Esoteric Survey

Ackerman and Iron.  Did Charlotte Perriand ever spend a summer in California making stools? Yeah, right,
I'm very excited about this floor vase.  As seen below, it was used in a number Pacifica photo shoots.


Coffee, really?

Park Imperial South by Barry Berkus, 1960 - Palm Springs The project includes 31 units.



A video of Berkus discussing the Park Imperial South can be found here.

City of Orange Civic Center, Welton Becket and Associates, 1963







Don't mess with the City of Orange
 City of Orange - Official Tree
Valencia Orange
Planted March 7, 1969

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Palevsky House by Craig Ellwood, 1969 - Palm Springs, CA
Max Palevsky commissioned this weekend house after Ellwood designed a building for Max's company Scientific Data Systems (SDS)  in El Segundo. Max's wife wanted privacy so Craig suggested a Moroccan walled house. Max, Craig and their wives took a trip to  Morocco, and the rest is history.  The house was completed in 1969.
 There's a funny twist to the story. Max ended up selling his company SDS to Xerox in 1970. He then started a new company and  gave Craig $10K in stock as payment for professional fees. That company was Intel.  Craig would later say the proceeds from the  stock gave him the luxury to retire. His wife Gloria said Craig made that up and she claimed they cashed in the stock in  1975 and basically ended up with $100K each after they divorced- not nearly enough to retire on. Still not bad for a $10k trade.
Source: California Modern: The Architecture of Craig Ellwood
Photo: California Modern: The Architecture of C…

“A Rough Sketch of a Sample Lesson for a Hypothetical Course”
The Sample Lesson - In 1952, George Nelson, Charles Eames, and Alexander Girard delivered a  lecture at UCLA based on the theme of “art as a kind of communication.”  
Read the full story on the Herman Miller blog- WHY.  Make sure to listen to the Eames, Nelson and Girard interviews. 
Photo: Eames Office via WHY
Photo: Eames Office via WHY

If you've driven down the 405 in Irvine you've probably noticed this building off Jamboree Rd. 
Well, it was news to me to find out that those turret looking elements are by Forms and Surfaces

This is the same company who made these doors, designed by Billy Joe McCarroll and David Gillespie.  Photo: Studio 111
Forms and Surfaces also took over Panelcarve in the 1970s. Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman designed wood panels for Panelcarve, both before and after the company's relationship with Forms and Surfaces. 
Palm Springs building with the Panelcarve installation above.
Forms and Surfaces / Panelcarve
Ackerman design for Forms and Surfaces / Panelcarve