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Diet Cookbook, 1974, plus nudity

LB — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:40:55 +0000

This 1974 book cover has everything including mod 3D typeface, superimposed naked women in psychedelic colours, and an author named bureau of consumer research in lower case.

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Whatever happened to the seating platform, the conversation pit?

LB — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:55:52 +0000

Above, the 1970s modern two-level platform in painter Frank Stella’s loft, from the classic book Inside Today’s Home. Below, a recent photo of the renovated 1950s conversation pit in the Number 31 Hotel in Dublin.

Cosmic dust, on tumblr

LB — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:58:01 +0000

If tumblr is a bellwether—and it may not be—then the sixties & seventies are back, in style if not in substance. So many of tumblr’s weird little blogs, each of them a kind of eclectic personal bulletin board, feature this kind of rock and roll Hair: The Musical meets back-to-the-land handmade-house thing.

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Taking the indoor/outdoor look to new levels

LB — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:49:39 +0000

This gets points for adventurousness and imagination and magic, if not success. It’s another image from The Practical Encyclopedia of Good Decorating and Home Improvement, Greystone Press, 1970.

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Circa 1968

LB — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:27:07 +0000

More far out interiors from The Practical Encyclopedia of Good Decorating and Home Improvement, Greystone Press, 1970.

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Yesterday’s House of Tomorrow

LB — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:51:19 +0000

Obviously the House of Tomorrow wasn’t meant to be part of everyone’s tomorrow. Nice Jag. Nice unbuttoned look, too. That’s the developer, Bob, with his wife Helene in their 1960 Desert Modern-style house in Palm Springs by Palmer & Krisel, architects.

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More Furniture in 24 Hours – 4 pieces

LB — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:41:06 +0000

A final post on great DIY furniture from Spiros Zakas’ 1979 “More Furniture in 24 Hours” book. If you want the building plans for any of these pieces, go to this Flickr set.

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More Furniture in 24 hours by Spiros Zakas – V Armchair

LB — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:08:03 +0000

A third design from Spiros Zakas’ 1979 “More Furniture in 24 Hours” book. See our first post on this book. Click below to find plans for building this chair or go to our Flickr set for high res versions.