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8 жыл бұрын
8 жыл бұрын
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@magicknight13 4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for uploading this!! ❤
@stevendornbusch9240 5 ай бұрын
Highly original content! No repeated tropes. Pictured examples and thoughtful analysis leads to all sorts of comparisons with other designers. There are so many briefly associated with FLW over his long career, for instance a far younger John Lautner, or a youthful Rudolf Schindler (FLW's supervising architect in LA) or Irving Gill, the pioneer Southern CA modernist, ALSO employed by Adler & Sullivan.
@magicknight13 4 ай бұрын
Thank you for mentioning all this great insight! I was just thinking about John Lautner! If you haven't read that Alan Hess great book Googie: Fifties Coffee Shop Architecture I bet you'd love it 😊
@milootje007 Жыл бұрын
This deserves soooo many more views...
@harperwelch5147 2 жыл бұрын
What a weird female host to ask “Did you get bored with it?” “How about your clients, did they like it?” Totally the wrong person to narrate and host this great documentary.
@Sheepdog1314 3 жыл бұрын
funny how his work wasn't so "cool" when he was alive, now they fawn over it - total disregard for what he meant the wood to communicate, the humbleness totally lost. I always hate the pretentiousness when people try to "assume" what a deceased artist "felt", making themselves important
@FRAGIL 3 жыл бұрын
*rolls over in her grave*
@shabbysnubtide3339 3 жыл бұрын
The reason that FLR furniture is often missing is that it was art and not furniture. It was often torture to sit on and impractical to use - in fact when FLR built his own house in Wisconsin he didn’t use his chairs, he bought furniture from Marshall Fields in Chicago.
@stuglenn1112 3 жыл бұрын
FLW was the PT Barnum of architecture. The narrators of this video prove Frank's and PT's old adage that there's a sucker born every minute.
@JamesSmithYoutube 3 жыл бұрын
The narrators here are the former worldwide Head of Christie’s 20th Century Decorative Arts Department for 20 years, a university Professor Emeritus of Design History, and The Associate Curator of 20th-century Architecture and Design at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (amongst others). Maybe to see a sucker you might try looking in the mirror.
@stuglenn1112 3 жыл бұрын
@@JamesSmithKZbin Yea, all that and 50 cents will get you a cup of coffee at McDonalds.
@stuglenn1112 3 жыл бұрын
@@JamesSmithKZbin But let's not talk about that. Let's talk about post tension anchor repairs required on the cantilevers at Falling-Waters that were needed to keep it from, well.. falling into the water due to poor engineering. Let's talk about the dismal engineering failures of the concrete block Mayan style houses in LA. Let's talk about the house that collapsed during construction due to poor engineering. Let's talk about paying more than Harvard's tuition to be one of his "apprentices" and then having to live in a hovel and perform menial labor. Finally on a personal note let's talk about dumping a wife and six kids to run off with a client's wife. On second thought never mind, you just keep on being a fan boy of FLW.
@JamesSmithYoutube 3 жыл бұрын
@@stuglenn1112 Why so so angry, poor baby?
@JamesSmithYoutube 3 жыл бұрын
@@stuglenn1112 Uh-huh. And taking your opinion into account is like taking expertise from ballet dancer about nuclear fission. Everyone has an opinion. But not all opinions have equal value. Yours, not so much. So calm down.
@abcdefg407 3 жыл бұрын
Just to know him is honored. He is definitely an all exclusive designer. I will be able to purchase one of his homes one day.
@harperwelch5147 3 жыл бұрын
It would help pull viewers in if there was a sculpture texture rather a man with sparks. I do love Evans work.
@danishmodern55 3 жыл бұрын
the god head
@niknabeelah7084 3 жыл бұрын
I guess his furniture really fits his house. Them being comfortable is quite a surprise.
@adrianmcnamara2950 3 жыл бұрын
DID SHE AND EILEEN GRAY KNOW ONE ANOTHER? MUCH IN COMMON
@elizbeer 3 жыл бұрын
Probably. Le Corbusier was obsessed with Gray's house (and maybe envy) at Cap Martin and vandalized it. What if Eileen Gray had painted Ville Saboye?
@jramirez3889 4 жыл бұрын
Paul Evans The Master Of Metal
@yokumato 4 жыл бұрын
Excellent documentary for the outstanding work of Nakashima, thanks a lot for uploading it!
@susanharris5926 4 жыл бұрын
Shame the interior pieces have left the houses they were designed for.
@mgsee 4 жыл бұрын
Many of his furniture pieces are ugly! Too many architects, like Frank Lloyd Wright, seem to think that furniture is just small buildings.
@youtubecommenter4069 4 жыл бұрын
Guess you believe Victorian, Baroque antique and Revivalist that he rejected was beautiful?
@mgsee 4 жыл бұрын
@@youtubecommenter4069 On the contrary my friend. I trained as a furniture and industrial designer and have a keen interest in art and design spanning different periods and cultural locations. However, I have to admit I would particularly struggle to engage with and appreciate furniture from the periods you mentioned! No, it's just a case that I find a lot of his furniture (not all) to be unergonomic and aesthetically challenged.
@youtubecommenter4069 4 жыл бұрын
@@mgsee, It's good to agree on something as we seem to do. FLW was avantgarde in his entire career. Working as he did with nature; stone, wood and "newer" materials like reinforced concrete and glass while experimenting and producing some masterpieces, extending this to furniture would produce less than optimal prototypes - the user friendliness would need further development. This, including his tools of work; the tee square and triangle contributed to his overall aesthetic that extended to his furniture. I believe such approaches as the Bauhausian school "whittled" a lot of what FLW's heavyset-looking furniture comparatively was. FLW, although an engineer/ architect as Marcel Breuer and many other Bauhaus graduates were tried to integrate his building and his furniture and vice-versa hence the furniture look. The Bauhausian approach was much contrasted. In addition, FLW’s differentiated furniture designs for his houses and offices like the Johnsons Wax, Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, to me talk to his recognition of “ergonomics”. The collectors interviewed seen do confirm this
@boonehouston 5 жыл бұрын
He didn't consider nakashima for auction because it was frequently sold outside of new york. Things with soul and heart are not for new York.
@babalon7778 5 жыл бұрын
My housemate's parents almost bought Robie house and I'm dying right now, oh man, what could have been...
@ho2cultcha 5 жыл бұрын
i've loved Nakashima's work for a long time. i wish i could afford more than just the books about him! really good video - thank you!
@arlenehutchinson9259 5 жыл бұрын
That was sooooooo beautiful thank you so much. As a design student I am inspired. Madame Phyllis was as beautiful as her words, she embodied the work, elegance is simple 💖💖💖
@wingnutbert9685 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this. I did not know of him prior to seeing this Doc. Fantastic discovery for me as a metal artist!
@tapigrama 6 жыл бұрын
Todo un desconocido icono del diseño contemporáneo. www.tapigrama.es/blog/los-origenes-del-cheslong/
@SonicPhonic 6 жыл бұрын
blah blah blah....
@marquamfurniture 6 жыл бұрын
The moderator/facilitator would be benefit from fewer collagen lip injections. Really distracting.
6 жыл бұрын
John C Have a heart. Take a closer look, she has hit the wall.
@DONALDBERMENT 6 жыл бұрын
Recently on March 10 2018 on a blog radio program in search of fatherhood hosted by Diane Sears, when I spoke of Frank Lloyd Wright as a mentor, Diane asked me when and how I met Frank Lloyd Wright. My response was that he was a mentor not in the literal sense, but socially and spiritually by the work he left behind as teachings for the rest of humankind.
@aripocki 7 жыл бұрын
I'm going to be honest - the irony behind this is I feel he would not have wanted all this pretense around his work. I think he would have wanted a simple and straightforward dedication to just explaining what it IS. Not only that, but all these fancy contexts and lush royal mansions are so out of place with the natural simplicity of the work. The intimate dialogue between the user and the furniture seems lost with how they were set up.
@boonehouston 5 жыл бұрын
Well said. Now a bunch of assholes talking about how they never thought about buying georges stuff. Then it becomes valuable and they cream over it. So fake.
@samadrid6321 7 жыл бұрын
I can't decide which is more beautiful Nakashima pieces or Daniella Ohad. Both, in each its/her own way.
@Padraigcoelfir 7 жыл бұрын
The lady has amazing legs I must say. But how was she sat? I mean there is crossed leg and crossed legs...
@adriennewylie5826 7 жыл бұрын
Are transcripts available? Unfortunately the narrator is difficult to understand.
@JDandGPS 7 жыл бұрын
A fascinating exploration of an equally fascinating artist. Amazing how much talent came out of the Delaware River Valley.
@langalisc 7 жыл бұрын
With all due respect to the content of the documentary and George Nakashima, what is the song during the credits?
@guava250 7 жыл бұрын
This is a folk song from okinawa japan Asadoya yunta
@missionron 7 жыл бұрын
In 1981" you could buy a bookmatched 2 board dining table from George for $1,300.... Talk about a great return on investment. That same table today could fetch over 100k
@andreasboecken8402 8 жыл бұрын
I love all these films, any possibility we might get some more?
@daniellaohadsmith 7 жыл бұрын
We have created the film Collecting George Nakashima and next month the film Collecting Paul Evans will be available on this channel. Both are supported by Rago Auctions.
@sajidullah 8 жыл бұрын
A true artist .
@harrybertoia 8 жыл бұрын
Very well done as an overview of Nakashima's work. This should be on PBS. My father, Harry Bertoia, and George Nakashima were dear friends who shared a similar eastern philosophy of humility and honoring what the material "wanted to become."
@daniellaohadsmith 8 жыл бұрын
Thanks Celia.
@greatmustis 8 жыл бұрын
What's next Daniella..??!!!
@daniellaohadsmith 8 жыл бұрын
Collecting Paul Evans in the spring.
@shawnhollahan590 5 жыл бұрын
OMG... I had one of your dads chairs and my RISD roommate stole it !! I wonder where that chair wound up... I'll bet it has an incredible story since it was already well used by the time it found its way to me... what a gem. So cool bumping into you online ... well wishes to your family.
@greatmustis 8 жыл бұрын
Still waiting...!!!
@RJCooper2 8 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@carldurrell9943 8 жыл бұрын
I ❤️ Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture and his designs of Furniture which both are works of Great 🇺🇸Art in there own right but feel the Furniture is part of the Architecture of the whole building and to remove it is like rape, like ripping the Heart out of the beautiful body. Frank Lloyd Wright was an Architect way a head of his time.
@greatmustis 8 жыл бұрын
PLEASE........ ALVAR AALTO, CHARLES & RAY EAMES...!!!
@daniellaohadsmith 8 жыл бұрын
Next two films - George Nakashima and Paul Evans. Hopefully Aalto and Eames in the future.
@greatmustis 8 жыл бұрын
yes, I already saw Nakashima's trailer, can't wait..!!! Saludos desde Ecuador/Sudamerica Daniella, I'm your fan...!!! Felicidades ..!!
@daniellaohadsmith 8 жыл бұрын
Did you see that we have the Nakashima film uploaded?
@greatmustis 8 жыл бұрын
Daniella Ohad oooh really, no I haven't seen yet... I'll watch it...!!! I'll write you by instagram, please check it...
@daniellaohadsmith 7 жыл бұрын
Next month we will release the film Collecting Paul Evans on this channel.
@greatmustis 8 жыл бұрын
actually he was a very great achitect but you can't find his furniture easily, his chairs or couches were very uncomfortable, and they had very low sense of refinement, mies van der rohe, alvar aalto or le corbusier inmortalized their furniture, but you can't buy a wright's chair easily because they were not so good....
@JamesSmithYoutube 3 жыл бұрын
Not true at all. I own a FLLW house, and the original furniture included is extremely comfortable and ergonomic. As far as refinement, for the Usonian houses that were built for modest people of modest means, the furniture was purposely deigned and built simply to be as economic as possible.
@kplante7881 9 жыл бұрын
Fantastic... Great information. Thanks for sharing.
@llaroque211 9 жыл бұрын
Interesting designs, very forward thinking for the times.