Esoteric Survey

 Past as Prologue: The Last Decade of Furniture Design by Ray and Charles Eames (1968–1978) explores the final years of Eames furniture.  A couple weeks ago when I was in San Francisco for the Heath market, I was able to check out the latest exhibition by the   Eames Institute . It's being held at the Transamerica Pyramid Annex Gallery. In the late 1960s, with the post war housing boom fading, Herman Miller made the decision to turn their focus to office furniture.  “Only innovate as a last resort,” was an Eames mantra. Robert Propst's Action Office 2 line of modular panels brought Herman Miller into the corporate cubicle world. This brought along a number of developments to meet the needs of the office workers who would be spending long hours at their desks. Source: Eames Institute The  Eames Intermediate Chair was released in 1968. It was built off the Aluminum Group and Time Life chairs previously developed. The EC127 was introduced in 1972 and evolved f...

Rope edge Zenith Eames chair with the grease pencil and the this LAX base. It checked all the geek boxes.  The middle weed pot is James Wayne. The other two pieces are Japanese.

I've had some Eames luck lately. Super early with the exposed metal shock mounts. The earliest Evans label George Nelson string clock. I'm kinda into this as-is look.  Marg Loring on the left. The wood piece on the right is a salt and pepper shaker. Jens and PoMo

  Mostly Eames this weekend. This is my first screen. It comes with a lot of patina. It's the way they look best. The LCW is one of the best looking chair designs in history. Rosewood DCM from about 1970 Ship's Lantern by Erik Magnussen

Eames cats cradle. Does it get anymore architectural than this? Laura Andreson bowl, Paul Evans menorah, Piet Hein puzzle and a crafty ecclesiastical take on an Enzo Mari animali puzzle.  A grasshopper for good luck. We need it.

  A Tony Hill ceramic bowl (front) with a very Lukens influenced look. I put it on my coffee table already. Right next to Glen Lukens and Doyle Lane. Another Good Design catalog. I think I have all the years covered now. Also a period photo of Erwine & Estelle Laverne. And an Eames album cover,

My pile from Downtown Modernism. A very good Soleri bell Tackett Koyo Sangyo, 1980 Tom McMillin and Dean Santner Knoll Laverne Originals Books and bookends Eames from the weekend before.