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Fireplaces – Figs. 1 and 2
Which is correct, above, or below?: Or alternately: All photos from the 1973 decor book 1601 Decorating Ideas for Modern Living.
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Valley of the Dolls, 1967
The movie version of Valley of the Dolls was based on Jacqueline Susann’s 1966 novel of ambition, drug addiction and dissipation in the mid-60s entertainment industries of LA and New York. What is it...
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This room is, believe it or not, a closet.
This closet/dressing room is part of a townhouse on NYC’s West Side. The house was decorated by interior designer Samuel Botero in a mad eclectic mix of all possible ornate styles, including Egyptian...
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Avenel Cooperative Housing Project built either for cartoonists or communists
Why can’t cooperative housing look like this more often? The Avenel Cooperative Housing Project in LA’s Silver Lake neighbourhood, supposedly built either for “a bunch of communists” or for a “group...
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When bric-a-brac was part of a revolutionary politics
Vancouver curator Scott Watson’s essay Urban Renewal: Ghost Traps, Collage, Condos and Squats is part of the impressive and totally compelling Vancouver Art in the Sixties website project. It’s a...
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Why is Australian design so cool?
Not a rhetorical question. This is a hodgepodge sample, for sure, and spans decades, but all of it seems to partake of some form or other of adventurousness. It’s possible I’m projecting, and that my...
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Tunnel doorway, and other portals
There are more tunnels and round things where this came from: see y o u h a v e b e e n h e r e s o m e t i m e. This photo originally via OWI.
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Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board
Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes...
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Fix up an old street for 3000 dollars
The Mexico City government gave Omelette, an interior and industrial design group, the equivalent of US $3000 to renew Calle Regina, a rundown old street of little shops and restaurants in the city’s...
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Custom woodwork by Vladimir
This is my friend Vladimir, originally from Moscow and now a woodworker in Vancouver. Local craftspeople like Vlad who produce one-of-a-kind objects and high-level custom work do not get enough press....
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