Monday, November 21, 2011

Inside Swank Modern Design


Take a tour of Swank Modern Design in the opening episode of Palm Springs Grand Tour 2011 with host, Greg Osborne, of Gay Getaways TV.

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Memory Object


Even if you were too young to own a Sun Porsche in the 1970s, you could put on your Orange Mint flavored Sea & Ski Lipsaver and drive your Datsun to the nearest Beachboys. An iconic American brand that has vanished from the future we live in. An iconic plastic tube full of summer vacation nostalgia. Classic.

Friday, July 22, 2011


Asian modern Khmerchitecture embraces exhuberant cast concrete breezeway blocks, Vann Molyvann accordion roofs, Angkor kitsch plaster reliefs, mid-century modern battlements, Euro-kitsch neo-classical fixtures, gratuitous pediments and horror vaccui iron gates (Phnom Penh).

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Looking Swanky

Just finished: the facelift on our 1958 Palm Springs mid-century modern ranch studio/gallery with 15 tons of black lava rock and crushed black glass.