Esoteric Survey

Carl Auböck egg and Isamu Kenmochi Bauhaus dishes. It was a tough weekend on the picking front. Although the dishes do complete a set. 

  This was my first weekend out shopping in the new year.  Bauhaus dishes by Isamu Kenmochi They were sold at Pottery Barn and similar retailers in the late 1970s and 80's. Bloomingdale bags by Ettore Sottsass and Sergio Baradat In 1979, John Jay Senior Art Director of Men’s and Home Furnishings and then Creative Director of Bloomingdale’s advertising and design, launched an art bag series. Michael Graves and Neville Brody also designed bags for the series. More about it at The Daily Heller . More books

 Isamu Kenmochi Sori Yanagi Raul Coronel

  Isamu Kenmochi Kathuo Mathumura for Yamaguchi. At least that is what the label says. The designer is really  Katsuo Matsumura. Obviously a letter was switched in translation. I had a set of tables before with the same incorrect label.  Eames ESU, another second series. Van Keppel Green Stools: Isamu Kenmochi and iron and leather Sori Yanagi pitcher and George Nelson (Irving Harper) Boltabest tray   Japanese iron and La Gardo Tackett  A California trio of Tony Hill, Elizabeth Madley, and Bob Stocksdale Kurt Versen and Gerald Thurston Early Soleri bell It was a good weekend!!

Japanese Modern at T&Y Gallery The exhibition includes pieces by Junzo Sakakura, Isamu Kenmochi, Isamu Noguchi, Riki Watanabe and Sori Yanagi. There is also a mobile tatami platform by architect Kiyoshi Seike. This is a collaboration with Gallery Sign Tokyo. Junzo Sakakura Bench by Riki Watanabe Isamu Kenmochi Isamu Kenmochi Daybed by Makoto Masuzawa Mobile tatami platform by architect Kiyoshi Seike "My House" by Kiyoshi Seike, 1954  The architect designed his small 1 0m x 5m house   for himself and his family in his parent’s back garden.   The tatami mat was used indoor and out for multiple functions. The house today.  Source: Gallery Sign Tokyo Seike is considered one of Japan's most important post-war architects. This is the dream. I used to have the same model Lambretta, LD Mark II. Source:  Gallery Sign Tokyo There was a model of the house on display. Sori Yanagi tray The exhibition closes December 23. T & Y Gallery is just a few months old and is l...

Pacifica Designed Interiors at the De Young Museum. Image: Arts & Architecture Pacifica wasn't a company. It was an aesthetic based on the synthesis of Pacific island and California design concepts in architecture and furnishings. It emerged in 1949, championed by Harry Jackson, the owner of Jackson's Furniture in Oakland, California. The movement was characterized by a love for natural materials combined with a bold and direct simplicity that adapted the restraint of Japanese design to furnish American homes. This design was shown at the Pacifica exhibition at the De Young Museum in San Francisco. In 1952, PACIFICA: Furniture, Textiles, and Ceramics, an exhibition at the De Young Museum in San Francisco gained widespread attention. It was organized by Jackson and was featured in design and architecture magazines including Arts & Architecture and Interiors–each highlighting the fusion of Californian, Japanese, and Pacific island influences. The trend then went national ...