charas: the improbable dome builders
CHARAS: The improbable dome builders by syeus mottel, drake publishers, inc. 1973
based in new york's lower east side in the late 1960's, inspired by Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society plan and buckminster fuller's design concepts, the charas group created a program based on developing community autonomy through self-directed economic and education projects.
download the full PDF (via lets remake)
Experiments in Environment: The Halprin Workshops, 1966-1971
Experiments in Environment: The Halprin Workshops, 1966-1971
In the late 1960s, American landscape architect Lawrence Halprin and avant-garde dance pioneer Anna Halprin organized a series of experimental, cross-disciplinary workshops in San Francisco and along the coast of northern California that brought dancers, architects, environmental designers, artists, and others together in a process designed to facilitate collaboration and group creativity through new approaches to environmental awareness.
1) Driftwood Village—Community, Sea Ranch, CA. Experiments in Environment Workshop, July 6, 1968
2-3) Ritual Group Drawing, Sea Ranch, CA. Experiments in Environment Workshop, July 8, 1968
4) Driftwood City, Sea Ranch, CA. Experiments in Environment Workshop, July 4, 1966
5-6) Building Environments Score, Kentfield, CA. Experiments in Environment Workshop, July 13, 1968
more @ The Graham Foundation
via South Willard
Wim Smits, Lucien den Arend & Donald Judd at Eichholteren
together with Wim Smits, Lucien den Arend visited Donald Judd at his Swiss residence, Eichholteren. the occasion of the meeting was a trade of several Gerrit Rietveld furniture pieces for two of Judd's works.
more of Arend's photos from the visit here
Introducing Constructional Art by Edward Rogers and Thomas Sutcliffe
rauschenberg
Robert Rauschenberg and Kenneth Tyler at the Richard De Bas paper mill, southern France, 1967.
more on the collaboration here
spacial agency
"Spacial Agency is a project that presents a new way of looking at how buildings and space can be produced. Moving away from architecture's traditional focus on the look and making of buildings, Spacial Agency proposes a much more expansive field of opportunities in which architects and non-architects can operate."
more here
Casey Marquezs' Casa de Colores
small set of customized Creative Playthings furniture
a small set of customized Creative Playthings furniture
available here
Kite Lines
"This Time We'll Keep It A Secret" by Martin Beck
"This Time We'll Keep It A Secret" by Martin Beck
a study of certain living arrangements -published as part of Triple Canopy's 'Internet as Material' project area.
Peter Murdoch's Chair Thing children's chair
Peter Murdoch's Chair Thing children's chair - made of PVC coated cardboard, the chairs were flat packed and made for easy home assembly.
originally posted @Stork Bites Man, and seen coincidently in person this past week at the V&A
images viaV&A digital collections,VADS, and theLauritz auction archives
related -'Paper or Plastic' @ daddytypes.com
Pixy Hall kindergarten, Kanagawa Japan
painted signage in and around the Tepito neighborhood, Mexico City
"Casa Jean Mermoz"
"Casa Jean Mermoz"
via the José Vial Armstrong archives @ Escuela de Arquitectura y Diseño PUVC
previously here
José Vial Armstrong historical archives
images via the José Vial Armstrong historical archives @ Escuela de Arquitectura y Diseño PUVC
plenty more here
Waldo Bien Archives
images from the Waldo Bien Archives
a full PDF of the publication by Patrick Healy is available here
(thanks Matt for the reminder)
various makers and their wares (& wears) from the Florida Memory photo archives
The Family Creative Workshop
FREESTYLE: New Architecture and Interior Design from Los Angeles, 1986
images from FREESTYLE: New Architecture and Interior Design from Los Angeles, 1986
•Peter Shire ceramic atop glass-topped dining table - Peter Shire House
•stucco-clad 'twisted' column by Brian Murphy - John Masius House
•hand carved animals - Charles Moore house
•formica finished drawers / cabinet detail - Peter Shire house
•painted entryway - Ros Cross / Mick Haggerty house
•painted mirror / mantle & Peter Shire ceramic tea pot - Lombardi / McDermott house
•inset fireplace (children's room) - The Norton House