I have a few pieces for sale on eBay that I thought some of you might be interested in, particularly a super rare Quistgaard magazine rack. I have two, and this one has to go. There’s also a super cool Lucite globe, some Danish candlesticks, a wire magazine rack, a wire glass server, a tall [...]
Most of the photos I’ve posted from our European journey were taken with my Canon DSLR, but I had a ton of fun taking photos with the iPhone 4 on the trip – both with and without the Hipstamatic app. The app creates retro filter affects to your photos. You could point it at just [...]
Finally time to start writing about the trip to Europe! All my photos are together, I’m over my jetlag, and I have some free time. The trip started with a long flight and few days in Copenhagen… My first salt and pepper on the trip! Lufthansa was so great (and not just their condiment packaging). [...]
In a few days, I will be heading to Denmark with my wife to visit the land of teak pepper mills. I was invited by Henriette Quistgaard to visit Strandgaarden – Jens Quistgaard’s home and workshop by the sea. I will visit along with Stig Guldberg, creator of the Jens Quistgaard documentary film, over night and [...]
My friend and cousin John Rush died 10 years ago this weekend. I cannot believe it has been that long. Since this blog is about design, I’ll just mark the occasion by saying that he was a great guy: very smart, very funny, and an amazing musician. He was always in search something cooler and [...]
I’m posting this to let readers know that I have listed a large part of my Danish glass collection on eBay. In an effort to “streamline” my collection, I need to let a few things go. I hope you are interested. Please let me know if there are any questions. I’ll probably list a few [...]
Did you see the new poster for the upcoming Gary Hustwit film Objectified? If you liked his film Helvetica, you’ll love this one! The poster is super cool and show a great range of amazing objects from throughout the history of Industrial Designer. I don’t see any Jens Quistgaard pieces in there, but is that [...]
I got my scanner out for some more old Grateful Dead photos, but these are REALLY old. I did not take these. They were taken (probably in New York) by the late jazz photographer Raymond Ross. He used to live above the original Knitting Factory, and they were purchased directly from him in the late [...]
I just found that there has been a book written about the late Mary Nohl, who is the misunderstood Witch of Fox Point, Wisconsin. She had a home that was covered in and surrounded by her art. It was located right on Lake Michigan in a small exclusive suburb of Milwaukee. You had to go down a [...]
I was going through my old photos this weekend and came across some photos that I wanted to share. In the summer of 1987 I sat front row at 4 Grateful Dead shows in a row at the Alpine Valley Music Theater in Wisconsin. I took advantage of all the skills I had acquired in [...]