Esoteric Survey

  Abel Sorensen, Glenn of California and Barney Reid Wilmer James and Tony Hill. I found the James on Saturday and the Hill in a different city on Sunday.  As you might recall from  this post , James and Hill were business partners.  More on this in a future post. Henry Dreyfuss

 Milo Baughman for Glenn of California shelf and a nice wool rug. This technique, usually with lampshades, is widely attributed to Maria Kipp.  I'd like to explore this further. The trash can does have a "Handwoven in California" sticker on the inside. 

C. Carl Jennings, Luther Conover, Kipp Stewart, Steve Salisian, and Gross Wood! The California pickings were good this weekend! A sweet little Japanese lantern, Sori Yanagi soy sauce pitcher and bowl by Tatsuzō Shimaoka. Nelson bubbles

Eames, Greta Grossman and Dansk One of the best chair designs. Pure architecture.  Smalls

Kipp Stewart and Stewart MacDougall for Glenn of California,  Apple by Ingeborg Lundin for Orrefors, Arthur Umanoff stool and an Earthgender planter La Gardo Tackett Smalls

Ettore Stottsass, Bruno Gambone, Paolo Soleri and Mario Bellini Kipp Stewart and Stewart MacDougall for Glenn of California Richard Galef for Ravenware and Tom Tramel

Inco stools, Ward Youry Ceramics, Glenn of California for Stewart MacDougall coffee table and another Hans Olsen fireplace. 

Henry P. Glass cabinet for Fleetwood and a stool by Kipp Stewart and Stewart McDougall for Glenn of California.  Though few were built, the Fleetwood Corporation and Glass became a regular pair with Glass designing patented case goods for them in 1955 that displayed the frame on the outside as an aesthetic feature while freeing space inside. Built throughout the late 1950s for schools and offices, this “Tube” chassis was an alternative to the more expensive Charles and Ray Eames Storage Units from Herman Miller to become one of Fleetwood’s most ubiquitous cabinets. And they remained a constant client with Glass designing children’s school desks for the company through the 1960s. (ArchiTech Gallery) Source: Art Institute of Chicago I wonder if the bed ever went into production?  Source: Art Institute of Chicago

String Chair by Robert J Ellenberger for CALFAB Milo Baughman for Glenn of California Have I ever mentioned that I like iron? Italian ceramic

Gertrud + Otto Natzler Hawk House / Stan Hawk Milo Baughman / Glenn of California

Cressey and Glenn Glen Lukens Inco and San Diego Manufacturing Company  Smalls

  Shepard's at the  Clairemont Square and Quad Clairemont Square and Quad was the major shopping center in the San Diego community of Clairemont. It's actually still around and is a typical big-box corporate mess ( Clairemont Town Square ). The center opened in 1954 and had 44 stores, including a Walker Scott department store (1967/1973). Clairemont was the first large post-war suburb in San Diego. The two developers, Lou Burgener and Carlos Tavares called the development Clairemont after Tavares' wife, Claire. It was coined "A Village Within a City", but it was really just the start of large-scale suburban sprawl in San Diego.  The Journal of San Diego History :   Its design represented a new concept in community living because the developers were unwilling to impose the traditional grid system of uniform blocks and streets, but, rather, hired engineers to create a plan of gently winding streets and scenic view lots to take advantage of the deep...

Milo Baughman for Glenn of California,  Sol-Air table by Pispsan Saarinen Swanson   Tackett! Smalls