IRL : Girard & Vitra.

Guten Tag! A quick check in from Vitra Design Museum at Charles-Eames Strasse in Germany. I am working all week in the Alexander Girard archives housed at Vitra. These are some of the wonders I’ve been soaking in over the past few days. Just the tip of the iceberg. 1. My work station. Just like [...]

SWISS SHOES.

Swiss Bally shoes. I want those wooden sandals with rope laces now! —a remake waiting to happen. Browse through hundreds (maybe thousands) of posters via Swiss Posters Collection care of the Swiss National Library in Bern. discovered via Eye Blog Thanks be to Matt C! Oh yeah, I am leaving for Switzerland today. Pictures of [...]

BEVERLY FOOTBALLERS.

More Mass : Beverly, MA high school football team, 1901.Look at those B’s! There’s never been a more attractive football uniform than thick knit turtleneck sweaters with a beautiful B handsomely displayed. See the little kitty cat mascot?! side note : I used to live in Beverly Mass. It’s a wonderful little New England town [...]

MA – PATTERNS.

Massachusetts. Patterns of combs, baskets and weaving. 1. F.W. Gray scrapbook of comb patterns 18802. Quilt, several squares, basket design, Buckland, Mass., circa 18603. Handloom placemat,gift to Francis Wilder & Virginia Hunt, Buckland, Mass, 19494. Handloom yellow and tan placemat, Buckland, Mass., circa 1950 via Digital Treasures – Central & Western Mass

MD – LADIES & A SNAKE.

Maryland. Ladies just wanna have fun eating cereal, driving cars and maybe not so much fun posing with a snake!? 1. Young girls in the street eating, c.19282. Women in front of car, Annapolis, c. 19343. Frederick County, young girl holding snake, c. 1890 Women’s History Month via Maryland State Archives – Study of the [...]

SWITZERLAND, JA.

Hallo. Exciting news (for me, at least)! This Monday I’ll be in the Basel, Switzerland area working at the Vitra Museum design archives for one week. After that I’ll be touring the mountainous Alps for 5 days. Wondering if anyone has favorite places to wine & dine in Basel? Or any favorite places to stay [...]

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