Esoteric Survey

Before: Fulton Street After: Fulton Mall, 1965 Some people in Fresno would like to go back to the before picture.  More about that, here . Guarantee Fountain by Stan Bitters Waterless fountain today  Jan de Swart Clock Tower Claire Falkenstein fountain Claire Falkenstein fountain today- gone. More about that, here . Stan Bitters fountain in 1965 The Fulton Mall is still very much in danger.  There is a group of people in Fresno who  would rather have the city invest resources  into ripping the  pedestrian mall and art out, over investing in proper maintenance and restoration of this important landmark.    Keep up with the preservation efforts at  Save the Fulton Mall Related posts  here , here , here  and here All black and white photos are from Arts & Architecture

There's something sort of naughty about this listing for a womb chair on eBay ...so exposed and vulnerable Not a care in the world.. Come on now! Yeah, they did it anyway

THINK at the  Computer History Museum IBM 2401s Apparently, the Eames liked the look of the IBM 2401s too.  This is a card from the Eames Computer House of Cards  from the IBM Pavilion at the 1970 World’s Fair in Osaka, Japan IBM showroom, pre- and post-  Eliot Noyes IBM logos by Paul Rand Eames chair at IBM More Eames but not IBM this time Wall of computer nerd buttons I have my own nerd button -- a Paul Rand design for IBM. The image is from the IBM Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair. As mentioned in previous posts, Eliot Noyes was instrumental in getting Paul Rand and the Eames Office involved with IBM. More about IBM and the 1964 World's Fair can be found here .   Speaking of Noyes, this non-IBM computer utilized a Noyes-designed IBM Selectric in its design.  Squee, the robot squirrel, by Edmund Berkeley, 1951  Prototype mouse (replica), 1...

Oakland Museum of  California Ruth Asawa Robert Arneson Ruth Asawa and John Kapel Kay Sekimachi Lucien Labaudt (attributed to - yeah like 1st Dibs) KEM Weber Eames, Noguchi and Falkenstein Claire Falkenstein Peter Voulkos John McCracken Larry Bell Ed Ruscha What's this? The J B Blunk jungle gym Party's over.  The Planet , 1969