Friday, February 27, 2009

Arts & Architecture, Complete Box Set




Arts & Architecture: The seminal architecture journal resurrected in facsimile.

From the end of World War II until the mid-1960s, exciting things were happening in American architecture: emerging talents were focusing on innovative projects that integrated low-cost materials and modern design. This trend was most notably embodied in the famous Case Study House Program, which was championed by the era’s leading American journal, Arts & Architecture. Focusing not only on architecture but also design, art, music, politics, and social issues, A&A was an ambitious and groundbreaking publication, largely thanks to the inspiration of John Entenza, who ran the magazine for over two decades until David Travers became publisher in 1962. The era’s greatest architects were featured in A&A, including Neutra, Schindler, Saarinen, Ellwood, Lautner, Eames, and Koenig; and two of today’s most wildly successful architects, Frank Gehry and Richard Meier, had their debuts in its pages. A&A was instrumental in putting American architecture—and in particular California Modernism—on the map. Other key contributors to the magazine include photographers Julius Shulman and Ezra Stoller, writers Esther McCoy and Peter Yates, and cover designers Herbert Matter and Alvin Lustig, among many luminaries of modernism.

This collection comes with ten boxes, each containing a complete year’s worth of Arts & Architecture magazines from 1945–1954. That’s 6,076 pages in 118 issues reproduced in their entirety—beginning with Entenza’s January 1945 announcement of the Case Study House Program. Also included is a supplement booklet with an original essay by former A&A publisher David Travers, available in English, German, French, and Spanish; plus a master index and tables of contents for the magazine from 1945-1967. Arts & Architecture 1945–1954 will be followed in autumn 2009 by a second set, 1955–1967, bringing together all the existing issues of the modern era.

This new TASCHEN publication, limited to 5,000 numbered copies, provides a comprehensive record of mid-century American architecture and brings the legendary Arts & Architecture back to life after forty years. - Taschen.com

Thanks to LA Times Magazine - Design & Culture Editor, Mayer Rus, for covering the Arts & Architecture reproductions.

Arts & Architecture, Complete Box Set




Arts & Architecture: The seminal architecture journal resurrected in facsimile.

From the end of World War II until the mid-1960s, exciting things were happening in American architecture: emerging talents were focusing on innovative projects that integrated low-cost materials and modern design. This trend was most notably embodied in the famous Case Study House Program, which was championed by the era’s leading American journal, Arts & Architecture. Focusing not only on architecture but also design, art, music, politics, and social issues, A&A was an ambitious and groundbreaking publication, largely thanks to the inspiration of John Entenza, who ran the magazine for over two decades until David Travers became publisher in 1962. The era’s greatest architects were featured in A&A, including Neutra, Schindler, Saarinen, Ellwood, Lautner, Eames, and Koenig; and two of today’s most wildly successful architects, Frank Gehry and Richard Meier, had their debuts in its pages. A&A was instrumental in putting American architecture—and in particular California Modernism—on the map. Other key contributors to the magazine include photographers Julius Shulman and Ezra Stoller, writers Esther McCoy and Peter Yates, and cover designers Herbert Matter and Alvin Lustig, among many luminaries of modernism.

This collection comes with ten boxes, each containing a complete year’s worth of Arts & Architecture magazines from 1945–1954. That’s 6,076 pages in 118 issues reproduced in their entirety—beginning with Entenza’s January 1945 announcement of the Case Study House Program. Also included is a supplement booklet with an original essay by former A&A publisher David Travers, available in English, German, French, and Spanish; plus a master index and tables of contents for the magazine from 1945-1967. Arts & Architecture 1945–1954 will be followed in autumn 2009 by a second set, 1955–1967, bringing together all the existing issues of the modern era.

This new TASCHEN publication, limited to 5,000 numbered copies, provides a comprehensive record of mid-century American architecture and brings the legendary Arts & Architecture back to life after forty years. - Taschen.com

Thanks to LA Times Magazine - Design & Culture Editor, Mayer Rus, for covering the Arts & Architecture reproductions.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Daniel Everett, "Conversations with a Computer"


A still from the artist's conversations with an electronic psychotherapist. (Above)

"Contained within the operating system of Mac computers is a rudimentary electronic psychotherapist program. Meant to simulate a Rogerian therapist, it engages the participant in a cyclical conversation by taking his or her statements and roughly reconfiguring them into questions. I met with this program three times a week for a month in order to discuss my fear that I was disappearing completely." - Daniel Everett

Ok, so if you have a Mac and you want to visit your electronic psychotherapist, here are the steps:

1. Go to finder
2. then applications.
3. Go to the Utilities folder
4. and open Terminal
5. When it has started up, type in "emacs" and press enter
6. Then press x and escape together
7. Then type in "doctor". You can then begin a conversation with your own personal psychotherapist on your computer. When you finish saying something, hit the return key twice.

Quite interesting,

-S

Daniel Everett

Daniel Everett, "Conversations with a Computer"


A still from the artist's conversations with an electronic psychotherapist. (Above)

"Contained within the operating system of Mac computers is a rudimentary electronic psychotherapist program. Meant to simulate a Rogerian therapist, it engages the participant in a cyclical conversation by taking his or her statements and roughly reconfiguring them into questions. I met with this program three times a week for a month in order to discuss my fear that I was disappearing completely." - Daniel Everett

Ok, so if you have a Mac and you want to visit your electronic psychotherapist, here are the steps:

1. Go to finder
2. then applications.
3. Go to the Utilities folder
4. and open Terminal
5. When it has started up, type in "emacs" and press enter
6. Then press x and escape together
7. Then type in "doctor". You can then begin a conversation with your own personal psychotherapist on your computer. When you finish saying something, hit the return key twice.

Quite interesting,

-S

Daniel Everett

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Will Govus


In the series entitled "Night", Will Govus gives us his perspective on living in suburbia... moody and intriguing.

For more contemplative melancholy: willgovus.com

-S

Will Govus


In the series entitled "Night", Will Govus gives us his perspective on living in suburbia... moody and intriguing.

For more contemplative melancholy: willgovus.com

-S

Sunday, February 22, 2009

4th Street District. Long Beach, CA




Jack & I cruised on over to the 4th Street shopping district in Long Beach today.

4th street district is merely a block long (located between Cherry & Junipero), but it is jam packed with vintage furniture stores, collectible thrift shops, and unique used clothing stores themed by era.

Particularly, vintage furniture aficionados will love stores like Xcape, Deja Vu, and Ruum. These small shops feel less like a retail experience and more like a well curated gallery of design.

American modern, Danish modern, and Heywood Wakefield - go to Xcape

Art-Deco, Mid-Century Modern, Scandinavia - go to Deja Vu

20th century decorative arts - go to Ruum

If you got the time and you love design, I think you'll really enjoy a day trip to the 4th street district. A wonderful secret, uncovered.

4thstreetlongbeach.com

4th Street District. Long Beach, CA




Jack & I cruised on over to the 4th Street shopping district in Long Beach today.

4th street district is merely a block long (located between Cherry & Junipero), but it is jam packed with vintage furniture stores, collectible thrift shops, and unique used clothing stores themed by era.

Particularly, vintage furniture aficionados will love stores like Xcape, Deja Vu, and Ruum. These small shops feel less like a retail experience and more like a well curated gallery of design.

American modern, Danish modern, and Heywood Wakefield - go to Xcape

Art-Deco, Mid-Century Modern, Scandinavia - go to Deja Vu

20th century decorative arts - go to Ruum

If you got the time and you love design, I think you'll really enjoy a day trip to the 4th street district. A wonderful secret, uncovered.

4thstreetlongbeach.com

Friday, February 20, 2009

Fashion Bears









Costello Tagliapietra/ RTW Fall 2009

Known for their delicate draping and pleating, this season Jeffrey Costello and Robert Tagliapietra applied their techniques not only to jersey dresses, but also to Ultrasuede.

I think "Fashion Bears" are my favorite type of bear.

costellotagliapietra.com

-S

Fashion Bears









Costello Tagliapietra/ RTW Fall 2009

Known for their delicate draping and pleating, this season Jeffrey Costello and Robert Tagliapietra applied their techniques not only to jersey dresses, but also to Ultrasuede.

I think "Fashion Bears" are my favorite type of bear.

costellotagliapietra.com

-S

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Cecconi’s Comes to West Hollywood





In February 2009, Cecconi’s opened in West Hollywood at the corner of Melrose Avenue and Robertson Boulevard, on the former site of the iconic Morton’s restaurant. With a focus on sourcing the finest quality ingredients and maintaining affordability, Cecconi’s West Hollywood features a menu of simply prepared, Venetian influenced, food and drink. An entirely new dining experience in West Hollywood.

Cecconi's Beginnings
Enzo Cecconi - the youngest ever general manager of the famous Cipriani restaurant in Venice - came to London in 1978 and opened Cecconi's. It became an overnight success and in the 80s it was a Mecca for the rich and the royal (one lunchtime, during Ascot week, one waiter remembers serving members of four different royal families on four different tables).

Cecconi's & Soho House
In 1999, after 21 years under the ownership of Enzo Cecconi, Cecconi's closed. A year later Hani Farsi took over the restaurant and refurbished it completely. In February 2004 it reopened under joint management with Nick Jones of Soho House as a partner. In January 2005 Soho House took full ownership.

Cecconi's

Opening Times
Monday to Saturday 7am to midnight
Sunday 8am to 11pm

Breakfast served until noon
Lunch menu served noon to 5pm
Dinner menu served 5pm to midnight
Brunch at weekends from 11am to 5pm

Location
8764 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles 90069

Reservations
Tel +1 (310) 432 2000
Fax +1 (310) 432 2004

Cecconi’s Comes to West Hollywood





In February 2009, Cecconi’s opened in West Hollywood at the corner of Melrose Avenue and Robertson Boulevard, on the former site of the iconic Morton’s restaurant. With a focus on sourcing the finest quality ingredients and maintaining affordability, Cecconi’s West Hollywood features a menu of simply prepared, Venetian influenced, food and drink. An entirely new dining experience in West Hollywood.

Cecconi's Beginnings
Enzo Cecconi - the youngest ever general manager of the famous Cipriani restaurant in Venice - came to London in 1978 and opened Cecconi's. It became an overnight success and in the 80s it was a Mecca for the rich and the royal (one lunchtime, during Ascot week, one waiter remembers serving members of four different royal families on four different tables).

Cecconi's & Soho House
In 1999, after 21 years under the ownership of Enzo Cecconi, Cecconi's closed. A year later Hani Farsi took over the restaurant and refurbished it completely. In February 2004 it reopened under joint management with Nick Jones of Soho House as a partner. In January 2005 Soho House took full ownership.

Cecconi's

Opening Times
Monday to Saturday 7am to midnight
Sunday 8am to 11pm

Breakfast served until noon
Lunch menu served noon to 5pm
Dinner menu served 5pm to midnight
Brunch at weekends from 11am to 5pm

Location
8764 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles 90069

Reservations
Tel +1 (310) 432 2000
Fax +1 (310) 432 2004

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Floored By Fashion


Tribal Diamond - Diane Von Furstenberg

VW Flag - Vivienne Westwood

I have to say, one of my favorite things are unexpected alignments from various areas of the design industry. Particularly, I love the crossroad where the fashion and interior design world meet. Case in point, The Rug Company's partnerships with iconic fashion designers Diane Von Furstenberg and Vivienne Westwood (photos above).

Check out The Rug Company for a visual feast of beautiful rugs by other iconic designers such as Marni, Paul Smith, & Kelly Wearstler, to name a few.

-S

Floored By Fashion


Tribal Diamond - Diane Von Furstenberg

VW Flag - Vivienne Westwood

I have to say, one of my favorite things are unexpected alignments from various areas of the design industry. Particularly, I love the crossroad where the fashion and interior design world meet. Case in point, The Rug Company's partnerships with iconic fashion designers Diane Von Furstenberg and Vivienne Westwood (photos above).

Check out The Rug Company for a visual feast of beautiful rugs by other iconic designers such as Marni, Paul Smith, & Kelly Wearstler, to name a few.

-S

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Monday, February 9, 2009

The Getty Villa





Here's an idea for the perfect little Sunday plan...

Yesterday, I made it out to The Getty Villa in Malibu, and I had such an amazing time.

The Getty Villa is the "Getty's collection of Western art from the Middle Ages to the present against a backdrop of dramatic architecture, tranquil gardens, and breathtaking views."

The admission is free, and parking costs $10 bucks.

They have a cute cafe with nice outdoor space and beautiful views of the pacific ocean.

The whole experience was very peaceful and relaxing, and that's what I'd like to share with you.


-S

The Getty Villa





Here's an idea for the perfect little Sunday plan...

Yesterday, I made it out to The Getty Villa in Malibu, and I had such an amazing time.

The Getty Villa is the "Getty's collection of Western art from the Middle Ages to the present against a backdrop of dramatic architecture, tranquil gardens, and breathtaking views."

The admission is free, and parking costs $10 bucks.

They have a cute cafe with nice outdoor space and beautiful views of the pacific ocean.

The whole experience was very peaceful and relaxing, and that's what I'd like to share with you.


-S

Thursday, February 5, 2009

An Oldie But Goody


He's what I like to call an arista-kat... an older gentlemen with style for days.

Photo via The Sartorialist, of course.

-S

An Oldie But Goody


He's what I like to call an arista-kat... an older gentlemen with style for days.

Photo via The Sartorialist, of course.

-S