Esoteric Survey

INCO was an independent furniture company located in Los Angeles from 1924 to 1977.
Francis Inco (left) was the owner of the company. At the time, the factory was located in downtown Los Angeles. In 1934 Francis was killed in a car accident. His son, Joseph Inco (right), was also in the car, but survived. Joseph, who was serving as the general manager of INCO, then became president.
Along with running the company, Joseph designed furniture for INCO. They were primarily a bed manufacturer, then in the 1950s several lines of iron furniture were added.
INCO lounge


Inco stacking stools/tables are very similar to a design by Florence Knoll.
In addition to the frame extending further beyond the wood on the INCO stools, the most obvious difference is seen under the hood. The INCO version has rectangular metal tabs for the mounting screws. On the Knoll frame, the screws go directly through the rods (without tabs). 
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Milo Baughman designed INCO's …

Another bowl by Stan Hawk and a Norwegian polar bear by Arne Tjomsland
It's always nice to pick up more California Design catalogs.
Especially ones that used to belong to great local architects like Sim Bruce Richards
Another Henry Takemoto!

Frank Bros.: The Store that Modernized Modern, at theUniversity Art Museum at CSULB  Curated by Cara Mullio and Jennifer M. Volland. The exhibition sources the Frank Brothers archives at the Getty Research Institute and the Frank family collection.Photo: Julius Shulman, Frank Bros.: The Store that Modernized Modern
Unlike the Eames, the Frank Bros. were actually brothers. Maurice and Edward Frank joined forces to continue on with the family's furniture business. They opened Frank Bros in Long Beach in 1938. It was first located in downtown, and then relocated to Long Beach Boulevard, where it remained until 1982. It was one of the great retail entities bringing modern to the masses in post-war America.
 A wall of the store's Arts & Architecture magazine ads.


I didn't see this one in the exhibition, but with Maurice Martine, Eero Saarinen and Jens Risom, it's one of my favorites.
Source: Arts & Architecture

Frank Bros aligned themselves with the best architectural pro…