The Playboy Club In Space
Thanks to Kevin Lee Allen Design for sharing this amazing article and the accompanying illustrations of the Playboy Club in Space. While the concept of the club is totally Twenty-first Century, illustrator Thomas Tenery’s work was undoubtedly influenced by Twentieth Century art directors: Sir Ken Adam and Norman Reynolds; production designers John Barry, Harry Lange, Ernest Archer and Anthony Masters; as well as architect John Lautner.
Read the article and view the rest of the illustrations on playboy.com.
Thomas Tenery, Playboy Club in Space: Game Room (2012).
Source: http://pictures.playboy.com/assets/articles/ab065abb-697b-4408-87a2-c7d851b6890f/d642add5-2494-42b1-b851-49d5cce71cfe.jpg
Calling All (Would-be) Architects
Calling all (would-be) architects and Legos fanatics! Have you ever dreamed of building your own mid-century modern home inspired by the California homes of Richard Neutra or John Lautner? Well here’s your chance to enter Dwell Magazine’s Lego Modern Home Design Contest. Details can be found here. But hurry, you only have until March 29, 2012 to submit.
Live voting on entries will begin on March 31. The winner will be chosen from five finalists whose work will be on display at this year’s Dwell on Design, June 22-24, 2012.
Good luck!
John Lautner Goes to the Movies
If you’ve been following Design and Desire you know how much we love movies — especially design and architecture in movies. Needless to say we’re really excited to share this short film that was created to commemorate modernist architect John Lautner’s centennial this year. The film features Lautner buildings that have been used as settings in the movies. Included in the film are two of Lautner’s most famous houses—the Hollywood Hills Chemosphere and Silver Lake’s Silvertop, the Reiner-Burchill residence. Composer Henry Mancini’s music provides the film’s sumptuous accompaniment.
Thank you to PrairieMod for sharing this article originally posted on LA Curbed.
