Esoteric Survey

Yayoi Kusama Naoshima Kanjiro Kawai House and Studio Kyoto Tadao Ando / George Rickey Benesse House, Naoshima Osaka Tokyo

Buckminster Fuller Ray Eames certificate from Japan Air Lines for crossing the international date line, 1962 Source: Library of Congress Ephemera once posted on bulletin boards in the Charles and Ray Eames design office in Venice, CA

This one didn't last long before the auction was ended early.   Description: We are offering this Mid Century Modern lamp. It is as modern looking as I have seen. The lamp seems to be made of aluminum or some other light material with wooden ball feet.. it measures 23" tall by 12" in diameter at the top. It would look wonderful in any mid century home. I do not have any other information on the lamp so please ask any questions. I have entered a shipping cost of $25.00 due to the size. I will refund any shipping cost overages. On May-08-12 at 09:06:18 PDT, seller added the following information: Hello again- The lamp has been in the families Mid Century Modern home since the Sixties. We do not know what it is other than that. The lamp is being sold as-is. Thanks for your interest. On May-08-12 at 13:14:19 PDT, seller added the following information: A fellow ebayer has said this lamp was designed by James Harvey Crate and is model T-3-C.  As I have sai...

Before Greta Grossman was California Design.... This grasshopper lamp by  Bergboms of Sweden  is included in Wright's upcoming  Scandinavian Design   sale.

New Doyle Lane weed pots from the weekend. I need more.

Devendra Banhart played at JF Chen Where was I? More info at  dublab

It was a super nice weekend in SF Farnsworth has some Max Gottschalk chairs Some big kid from the Mission left his shades at the Alameda flea