Ice Cube talks about Los Angeles and The Eameses

Things I knew about Ice Cube:

1. He's a rapper.
2. He was in the rap group NWA.

Things I didn't know about Ice Cube:

1. He studied architectural drafting before becoming a rapper.
2. He has a healthy appreciation of mid century architecture in and around Los Angeles.

This video is a nice homage to L.A. and The Eameses.  Best line in the video: "The Eames made structure and nature one. This is going green 1949 style, bitch. Believe that."

Austin MCM designed by first black graduate of UT up for sale

The Austin-American Statesman has a nice story about a renovated MCM designed by UT Austin's first black architecture school graduate, John S. Chase, Jr.

Read about it here.

It can be yours for $488,000.oo here.

H/T to PrairieMod.

The making of an Eames shell chair

Great video on the making of the iconic Eames shell chair.




Tip of the hat to Grassroots Modern where I first saw the video.

Eero Saarinen

A brief video about Saarinen and the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Saarinen's father, Eliel Saarinen, was the first president of Cranbrook.



Tip of the hat to Grassroots Modern where I first saw the video.