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Tackett / Thursday

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Crazy legs Tackett

Taliesen / San Diego

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Model by Sim Bruce Richards Frank Lloyd Wright’s Legacy in San Diego: the Taliesin Architects  at the La Jolla Historical Society  frames the remarkably rich portfolio of work with architectural drawings and models; period and contemporary photographs; as well as objects and ephemera. Furniture by Sim Bruce Richards Sim Bruce Richards children's table and sofa. Tile prototypes by  Sim Bruce Richards and Rhoda Lopez   The table was designed with a "milk-retaining edge". Jane Chapman pillows Loch Crane rendering for Crane II in Point Loma The Onion House by Kendrick Bangs Kellogg and Bill Slatton  in Kona, Hawaii (1961–62) Vincent Bonini, Bonini House (La Cañada, CA), 1955 Vincent was fiends with Eugene Weston, who lent him furniture for this Julian Shulman photo shoot--hence the Weston table. He would later join the firm of Liebhardt & Weston in San Diego. More information can be found at Mode...

Weekend / Stuff

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Sori Yanagi and Tony Paul Slim pickings, but I'm not complaining.

Tackett / Thursday

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Frank Gehry / Museum of California Design

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The Museum of California Design will present Frank Gehry with the Museum’s Henry Award for his outstanding contributions to American design -- will include the installation, Frank Gehry: Forty Years of Product Design 1972-2012, the first-ever survey exhibition of Gehry-designed furniture, lighting, jewelry and objects. The event will be hosted at JF Chen. More information and tickets can be found at MOCAD . A related article can be found here .

Weekend / Stuff

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Eames 50's Plywood

Tackett / Thursday

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