Esoteric Survey

I don't condone eating turkey. However, if you have to, you should do it on a Hawk House Brazier. I thought today would be a good day to post a Hawk House bio. The one here is much shorter than the one on the bio section section of the website, which can be found here .  Hawk House was a small but influential design venture that helped define the California Modern lifestyle. Founded by Edwin “Stan” Stanton Hawk Jr. and his wife, Ethyle O. Hawk, the company grew from ideas first tested in their 1939 Harwell Hamilton Harris–designed home in Silver Lake. Through collaborations with landscape architect Roberto Coelho Cardozo, Hawk House produced a line of inventive indoor-outdoor furnishings that became fixtures in Case Study Houses, and were embraced by leading designers, retailers, and museums. Though modest in scale and short-lived, Hawk House left an enduring imprint on the visual and material language of postwar California design. Hawk House (1939) by Harwell Hamilton Harris In 19...

Lamps by Edmond Spence and Mario Botta Yes, another Stan Hawk : ) Pre-production Eames DCW by Evans The exposed metal washers dates it to 1945-46 Patina New books.  Objects:USA is 50 this year! Klaus Grabe full scale patterns from 1949 I did a post on this in 2012, here . I finally got my own set!  Steve Salisian weed pot

The Edwin (Stan) Hawk House by Harwell Hamilton Harris (1939) is for sale . Back in 2011 I posted about Stan Hawk's house being the actual Hawk House, of California iron fame. It was nice to actually see inside. Unfortunately none of the iron was left. So I brought my own.   There is a bedroom under the deck seen in the photo above. Those windows are sliders, which open up for a nice breeze. However, it would be quite a drop if you stumbled out of bed in the wrong direction. The Japanese influence is seen throughout the house. It is Silver Lake but I thought t he boho furniture for the staging was a little much. Originally, it was a little more subdued.  What's with that tree brach? The built-in shelving and  soffit  lighting are so good. Stan probably tinkered around with Hawk House designs in this garage.  The view from the driveway is the Howe house by Schindler....

Stan Hawk / Hawk House Allan Gould Smalls Hippie fiber

Finally, a beer ad that speaks to me. Hawk House and Van Keppel-Green.

I've been obsessing about getting a Hawk House ashtray for years. Life is complete. I should probably start smoking now.  Now I need that lounge chair, but what is it? More about Hawk House and Stan Hawk (the man behind the company) can be found here .