Rare Anri Form Italy Teak MCM Ice Bucket on Etsy

At $250 it's a splurge, but such a beauty. Pictured here with a pair of Mad Men-esque Roly Poly glasses.

Lora Lamm

Swiss-born graphic designer worked in Milan during the 50s and early 60s.

More from Alvin Lustig

Two more really nice jackets for the New Directions line.

Alain-Fournier. The Wanderer (Le Grand Meaulnes). [New York: New Directions Books, 1946].

Flowers of evil by Baudelaire via flickr

Eames house

On the Herman Miller blog, there's a nice piece on how they shot the product line at the Eames House while the furnishings were on display at LACMA. Some of the props were pulled from the couple's personal stash, including this whale by Ray.

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1957 Russian matchbooks

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Konsumerism run amok

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