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Wary Meyers Gonks!

Wary Meyers Gonks! A ragtag team of six fantastic creatures made to hang out in your child's (or inner child's) room.

"Gonks" originated during World War I Britain, when the flow of Teddy Bears from Germany was halted and materials were at a shortage. Ingenious mothers had to keep their children's spirits up so animals and creatures were sewn and glued together with whatever was on hand- fur, socks, buttons, felt, etc... They then continued to grow in popularity through the 60s & 70's as a charmingly simple and groovy creature.
In this spirit we've designed our Gonks as simple mounds of fur with appliqued features using materials we've collected over the years- felt, patent leather, metallic leather, vinyl, and pom-poms.

$45.00 each! ($50 for Commander Gonk, as the hat takes a little more time)

Available in our shop!

http://warymeyers.bigcartel.com/

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Grey walls, silver walls, Renate Müller, and two lucky kids

How fantastic are these two kids' rooms? I love how the walls are neutral (relatively, and awesome neutrals) and everything else is so colorful. Nice backgrounds for objects, and these kids have some great objects.

 The top poster-filled, fabric-lined dojo is German, 1974, from a book called How to Decorate Without Going Broke. (ironically you'd go broke if you bought that Renate Müller rhino today.) The bottom soft sculpture fantasia is from the book Children's Rooms and Play Yards (1980). (available here) And yes, that's a plush ashtray with a smoldering cigarette. 

Related:Kids' Stuff and Children's Spaces 

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Tea Time!

I forget where this is from, other than 37 years ago right now, but, somewhat related:
Tomato UK's type treatments from Quantum of Solace (2008)

Quantum of Solace from tomato on Vimeo.

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Debbie Harry, Eric Idle, Lauren Hutton and Princess Leia

Cool people hanging out together, 1982.

 from Monty Python's Autobiography.

Considering this v-neck and no shirt look this fall... (but not the medallion)

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Creative Playthings posters, 1971

I want them all but the one to the right of the car.

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Back to school

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Charity Shop

So the kids can be alright: Roger Daltrey's Fillmore East jersey from The Who's 1976 US Tour, on Ebay UK to benefit the Teenage Cancer Trust. (click here)

I love that he still has it.

Top: Michael Zagaris' photo of The Who at Oakland Coliseum, Oct. 9, 1976

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push, pull, empty, full

The garage as playroom: during the day the car is in use; when the kids go to bed it comes in for the night. 

From Deyan Sudjic's The House Style Book, 1984

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Gunta Stolzl Bauhaus Weaving, 1928

From the book 50 years Bauhaus, 1970, prepared by Herbert Bayer et al.
related at GuntaStolzl.org

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Arkitip 012, 013 by Geoff McFetridge and Mark Gonzales

From Linda's days as a designer in NYC, 2002, found beneath a stack of Grand Royal magazines in a drawer we never open. The Geoff McFetridge issue came with some iron-ons and a couple of pins, and the Mark Gonzales issue came with a mobile. The last post about Portfolio magazine running their 1950 issue with a young Irving Penn and younger Richard Avedon reminded me of these, as I'm sure years from now these two will be icons. (Maybe not quite of the Penn/Avedon echelon, but you get the idea.)

Among the tons of awesome things the two have done, here are a couple of favorites:
 Geoff McFetridge's "Things I make for my daughter", from Apartamento Magazine #4 (click for the Sight Unseen article)



and Mark Gonzales skating around a German museum, to the tune of Coconut Records' "West Coast":

... also a more recent favorite of McFetridge's is his in-store display walls for Target- check out the wonderful Al Jaffee-esque illustrations from his sketchbook:
http://abullseyeview.com/inspiring-the-guest-geoff-mcfetridge-creates-art-for-target/

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Irving Penn, April 1949 Vogue

Irving Penn, Vogue, April 1949

From a 20-page Portfolio Magazine (#1, 1950) article about Penn, 32 years old, and Richard Avedon, 26.




Previously: Eames Kites, Paul Rand, (35) on Trademarks

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Ferragosto

August 15th- The day when all Italians take off for the coast for il Camping e Caravanning. 

Buon divertimento!

Images from Europa Camping + Caravanning guide, 1971

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Happy Birthday Marie Helvin

h/t EmmaPeelPants

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Corvette Summer

Maine boatbuilder Stevie Johnson's Corvette boat.

Nicely matched to last year's project, the Van boat:

and the mangy tidewater dog that looks like she'd be at home on either one:

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