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Voulkos / ACC

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Aileen Osborn Webb and Paul J. Smith with a Peter Voulkos sculpture at the International Ceramics Exhibition in Ostend, Belgium, 1959.
It's hard to tell if they like it. 
Source: America Craft Council

Heath / Archives

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Heath Ceramics donated the companies archives to the Environmental Design Archives (EDA) at UC Berkeley. The EDA is uncovering the history of Heath Ceramics and the lives of Brian and Edith Heath. Read more at the Heath Blog
“Useful Objects for the Home” at the Akron Art Institute, 1947
Source: Brian and Edith Heath Collection from the Environmental Design Archives, via the Heath Blog

Art Disposal Service

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Dean Santner / ACC

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Dean Santner in his booth at the American Crafts Council Pacific States Crafts Fair in 1976  Source: American Crafts Council
Every house should have a Santner wood cutting board. Source: LAMA

Farnsworth had the same wine rack. 

Palm Springs

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Hanging Eames At Hedge
1960s Russian Jet Fighter Suit Studio 111
Rudolph Schindler mailbox, Maryon Tool House, 1947 Architecture viewing is best done in the day.
104 °F

Knock / Knock

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Paul Soldner Source: Craftsmen Builder  
Wood door by Eric Hoglund
Kitty door
Svetozar Radakovich door, 1966  (Greg Strangman collection) Source: San Diego's Craft Revolution: From Post War to California Design 

Svetozar Radakovich, in collaboration with Carl Ekstrom Fiberglass Doors California Design 10
John Kapel door Source: Handcrafted Modern, Leslie Williamson 
C. Fletcher Coddington
Studio Door by Malcolm Leland Source: Studio 111

Kay Whitcomb Enamel Doors Source: Reform Gallery
James Hubbell hardware

Coffee

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Vacuum coffee maker at La Fonda Del Sol  Source: ALEXANDER GIRARDby Todd Oldham & Kiera Coffee
Chemex at the Eames House
Alexander Girard with his press Source: ALEXANDER GIRARDby Todd Oldham & Kiera Coffee
Chemex at a Gordon Drake house
La Gardo Tackett and Kenji Fuji
Dr. Peter Schlumbohm and his Chemex coffee makers (1949) Source: Life via Kaufman Mercantile