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Monthly Archives: April 2013
The Museum of Things
My friend and former colleague from Remains, Bryn Veditz, gave me a tour of her new gig in the Museum of Things a few weeks back. She won a yearlong fellowship in curatorship/museum studies in Germany and I overlapped with … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Antique and Vintage Lighting
Tagged Bryn Veditz, Deutscher Werkbund, Museum Der Dinge
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Industrial Architecture in Berlin: P. Behrens’ AEG Turbine Factory
I tricked two friends to ride 15 kilometers from our hotel on rented bikes to check out the architect Peter Behrens’ 1909 turbine factory on a recent unseasonably freezing cold morning. Michael Graham and his partner Phil Leiderbach of Leiderbach … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Architecture
Tagged Berlin, Leiderbach and Graham, P. Behrens, Turbinenfabrik, WEG Turbine
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Hiking by Design: Solstice Canyon
Valerie Thomas of Remains Lighting Los Angeles will be leading a hike to Solstice Canyon in Malibu this Saturday April 27th to explore two of her favorite passions: hiking and design. Valerie will guide an easy 4 ½ mile loop through … Continue reading
From Darkness, Light
It’s spring. Buds are breaking on twig tips, fine sprays of grass fringe walkways, and a shifting palette of salt, slate and blue in the foggy mornings lifts to reveal gently sunny afternoons. With spring comes an itch to move: … Continue reading
Sugaring on the Farm
Recently, one of our colleagues based in Vermont has been lending a hand in her spare time to a different kind of artisanal producer, she’s helping to haul in this year’s crop of maple sap. Each year during Vermont’s famous … Continue reading