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Knut Saeter for Vatne Mobler THREE-piece leather and rosewood living room situation. Norway, circa 1960.

Sofa / loveseat / armchair.

Newly-upholstered in leather with refinished rosewood.

Florence Schust married Hans Knoll and became Florence Knoll, helping transform the company into an icon of modern design.

Here are a pair of tufted blue leather Model 51 slipper chairs she designed, circa 1960.

“Grasshopper” chair by Finnish designer, Eero Saarinen. Designed in 1946 and in production ’til 1965.

Ballard ArtWalk
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Marco Collins

SATURDAY!!!

KLEINSMITH + MARCO

Jeff Kleinsmith designed some of independent music’s most memorable records—and a whole lot of the stuff that came with them.

Marco Collins made sure people heard the music.

For more than three decades, the two have had a hand in how Seattle music looked, sounded and made its way out into the world. Quietly in Jeff’s case. Not always so quietly in Marco’s. 😎

On September 12, they’re gonna go ahead and share a room.

Jeff’s work on the walls,
tables and rafters.

Marco’s music in the air.

Ballard ArtWalk is going down tomorrow evening so it should be a pretty dang good time.

There will be beverages.

See you there!!!

Tragedy, Ecstasy & So On
Art, Albums and Ephemera by Jeff Kleinsmith

Saturday, September 12th
6–10pm-ish

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Marco Collins

Yngvie Ekstrom “Arka” chair
Nils Jonsson armoire
Erik Buch rosewood counter stools
Gio Ponti side chair
Gunnar Nelson desk
Kofod Larsen stands

MARCO Collins has spent a lifetime obsessing over music - and somehow made a career out of it.

As music director and on-air personality at Seattle’s 107.7 The End in the ’90s, he helped break Nirvana, Beck, Weezer, Foo Fighters, Garbage and countless others. He later spent years at KEXP and has worked as a DJ, curator, interviewer, music executive and professional loudmouth.

Featured in the documentary The Glamour & the Squalor, Marco is still championing new artists and proving that an unhealthy obsession with music can, in fact, be a pretty great career.

Come hang with us THIS SATURDAY for Ballard ArtWalk and the continuing wonderful saga of our Jeff Kleinsmith exhibition!

6-10pm-ish.

Marco Collins
jeffkleinsmith

See you SATURDAY!!!

*poster by Morgan Sorensen

ONE MORE TIME.

Tragedy, Ecstasy & So On.
Art, Albums and Ephemera by Jeff Kleinsmith

Returns to SPARKLEBARN for an encore
Saturday, September 12th, 6–10pm-ish.

A career-spanning collection of posters, album covers, apparel, stickers, oddities and rare ephemera from one of the Pacific Northwest’s most influential designers.

More than 30 years of work, pulled from the archives and gathered together in one place for the first time in the history of the world.

For more than 30 years as art and creative director at Sub Pop Records, Jeff has helped shape the visual language of independent music, creating work for Beach House, Father John Misty, Sleater-Kinney, The Shins, Built to Spill and countless others.

And that’s barely the beginning. Bob’s Burgers. David Cross. Rick and Morty. Book design with Charles Peterson. Steve Turner’s autobiography. And on and on and on..

We had such a great time at the opening in May (and again in June), that we decided to do it ONE MORE TIME.

AND, a small note of caution: we have a semi-secret, very special DJ lined up for the evening so everyone’s gonna need to go ahead and simmer down.♥️

Stay tuned for more to come!

Johannes Andersen refinished Danish MCM Credenza with tambour doors. 95” wide. (model 19)

Pair of Jane and Gordon Martz table lamps. For Marshall Studios. Circa ‘50s-‘60s. Rewired with new shades.

Hand-carved Australian gum wood bowl by Alaskan artist, Michael O’Connor.