Gary Anderson's Recycle symbol, 1971

Happy Earth Day

-from Barbara Plumb, American Home magazine, March 1971.

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Chez Lalanne, 1978

At home with the fantastic Francois-Xavier and Claude Lalanne, between Paris and Ury, 1978.

From the book Country Houses by Franco Magnani


 Also:http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/artists-francois-xavier-claude-lalanne-abstract-animal-instincts/
http://2thewalls.tumblr.com/post/146529864/atelier-lalanne
http://www.scout-holiday.com/blog/?p=586

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Finnish Bunkbed, with car

Designed by Pirkko Stenroos and manufactured by Muurame.
"The drawers slide out from under the bed on wheels and can quickly be converted into a toybox car equipped even with a steering wheel. It is no surprise that since this form rationally answers the demands of a growing family, it has become one of the most popular furniture forms in Finland."
-from Finnish Design: Facts and Fancy by Donald J. Wilcox (1973)

Unfortunately I don't think Muurame makes the car conversion drawer anymore, but Pirkko Stenroos' designs are alive and well and make us want to redesign our son's room, down to the Invicta-striped, Noddy-esque wardobe.

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77 Hot Items! Our April Fab.com vintage sale.

Including:
A vintage Ulmer Spatz ceramic pretzel flask; a vintage brass hippopotamus box (the poor man's Lalanne ); British steel spring-type book holders; and a giant sticker for Drum tobacco, which hung on my friend's sister's wall in the 70's. Also those ceramic mushrooms, the Summerjam 76 t-shirt, and a bunch more awesome stuff.
Check it out here
If you're not a Fab member here's an invite link:
http://fab.com/fg6yml

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Santa Monica Airlines, 1985

My old Santa Monica Airlines skateboard from 1985, designed by Natas Kaupas with a little help from Frank Frazetta (more here). Sold last year on ebay in an even exchange to buy Linda's new Linus bicycle.

I would've liked to have saved it for our son, but it's a little more satisfying trading it for family bike trips than waiting 10 years to see if it's cool enough (It would be- sorry Fletcher). He did get one ride in, though.

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Pattern Pending

Super cool razzle dazzle pattern block toy designed by Josef Albers' student and biographer Fred Horowitz for Parker Brothers, 1971.

These would be pretty wild in color, too.

(see also): Color Blocks, Valentine

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Happy Easter!

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Afri Cola

Perhaps the best logo and the best bottle, ever.
From Germany.

Don't miss the Charles Wilp ad campaign:





Thanks for the video Minna Saarinen!

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Helmut Newton in the Springtime

Speaking of boobs, here are some favorite spreads from Helmut Newton's books White Women, Big Nudes, World Without Men, and Pages from the Glossies.
This could go on and on, though, of course.
And if you're in Paris before June 17th, it does, as Le Grand Palais has exhibited giant retrospective of Newton's work.

More info about the retrospective here, and at the luxuriously classy Pacific-Standard, who have a little film preview as well.

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Wary Meyers Boob Prints

Just in time for the warm weather!

18" and even better 24" graphic prints of boobs. White, Black, and for a limited time, Zombie.

Now, I love everything we do, but it was super exciting when these came out of the printer. They look awesome!
$45 for the 18", $95 for the 24"
Available here

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If you're going to smoke, ...

On the coffee table:

• At least 7 packs of Marlboroughs, not counting what's in the box
• a giant Murano glass ashtray
• a Braun table lighter
• Italy, 1977

House by Monsani e Bicocchi, from Country Houses by Franco Magnani.

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Mushrooms

ceramic! 

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Thin Lizzy- Whisky in the jar, 1973

Mush a ring dum a doo dum a da, 

Whack for my daddy'o

Have a happy St. Patrick's Day!

related

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Sergio Carpani's 1978 Hi Tech Pompidou Ferrari Pens

Sergio Carpani on his pen:

PARAFERNALIA asked for a pen that was unsellable, a courageous image. I started to work with what was HI-TECH at the time, that was to show the technical parts, the mechanism, the guts of the instrument (just like the Centre Pompidou – Beaubourg of that time) and design the shape of the fitting around it (just like Pininfarina was being asked to shape a Ferrari car around the powerful engines in order for it to perform efficiently). An innovative pen, entirely hand-made with 31 miniaturised metallic components and push mechanism just like the most complex race cars.

Pompidou, Hi Tech, and Ferrari. References don't get much cooler than this.

They're on Fab.com for the next three days

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Cut-outs and folded: Bloomingdales Matisse shopping bag, 1982

From a lot of old graphic Bloomingdales bags I found at an estate sale in Connecticut a few years ago.
Now to figure out how to unglue it for framing...

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