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Blogging New York Magazine: 1960's Design

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The February 10th issue of New York Magazine celebrates the publication's 40th Anniversary. In lieu of rubies, the staff presents a '68 version of the "Strategist" section, which includes a look at the late sixties apartment of art collectors on the Upper East Side (featuring Frank Stella's Protractor, above) and a shopping list for the home design aficionado of 1968...

Read about the apartment above in Welcome to Our Stella. Below, are the home furnishings from the 1968 Shopping Guide...

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Joe Colombo’s Coupé 1158 lamp shade.

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Bell's Trimline phone. We had one of these growing up! (I think my parents still have it!)

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Alexander Girard's “Checker Split” fabric.

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Ettore Sottsass' “Nefertiti” desk.

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Peter Ghyczy’s Garden Egg Chair.

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Curtis Jere's laurel leaf mirror.

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The newest shape from CorningWare!

Check out ALL the products highlighted from 1968 in the Shopping Guide.

(Pics: Jason Schmidt, Levi Brown, Peter Ghyczy)

Comments (5)

love that super graphic

posted by emilyn on 2008-02-12 13:09:24
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I grew up with that CorningWare! It's still a better design than the new ones they have now.

posted by kbittner on 2008-02-12 16:13:16
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I love my CorningWare! I scored it at the school I used to work at. They were getting rid of a bunch of old dishes. Love, love, love them!

posted by Alex on 2008-02-12 16:20:40
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that egg chair looks like a tonsil.

also - the black/white printed fabric reminds me so much of a rug at Ikea... I think it's very similar if not exactly the same.

posted by eebnyc on 2008-02-13 00:57:10
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I love my Corning too. that was the first "cooking pot" I bought and it's still a favorite.

The coupe lamp shade and the laurel leaf mirror are probably still viable today.

posted by JonathanB on 2008-02-13 10:21:41
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