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Time / Life
The 48 story Time & Life Building is at 1271 Avenue of the Americas (6th Avenue) in Rockefeller Center, NYC. It opened in 1959 and was designed by the Rockefeller family's architect, Wallace Harrison. The exterior is really not much to look at, but the interior was incredible. Source:vintagemanhattanskyline
There is also a Josef Albers installation in the lobby: Portals (1961) carrara glass, nickel bronze and bronze Portals was installed in 1961 and is 42 feet wide by 14 feet high Source: Albers Foundation
Also in the lobby, is Relational Painting #88 (1959) by Fritz Glarner Source: Lost at E Minor
Relational Painting #88 detail Source: Blake Gopink
Charles and Ray Eames designed this reception area. Source: Time
Another view Image: Eames Design, Neuhart
Coincidentally, when I was putting this post together, Herman Miller posted a blueprint of the desk above for #blueprintwednesday on InstagramSource: Herman Miller
The Time-Life Lobby furnishings by Charles and Ray Eames Source: Eames Office…
There is also a Josef Albers installation in the lobby: Portals (1961) carrara glass, nickel bronze and bronze Portals was installed in 1961 and is 42 feet wide by 14 feet high Source: Albers Foundation
Also in the lobby, is Relational Painting #88 (1959) by Fritz Glarner Source: Lost at E Minor
Relational Painting #88 detail Source: Blake Gopink
Charles and Ray Eames designed this reception area. Source: Time
Another view Image: Eames Design, Neuhart
Coincidentally, when I was putting this post together, Herman Miller posted a blueprint of the desk above for #blueprintwednesday on InstagramSource: Herman Miller
The Time-Life Lobby furnishings by Charles and Ray Eames Source: Eames Office…
Weekend / Stuff
Luther Conover dowel leg table and a Barba Corsini iron table designed in 1955 for a space within Gaudi's Pedrera building.
Paul Volckening
Warren Mackenzie, Dansk, wood
Paul Volckening
Warren Mackenzie, Dansk, wood
Weed Pot / Wednesday
#WeedPotWednesday broke 200 today Antonio Prieto via farnsworthmodern
Here are some really good ones...
Super sick Doyle Lane via rewirela
Early (1946) Harrison McIntosh via andrewmromano
Rose & Erni Cabat via cebthree Nice pairing with Maxwell Yellen
Another nice grouping via gonkedglookedslurped
A rock form via themodernera
I'm a sucker for rock pots. This one, viarosecitymodern
I was showing off with all my Wayne Chapman pots.
Heath studio joined in too. Great one Tung!
Here are some really good ones...
Super sick Doyle Lane via rewirela
Early (1946) Harrison McIntosh via andrewmromano
Rose & Erni Cabat via cebthree Nice pairing with Maxwell Yellen
Another nice grouping via gonkedglookedslurped
A rock form via themodernera
I'm a sucker for rock pots. This one, viarosecitymodern
I was showing off with all my Wayne Chapman pots.
Heath studio joined in too. Great one Tung!
Riki Watanabe / Modern Living
Riki Watanabe (1911 – 2013)
After graduating from Tokyo Higher School of Art and Design in wood crafts, Watanabe worked with Bruno Taut, a German architect who had fled to Japan to escape the Nazis. Although he was well versed in the modernist ideals of the Bauhaus, Watanabe wanted to translate them into the Japanese culture. In 1949 he started his own design studio. Watanabe was involved in the formation of many of Japan's important design organizations, including the Japan Industrial Designers Association (1952) and the International Design Committee (1953). Masaru Katsumie, Isamu Kenmochi, Yusaku Kamekura, and Sori Yanagi were fellow founding members of the International Design Committee, which became the Good Design Committee (1959) and later the Japan Design Committee (1963).
Rope chair, 1952 - "A low-cost item of furniture that struck a balance between Japanese traditions (low-level seating and natural materials) and a contemporary aesthetic."Source: Riki Watanabe: …
After graduating from Tokyo Higher School of Art and Design in wood crafts, Watanabe worked with Bruno Taut, a German architect who had fled to Japan to escape the Nazis. Although he was well versed in the modernist ideals of the Bauhaus, Watanabe wanted to translate them into the Japanese culture. In 1949 he started his own design studio. Watanabe was involved in the formation of many of Japan's important design organizations, including the Japan Industrial Designers Association (1952) and the International Design Committee (1953). Masaru Katsumie, Isamu Kenmochi, Yusaku Kamekura, and Sori Yanagi were fellow founding members of the International Design Committee, which became the Good Design Committee (1959) and later the Japan Design Committee (1963).
Rope chair, 1952 - "A low-cost item of furniture that struck a balance between Japanese traditions (low-level seating and natural materials) and a contemporary aesthetic."Source: Riki Watanabe: …
