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Poul Cadovius for Royal System Chrome Modular Shelves

A stunning, minimalist, interlocking shelf made of chrome-plated steel and glass by Poul Cadovius for Royal System, Denmark, 1960s.
This well-designed shelf has won many design awards and has been on display in the New York Museum of Modern Art since 1967.

Designer: Poul Cadovious Manufacturer: Royal System Country: Denmark
Year: 1960s

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Tobacciana refers to the collection and study of to***co-related items, encompassing everything from pipes and tins to advertising materials and decorative pieces. It offers insights into the history of to***co use, its cultural impact, and the evolution of marketing and design.

To***co played a very important part in early American history. To***co was smoked or chewed by the Native Americans long before European settlement.

To***co production is almost as old as settlement in what is now the U.S. John Rolfe, who married Pocahontas, raised the first crop of to***co in Jamestown in 1612.

To***co also lead to the importation of slaves.

In 1619 was the first importation of women for wives. The men had to pay for their women with 120 pounds of to***co.

By the mid-1600s, large amounts of to***co were being exported to Europe and plantations proliferated in the Colonies.

The first American to***co factories started in Virginia in 1730.

To***co grower debts to British mercantile houses and to***co taxes were some of the grievances that lead to the American Revolutionary War.

To***co was used to partially finance the war for the Americans. Benjamin Franklin obtained a loan from France secured by 5 million pounds of to***co. George Washington in appealing for aid said “If you can’t send money, send to***co”.

Ci**rs became popular in the 1820s

The first friction match was invented in England in 1827 by Chemist John Walker. They were known as Lucifers before the name was changed to matches. This explains the Devil head match safe.

The first paper rolled ci******es were invented in Turkey in 1832.

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In 1968, self-taught French Impressionist Lee Godie appeared at the Art Institute of Chicago. She sold canvases reminiscent of Cezanne, capturing Chicago's essence with iconic landmarks and symbolic natural elements. Following a prolific career with thousands of paintings, Godie gained widespread recognition through exhibitions and museum shows, profoundly impacting Chicago's art world. Her distinctive style, initially childlike, conveyed intense emotions and authenticity. Today, her work is featured in the American Folk Art Museum's permanent collection in New York, the Smithsonian, the Philadelphia Art Museum and others.

“I always try to paint beauty,” she wrote in her journals, “but some people say my paintings aren’t beautiful. Well, I have beauty in mind, but it isn’t always easy to make paintings beautiful.”

Emma from .the.manor again! When I was eating a little breakfast orange this morning it occurred to me that I should tell you an aspect of how I *think* when I am curating the elements of what we make.

I get a lot of inspiration from things that are ubiquitous or ordinary. A fruit in the morning. A plastic chair. A glass block window. When I engage with the ordinary, I open myself to romance, always. I approach romance with object and substance the same way I would with people, mainly by questions. I do not ask of things “is this beautiful?” I ask “HOW is this beautiful, in what ways am I attracted to it, how am I connected to it and how is it connected to me?”

Oranges are inherently romantic, erotic even, in their weight, shape, touch-ability, their natural inclination to be something that is shared. I can push myself further by changing how I eat it. Have you ever put an orange in the fridge about a half hour before taking a shower, and then bringing it with you and eating the cold orange in a steamy hot shower? You should. You can rip into it, you can ignore the segments and let it explode in your hands and drip down your wrists, you can let the smell whirl around you and you can let the peel drop to the floor, the heat expressing the oils until you and the orange are layered— you are inside and outside of it. Romance is easy with an orange.

The ordinary is romantic once you expand your language and strategies for love. I’m pulled toward things like the Herman Miller Eames chairs that so many of us grew up sitting on in elementary school, or the monobloc chairs that leave deep grooves in our bare thighs in summertime. The romance for me lies in its ubiquity, probably because every single object we touch contains a human element, but the human element is so humble that it has allowed itself to shrink over time for the sake of utility. How beautiful.
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Hello! Emma here, I’ve been tasked to share with you all some behind-the-scenes footage from our research for events. It’s fortunate, thematically, because with this one the process is actually the whole point. I figured I’d start by showing you bits of books I’ve been reading, some shapes and textures that have been appealing. More to come!