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See-through furniture

January 28, 2010

See-through furniture

These are a mix of glass and lucite, past and present. The bottom 3 pieces are from the 70s and all of the pieces at top are contemporary. Transparency puts furniture into the realm of the future or the imaginary, even when it also automatically harks back to the 1970s.

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If Studio 54 were in the Emerald City

August 11, 2009

If Studio 54 were in the Emerald City

“Electrified Plexiglas and Mirrored Glass Low Table,” circa 1970-79, by American designer Ron Ferri. American Glam. From the artnet site:

“There are few designers who captured the essence of the Studio 54 era as well as Ron Ferri did.

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Architecture in the Movies, Part 3 – Logan’s Run

June 11, 2009

Architecture in the Movies, Part 3 – Logan’s Run

The 1976 film Logan’s Run, a sci-fi dystopia about a domed post-apocalyptic society that euthanizes its citizens at age 30, heavily occupied my late childhood imagination.

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More Paul Rudolph houses – exteriors and interiors

May 26, 2009

More Paul Rudolph houses – exteriors and interiors

More houses by Paul Rudolph. I’m not sure why I like him so much; maybe it’s the feeling that every space is designed for a party, or the use of white, or that he went so glam/space age in the 60s and 70s.

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