La Gardia designed pot/planter
La Gardo Tackett is a potter/designer who was based in Southern California (at least his studio is here). His “architectural pottery” featuring pots that were stacked on one another, situated in metal scaffolding and otherwise architected was all the rage in the 50′s, even having been featured in the World’s Fair in Brussels in 1958 where he received rave reviews from colleagues and critics alike. He made a series of eggheads that were apparently condom holders that were manufactured by Schmid International and sold mainly through Playboy magazine.
His stuff is generally difficult to find and usually one must peruse eBay and such places, but Velocity (one of our favorite place to find sweet stuff) has this planter in stock, which we think is pretty cool.
They also are having a sale until the end of January 2010: 15% off orders over $165.
