Coast Modern

BUILD Poster

gfroome — Tue, 25 May 2010 15:26:19 +0000

Understated Coast Modern stunner designed by BUILD. Michael C. Place and his keen sense of detail, proportion and colour puts Pantone PMS 806 to work. Spanning the coast from Vancouver to Los Angeles, this slice of design heaven will jump off any wall. Printed masterfully in Vancouver on 100lb Topkote by our friends at Metropolitan Printers, this one won’t last long. Both posters will be available in our web shop soon. In the meantime check Build’s excellent blog.

Limited to 100 prints.

33 1/8″ x 23 7/16″

Coast Modern Poster

gfroome — Sat, 01 May 2010 05:27:56 +0000

Original artwork and poster design from Byron O’Neill—mixed and pulled by master printer Matt Mayer and team over at JDK. This beautiful handmade piece contains elements from our graphics platform Byron designed for the film. The look of this poster speaks volumes to the film’s spirit.

The first five will be released at Vancouver Special’s Party for Architects on May 6, 2010.

Hand numbered by the artist limited run of 200.
Dimensions: 23 15/16″ x 18″

Party for Architects

gfroome — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:51:44 +0000

We’ve been invited to Vancouver Special’s Party for Architects Thursday May 6, 2010. Drop by for a couple of drinks and some design love. We’ll be previewing a special LA only film trailer shot 3 weeks ago along with some of our beautiful new posters. Poster details to follow, we think you’ll be impressed. Spring time + Vancouver Special + CoMo is better than a kick in the pants. Hope to see you there.

JDK

gfroome — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:31:09 +0000

We have connected with one of the most inspiring branding agencies in North America to design the Coast Modern identity and graphics platform. With offices in Vermont, NYC and Portland Oregon—Jager Di Paola Kemp Design continually raise the bar for graphic communications across a wide range of applications. If you’re alive and on planet earth, chances are you’ve come in contact with some of JDK’s groundbreaking design work. These guys are some of the true creators of our times and it’s an honour to have them in our corner.

Our project, lead by the talented Byron O’Neill, Erica Danford and Steve Francisco, now has a lovely hand crafted look that can work across all of our Coast Modern brand touch points. Here’s a sneak peak from JDK’s silkscreen studio in Vermont with master printer Matt Mayer and team working on our limited run posters—soon to be available in our online shop. Stay tuned for details.

Bombast Vancouver

Michael Bernard — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:13:20 +0000

Had another incredible interview session with Vancouver furniture maverick Russell Baker at Bombast Furniture in Vancouver. The man is always 7 steps ahead of the curve. If you’re in Vancouver, check out his excellent retail space next to Ming Wo on the edge of Vancouver’s Chinatown. His art collection is worth the trip alone. Check Gary Lee-Nova’s original “Columbia Vista Vision” from 1968 on the wall. This piece showcases Vancouver’s incredible physcadelic past and Russell’s deep understanding of Vancouver’s art, design & architecture scenes. Here’s a map, tell Russell Coast Modern sent you!

Gordon Smith House II

Michael Bernard — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:05:04 +0000

What can we say, we managed to visit Gordon in his Erickson masterpiece in West Vancouver. What an incredible design on a magnificent lot. Gordon has had to paint the house much to Erickson’s chagrin in order to preserve the cedar. We love the original cedar of course but this green is actually quite excellent. If anyone could mix an appropriate colour to paint this house it’s Gordon Smith!

Arthur Erickson & Japan

Michael Bernard — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:31:20 +0000

This will be good, Journeys East—Arthur Erickson & Japan. Get the full story on Arthur Erickson’s years spent in Japan. Any architecture and design schools out there should snap up the bargain student price before they sell out. The AEC always put on solid events in the name of preservation and education. Check the AEC site for details and get your tickets.

AFF Rotterdam

Michael Bernard — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:47:34 +0000

Really excited to be asked for a reel for the Architecture Film Festival in Rotterdam this year. Would have been nice to premiere the film at AFFR but we’re not ready yet. Instead we’re cutting a short for the heads in Holland. Securing some music for the show that should prove to be a knockout. If you’re in Europe in November, we could use a couple of CoMo ambassadors to work the floor… Watch this space for details.

Abraham Rogatnick Moves On

Michael Bernard — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:44:33 +0000

Abraham Rogatnick passed away in Vancouver yesterday. Big respect to the man they call Abe, the man that studied under Walter Gropius at Harvard and did so much for Vancouver’s arts & architecture commuity. He was such a smart man with a gentle demeanor and cheeky wit. We were lucky enough to have spent a day with Abraham and he gave us the goods on the story of Modernism, believe me it goes deeper than you think. We shot over three hours of tape with Abe and will cherish every minute. Our thoughts go out to all that knew him along with a toast.

This video was shot after our interview with Abraham. Shot with my point and shoot still camera, Abe talks about how BC Binning moved away from a Southern Californian colour palette to a more appropriate North West palette. We already miss you Abe.

Abraham Rogatnick from Coast Modern on Vimeo.

Some of Binnings “California Colours”.

Julius Shulman Moves On

Michael Bernard — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:59:11 +0000

Sad to hear the news about Julius Shulman passing away last night. Julius will be missed by many including us here at Coast Modern. We were lucky enough to have spent several sessions with Julius including Gavin’s birthday dinner last year. The camera was rolling and we talked, drank and ate until late. Julius was the real deal and we learned a lot. He has been involved since the beginning, running around 1930s LA with Neutra and Schindler et al. A real privelage to have known him. He kept telling us to “Show them a beautiful life”… A toast to you Julius.

Make sure you see his film Visual Acoustics or pick up his latest triple decker book from Taschen.