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Wendy O'Rourke
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Art + Music + Design + Positivity
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Wendy O'Rourke @wendyo.bsky.social · Oct 15
I cherish these photos taken by my dad in the early 1970s
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Orkestra Obsolete play Blue Monday #NewOrder
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Orkestra Obsolete play Blue Monday using 1930s instruments - BBC Arts
YouTube video by BBC
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February 15, 2026 at 10:48 PM
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Happy #ValentinesDay 🫶
1960 Valentines card referencing beatnik culture Guy with bongos : HI BABY-BE MY (heart symbol)-BEAT! Girl with telephone: JINGLE ME, DADDY-O I'M FOR You!
February 14, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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Otis Redding - Don't Mess with Cupid (1966)
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Stax – 169024 The Otis Redding Story – Vol. 4 45rpm single, France
February 14, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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#Hair of the week

Heart Head appeared in Stern Magazine in May 1965
Heart-shaped bouffant hair style with an arrow accessory
February 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Globe Lamp by Verner Panton (1969)

Image: Verner Panton Design AG
March 24, 2024 at 8:51 AM
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Verner Panton, Copenhagen, Denmark 1971
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some sort of 70's design fever dream
February 8, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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“Under a large transparent dome, dozens of stars light up.”

Moon Lamps by Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce, Italy (1969)
Gino Sarfatti created two versions; the table lamp Arteluce model no. 604 and the pendant lamp Arteluce model no. 2130. The space age lamp consists of painted perforated metal with a translucent perspex dome over a scattering of micro-bulbs that look like lunar craters illuminated by stars. Model 2130 pendant lamp Model 604 table lamp with orange perspex dome
February 13, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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Illustrated Journeys: The Designs of Alain Cornic designreviewed.com/illustrated-...
February 11, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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The Painted Faces - Anxious Color (1967)
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Manhattan label 45 rpm single
February 12, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow #Lines
#Painting
Art by Kenneth Noland
A painting by American artist Kenneth Noland is mounted on a wall in the form of a diamond. The painting depicts several colorful chevrons on the right side. The rest of the canvas is painted in a beige color.
May 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Kenneth Noland's Loft by Horst P. Horst for Vogue, February 1972
Noland's open plan Ma hattan loft designed by the Mac II firm with Mica Ertegun features Vignelli glass tables, color field artworks, modular yellow sofa by Knoll, modernist pieces and sculptural elements like Calder-inspired mobiles.
February 12, 2026 at 10:46 PM
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Birth by Kenneth Noland, 1961
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137409
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Hannelore B. and Rudolph B. Schulhof Collection, bequest of Hannelore B. Schulhof, 2012 Art © Estate of Kenneth Noland/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
February 12, 2026 at 9:21 AM
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Noland made his first completely individual statement when he "discovered the center of the canvas."

Turnsole by Kenneth Noland (1961)
A 7-foot square acrylic painting of concentric circles in yellow, black, grey and blue, housed in MoMA's collection as a key example of his centered abstractions.
February 12, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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Untitled by Kenneth Noland (1963)
Part of Noland's target series, using concentric acrylic rings in pink, blue, yellow, and red to create illusory depth on a flat canvas.
February 12, 2026 at 10:16 PM
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Julie Christie arranges flowers at her London flat by David Hurn (1965)
Simple white kitchen with a large bullseye painted on one wall, as well as misc cooking utensils, and "Cup of Tea, roll and butter 5d" sign.
February 12, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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"A book is a loaded gun in the house next door...Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man?"
- Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

Alternative movie poster for Francois Truffaut's Fahrenheit 451 artwork by Plakiat.
January 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Turniture II by Lester Walker (1970)
Just a year ago we introduced designer Lester Walker to these pages with plans for one of his Living Machines-a convertible couch-bed-table which he called Turniture. When we wanted a multipurpose unit for outdoor use, we asked Walker to design and build Turniture II-and he came up with this delightful piece that serves all the patio functions shown. It's easily made from MDO (medium-density overlay) ply wood, assembled with two-by-two cleats and 30 wingnut/bolt/washer sets. It knocks down for flat winter storage or transport in a station wagon. Close ends of crawl-through tunnel (center photo, below) and it becomes a roofed playpen for a toddler.
February 12, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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Faine Jade - Introspection (1968)
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D.J. Copy RSVP label 45 rpm
February 12, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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Original door handles from the Vienna Hilton, from 1975 until it was renovated in 2003. Now in the Wien Museum ⭐️
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A pair of lovely bronze door handles
February 5, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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I Am a Lover by Jerry Stoll and Evan S. Connell (1961) #February #PhotoBook
A collection of photographs taken by Jerry Stoll (1923-2004), a photographer best known as the official photographer for the first eight years of the Monterey Jazz Festival. Stoll shot approximately 125 rolls of 35mm film of artists and friends living in Telegraph Hill, San Francisco during a six-month period. Stoll’s black and white photos are interspersed with texts and quotes selected by Contact editor Evan Connell from various poets and writers, including Thomas Wolfe, Langston Hughes, William Blake, others. Published by Angel Island Publications, Inc. Photo cover with a psychedelic lettered title in pink.
February 9, 2026 at 9:49 PM
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Fratelli Reguitti (1969)
Red lacquered furniture upholstered with Omega fabric by Barbara Brown
February 9, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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Molded fiberglass armchairs by Moretti with bed and chest designed by Raymond Loewy for Doubinski Freres and bedspread in Omega by Barbara Brown for Heal's.

House Beautiful (1969)
A bedroom saturated in red
January 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Los Brincos - Erase Una Vez (1968) #MusicMonday
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Los Brincos was a pop group founded in Spain in 1964. They were known as the "Spanish Beatles'' and included members Fernando Arbex, Manuel González, Juan Pardo, and Antonio "Junior" Morales.
February 9, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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Ultrafragola Mirror by Ettore Sottsass for Poltronova (1970)
As part of Sottsass's Mobili Grigi series, the piece blends mirror and lamp functions using vacuum-formed opaline plastic with integrated lighting. Photo by Aaron Bengochea
February 9, 2026 at 8:19 PM
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Michael Inchbald for Lurashell, UK (1969)
Space age white fiberglass furniture with padded leather seats in brown
February 9, 2026 at 8:09 PM