Esoteric Survey

  Isamu Noguchi Rudder table Paul Bellardo and Alvar Aalto Harry Gitlin for Stamford, NY Smalls... Peter Shire, Arabia, Rose Dodds and Doug Ayers Very smalls Ephemera Photos. More on these later. William Stout Architectural Books is now owned by the Eames Institute. More on that here .

  I finally got my hands on a Magnet Master. Well, two of them. The 900 and 400 models. Arthur and Reno Carrara designed the Magnet Master in 1947. It was distributed by The Walker Art Center and promoted through their Everyday Art Quarterly.  Arthur was an architect-designer based in Chicago. Reno was his brother.  Arthur is in the middle. Source: Everyday Art Quarterly, Summer 1948 Seen in action in Everyday Arts Quarterly Also seen back in the day on Reference Library. More books JHQ, Jean Balmer and Enzo Mari It's always great to get more Balmer in my life. Tape measure with the Alexander Girard designed No-Sag logo. 

While in New York I took a trip to visit Dragon Rock, the home and studio of Russel Wright. The house is situated on a 75-acre former quarry and logging property in the Hudson Valley town of Garrison, NY.  Russel and Mary Wright purchased the property in the 1940s. At the time, the Wright-designed American Modern line was the best selling dinnerware in history. The couple spent years working on the design of the house and landscape. They named the property Manitoga "place of great spirit." Sadly, Mary passed away from cancer before the house was built. Photo: MANITOGA / The Russel Wright Design Center Rocks left on the site from the quarry operation were incorporated into both the site and house design. Photo:  MANITOGA  / The Russel Wright Design Center In  Russel & Mary Wright: Dragon Rock at Manitoga  by Jennifer Golub there is a transcript of a 1961 lecture by Russel where he goes into great detail about the planning of the house and land. He ...