3.12.2012

into it....


Armchair
1964
Gunnar Aagaard Andersen
Cover of MoMA Desk Calendar 1970

I am
still cleaning out the "office" library.
I call it the "office" library
because ironically it is not an office
at all, but a bathroom.
What a perfect place to store your reading materials
right?


"The Office"
I have some of my very best
"meetings" in here....
Anyhoo,
I found this cool lucite box desk calendar from
the Museum of Modern Art
circa 1970.
Here are some of my favorites 
from that little gem....



Jewel Box
ca. 1900
Archibald Knox



Vase
Harvey Littleton
1963
Tea Cup and Saucer
ca. 1947
Fausto Melotti



Armchair
1917
Table lamp 
1924 (replica 1953)
Gerrit Rietveld



Rocker / Seating Unit / Sculpture Pedestal
1942
Frederick Kiesler



Bowl
1950
L. Caccia Dominioni
Paperweight
1960
Ward Bennett
Cocktail Shaker
1957
Lino Sabattini



Clock
1962
Forks
1964
Bruno Munari



Control Panel for IBM 305 RAMAC
1950
IBM Product Development Laboratory



Chaise
1965
Oliver Mourgue
Lounge Chair
1968
Pierre Paulin



Lamp
1966
Gruppo Architetti Urbanisti
Cocktail Table
1966
Neal Small



Water Kettle
1949
Electric Fan
1957
Dr. Peter Schlumbohm



Vacuum Cleaner
1956
Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
Vacuum Brush
1955
Giuseppe de Goetzen



Fruit Juicer-Pitcher
1965
Carl-Arne Breger
Mixing Bowl
1965
Britt-Louise Sunde;;
Covered Pail
1954
Gino Colombini



Settee
ca. 1889
Hector Guimard



Desk lamp
1962
Gerald Abramovitz
Table Lamp
1951
D. Waekerlin



Armchair
1957
Eero Saarinen



Side Chair
1968
Verner Panton
Side Chair
1934 (Replica 1965)
Gerrit Rietveld



Vases
ca. 1900
Louis Comfort Tiffany



Tumblers
1953; 1965, 1938
Paolo Venini (NOT, we now know it is Gio Ponti.)
Massimo Vignelli
Ugo Nason

1 comment:

  1. p- how dare you! the 2 auboeck books in comfortable reach distance from the privy..?
    now i know where you enhance your already formidable knowledge

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