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Modern Snob: October 2008
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For those who know modern means better. Wednesday, October 15, 2008. Original Dwell Home For Sale - $795K. The original Dwell pre-fab home. By Resolution: 4 Architecture. Is on the market for $795K. It's located here. In Pittsboro, N.C., on 14 acres. Here's the 2004 Dwell piece. Prefab, Proven" on the how the Dwell pre-fab competition came to be. Tuesday, October 7, 2008. Vitra Design Museum Celebrates George Nelson. If you are not planning on flying over to Germany to visit the Vitra. ABC Carpet and Home.
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Modern Snob: April 2009
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For those who know modern means better. Tuesday, April 28, 2009. Two MCM Sites on 2009 National Trust Most Endagered List. The Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles and Miami Marine Stadium were included in the National Trust for Historic Preservation's 2009 list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places, which was announced today in LA by National Trust President Richard Moe and actress Diane Keaton, who has been working to save the Century Plaza. From the National Trust:. Labels: Century Plaza Hotel.
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Modern Snob: June 2008
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For those who know modern means better. Sunday, June 29, 2008. Johnson's Alice Ball House Saved. On the deal that will save Phillip Johnson's. Alice Ball House from the wrecking ball. From the story, it sounds like the the home will now serve as a pool house. Labels: Alice Ball House. Tuesday, June 24, 2008. Modern Design for Modern Pets. I'm not a pet person, but my brother is. He forwarded me a link to this site that sells modern furniture for cats and dogs. Check out more info on the. I come across ma...
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Modern Snob: December 2008
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For those who know modern means better. Thursday, December 25, 2008. Case Study House #9 by Eames and Saarinen For Sale. Can you imagine owning Case Study House #9. By Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen and its merely your guest house? The home, built for Arts and Architecture Publisher and Editor John Entenza who created the Case Study House program, now serves as a guest house (I can't believe it either) to a massive contemporary by Barry Berkus. Can be yours for $14 million. As a number of people here.
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Modern Snob: Two MCM Sites on 2009 National Trust Most Endagered List
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For those who know modern means better. Tuesday, April 28, 2009. Two MCM Sites on 2009 National Trust Most Endagered List. The Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles and Miami Marine Stadium were included in the National Trust for Historic Preservation's 2009 list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places, which was announced today in LA by National Trust President Richard Moe and actress Diane Keaton, who has been working to save the Century Plaza. From the National Trust:. Labels: Century Plaza Hotel.
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Modern Snob: Hot Fjord
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For those who know modern means better. Thursday, January 29, 2009. The designs of Jens Quistgaard, the Danish industrial designer who died nearly a year ago at the age of 88, are hot. Dansk, which introduced Quistgaard to the United States has reissued the very flatware that launched in the company in 1954. According to the. You can buy the reissued Classic Fjord Flatware for $59.95 for a five-piece set at the Dansk website. Dansk also has reissued Quistgaard's 1955 Kongo. Check out Teak Pepper. Nationa...
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Modern Snob: Mid-Century Mod Wallpaper
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For those who know modern means better. Saturday, June 6, 2009. Bradbury and Bradbury Atomic Doodle in Turquoise. In the Washington Post's Express says wallpaper is hip again. The article quotes Heather Cole of wallpaper company Bradbury and Bradbury. It's very contemporary to paper one wall. It's like an art installation." I have bad flashbacks to the 1970s wallpaper hanging in my house in New Jersey growing up, but after seeing these 1950s Atomic Age patterns. And these from the 1960s. Modern Snob is ...
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Modern Snob: July 2009
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For those who know modern means better. Saturday, July 25, 2009. A scaled-down version of Saarinen's iconic Womb char. Photo courtesy of Knoll/Vastu. As any good modern snob, I've been teaching by 6-year old daughter about classic mid-century modern design from the time she could talk. She now can authoritatively point out the work of George Nelson, the Eameses, Saarinen and Breuer. Maybe she deserves her very own Womb chair (see above) or Barcelona chair made by Knoll. Labels: Charles and Ray Eames.
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Modern Snob: Palm Springs Looks to Make First Historic Designation
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For those who know modern means better. Wednesday, March 4, 2009. Palm Springs Looks to Make First Historic Designation. It's cold, so how about something about Palm Springs? A mid-century modern structure by architect Rudolf Schindler, a 1930s ranch house built for ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and the city’s first apartment building, now a restaurant, are among the buildings on a short list to become Palm Desert’s first officially designated historic site,". Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
