Esoteric Survey

1952 Gruen Lighting Ad
Gruen Lighting was founded in 1946 by Bill and Elaine Gruen.  Bill's cousin was architect and shopping mall developer Victor Gruen.  Here's a little about Bill Gruen from an article in a SCI Arc newsletter: Gruen spent his career working closely with architects and designers. After studying electrical engineering at New York University, he got his start at General Lighting Company in New York, where he worked with designers including Louis Danziger and Ladislav Sutnar. He was charged with overseeing the design of new architectural lighting fixtures. His cousin Victor Gruen—widely recognized as the inventor of the modern shopping mall—inspired him to move west in 1941, with the plan to expand his practice and  engage with the growing modern design community of Southern California. In 1946, he and his wife Elaine founded Gruen Lighting in Encino, which became a trusted resource for modern lighting. By offering customized commercial and residential fixtures an…

Nice Claire Falkenstein you got there Trina Turk. The Paul Evans sculpture isn't bad either.
Pepe Mendoza too? Images: Bonnie Tsang for Matchbook Magazine

There's a great post about Oscar Fischinger on LACMA's blog. Check it out: Oskar Fischinger and California Abstract Animation
Studie nr 8 (excerpt) by Oskar Fischinger from CVM on Vimeo.

Arthur Umanoff Swing Chair, distributed by Elton Image:  wit + delight
Image: Reform
Source:  arthurumanoff.com

There was a special fifth Sunday Long Beach flea at Vets Stadium yesterday.
Picked up some clay
and a Japanese weaving.

Source: Edwin Himself
The Gainey company started in 1949 after John Gainey purchased the pottery he was employed at. They were making  Sparkletts water bottles and dog bowls at the time. Gainey is still made in California. Learn more here.  
They produced Architectural Pottery's first designs before they had a facility of their own.  
Source: Edwin Himself

Fuck Your Eames Leg Splint
Fuck Your Noguchi Coffee Table is a pretty funny blog. It's where all these images came from.
Fuck Your Eames Rocker Doubly so for this obvious knock off.
Fuck Your Eames Lounge Chair Triply so for this bad knock off in white
Fuck Your Fake Taxidermy  and Your Fake Eames Rocker
Fuck Your Eames Hang it All  Times Two
Fuck Your Map  and Your Eames Chairs Actually, those look like nice vintage shells.  They even stuck with H bases and didn't buy repro dowel bases. They do have those lame glove molds. 
FRAME CLUSTER FRIDAY- Fuck Your Frame Cluster  and Your Eames Chair
FRAME CLUSTER FRIDAY is my favorite. TERRARIUM TUESDAYis pretty cool too.
FYNC advertise a poster with their namesake. I can't decide if it's a joke or a lame attempt to make a buck. I hope it's a joke.