Esoteric Survey

Palacio de los Deportes (1968)  by Félix Candela, Antonio Peyrí Maciá, and Enrique Castañeda Tamborell It's visible from the air when flying into Mexico City. I stopped by on my ride back to the airport. The construction of the Palacio de los Deportes began in 1966 and was completed in 1968. Just in time for the 1968 Olympics. I wish they kept the Lance Wyman sign up.  The geodesic roof is covered in copper.  Nuccio Bertone designed Lancia Stratos HF Zero (1970) The future is always better in the past.

Butaca Chair (1940)  by William  Spratling.  Chest by Elizabeth Jane Colter for the Fred Harvey Corporation. The chest was was used in the La Posada Hotel in Winslow, Arizona. They are being exhibited in  Found in Translation: Design in California and Mexico, 1915–1985   at LACMA is part of PST: LALA .  The exhibition examines  design dialogues between California and Mexico. This includes Americans working in Mexico, Mexicans working in California and the cultural influences and exchanges between the two.    Frank Kyle chair from his Willow series (1953). Kyle was American, but worked in Mexico City. The Peineta chair (1952) by Canadian-born designer, Edmund Spence. He worked mostly in the United States, but for a time his furniture was produced by  Industria Mueblera S.A. of Mexico. Michael van Beuren , Don Shoemaker and Clara Porset all moved to Mexico from their respective countries. Van  Beuren and Shoemaker cam...