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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
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Tagged Berlin, Leiderbach and Graham, P. Behrens, Turbinenfabrik, WEG Turbine
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Spongebob Would Feel Right at Home, More on the Shedd Aquarium
After exhausting the possibilities of the front rooms of the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago and pestering the staff for more information on the fixtures (they had none) and on any other old, original parts of the building (“this is it”), … Continue reading
Spongebob Would Feel Right at Home – Nudibranches
I had a few hours between meetings to explore the Shedd Aquarium, part of Chicago’s lakefront neoclassical cultural campus including also the Field Museum and the Adler Planetarium. The Shedd was conceived by John G. Shedd, designed by architect Philip … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Antique and Vintage Lighting, Architecture
Tagged Shedd Aquarium, Sterling Bronze Company
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Self-Affirmation through the Choice of Highly Aesthetic Products
Dear readers, This may be old news to those of you whose subscriptions have not lapsed to the Journal of Consumer Research, but buying good-looking products evidently makes you feel better about yourself. My friend and colleague Alice Kriz called my attention … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Consumer Goods
Tagged Claudia Townsend, Journal of Consumer Research, Sanjay Sood, Self-Affirmation through the Choice of Highly Aesthetic Products
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Twas the fortnight before Christmas…
Twas the fortnight before Christmas and I had the New York architect Alan Wanzenberg on the brain. Alan and I have known each other for a decade or so and over that time Remains has been lucky to contribute to … Continue reading
Posted in Alan Wanzenberg for Remains Lighting, All Posts, Architecture, Craftsmanship, Designer Collection, US Manufacturing
Tagged Alan Wanzenberg, Ancram Table Lamp, Brodsky Organization, Clement Clark Moore, Copake Table Lamp, Gallatin Table Lamp, General Theological Seminary, Hillsdale Table Lamp, Philmont Table Lamp
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HEARST BUILDING SAN FRANCISCO
The Hearst Building (as in William Randolph, American publisher of note) in San Francisco was built in 1910 and remodeled in 1937. The remodel was designed by Julia Morgan who also designed Heart’s “castle” San Simeon. I stopped by recently … Continue reading