magazine cover of the interior of Andrew Neff's (Wallace's brother) Airform in Pasadena. 
Recognize that table? This is the Andrew Neff Airform today. I've been in this one.  A certain artist I know who has a pretty cool blog owns it. I have the feeling Roden might have come up with some of the ephemera in the book. He's that kind of guy. He's also the kind of guy that should be living in a house like this. He's taking really good care of it and has it filled with a great collection.
There really …

Eames + Valastro by Daniel Ostroff  Most collectors, including me, get caught up in the minutia of screws, labels and unusual base configurations.  Eames + Valastro looks at Eames furniture in the context of what it was designed for-- to be lived with. 

Sal and Gladys Valastro were married on Valentine's day, 1954 (58 years ago today). Shortly after, they used money they received as wedding gifts to purchase a houseful of Eames furniture. Photo: danielostroff.com
Sal and Gladys lived and lovingly used their nine Eames pieces for over 50 years. The ESU 400 was $100 in 1954. That's about $800 in 2012 dollars.  One sold at Wright last year for $9K.  Photo: Eames + Valastro
The red CTM was a popular ride at the Valastro house.   The rocker was also turned upside down and used as a turtle shell for the kid underneath.   Photo: Eames + Valastro
The green felt is on this RAR is awesome. It attests to the notion of the owner being involved in the continuation of the design process.   The Valastro +…