Posts tagged "Video"
People In Glass Houses

People In Glass Houses

We continue our Eichler theme here on the Journal with a superb trailer for a very exciting documentary project by California realtor, Monique Lombardelli: “People In Glass Houses – The Legacy Of Joseph Eichler”. Monique became a true Eichler fan when driving along the streets of Sunnyvale for this first time back in 2009 and...
Eichler Experimental: The X-100

Eichler Experimental: The X-100

Joseph L. Eichler (1900–1974) was a renowned homebuilder, responsible for a number of keystone midcentury-modern developments, or tracts, across California’s Bay Area between 1951–1964, totalling around 11,000 homes in all. Single storey properties, save around 50 or so, these homes were of trademark timber post and beam construction, with soaring flat or gently pitched roofs....
Linotype: The Eighth Wonder of the World

Linotype: The Eighth Wonder of the World

We hold firm that people will always want to smell the ink, feel the paper, turn the page. However, it’s not often that Print as a medium garners praise and attention these days as our communications channels become all the more digital. Here’s one joyous example. The Linotype was the first printing press, an invention...