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Amazing recreation of the 1951 LA Times Home Magazine cover at LACMA Wrong screws!
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Occupy / San Diego
Malcom Leland Bow Wave sculpture fountain from 1972 on the left Photo: KPBS Photo: KPBS That's The New Children's Museum by Rob Quigley on the left Yes, the official name is really "The New" Children's Museum My bad cell phone photo. More info: http://occupywallst.org/ and http://occupysd.org/
SAN DIEGO’S CRAFT REVOLUTION / Behind the Scenes
See the full article : VOSD More on the exhibition: Mingei
Golden State of Craft: California 1960-1965 / Craft and Folk Art Museum
The exhibition catalog is a good one. Exhibition curated by Jo Lauria The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM) began as The Egg and The Eye; a legendary shop and cafe started by Edith Wyle. A photo from the catalog of a 1960s show at the Egg and the Eye. Check out the Stan Bitters and Soleri bells. Mini Sam Maloof set Model for Radakovich playground. A pair of insane Radakovich doors, 1960 I know that guy. On top is a section of Malcolm Leland bronze fascia. That's a large lidded David Cressey vessel in the case. San Diego Fine Arts Gallery with Malcolm Leland bronze fascia along the roof line. Gerard O'Brien from Reform is giving a talk at CAFAM on October 13th from 6 to 8pm More details: PST Events
McGolflin
California Hard Edge Painter John McLaughlin Image Source: Life Magazine via the Reform stacks
Rocker- RXR / RAR
One of the more intriguing chairs in the JF Chen Eames Collection is this Zenith rope edge "RXR" chair. Image Source: Eames Designs The rocker base seems to be somewhat of a mystery. The idea is that it's some sort of pre-production rocker base prototype. The facts: Produced by Zenith, so that dates it at, or after, 1950 Labeled DAX, with wood (looks like stained ash) runners attached. I saw it up close and the screws have screwdriver marks. The runners, base and shell seem to be in mint condition In 1948 MoMA held an "International Competition for Low-Cost Furniture Design" Eames Office teamed up with the UCLA School of Engineering and produced these designs. The Eames designs tied for second place in the competition. Don Knorr won first place in seating for his enamel chair for Knoll. Image Source: The Story of Eames Furniture A close-up view from the 1948...