Wright Chat

Last night, while watching "The Loop," a new (and ultimately doomed) FOX sitcom about a young employee at an airline based in Chicago, my quickly-glazing eyes beheld a surprising sight. In the corner of the young man's dorm-like apartment stood the multi-tiered Taliesin Lamp!



As the show droned on, I pondered why such a beautiful, historic piece of furniture would be in a Generation Y slacker's apartment. Is this a sign of a burgeoning appreciation of FLLW among da yutes (outside of Chicago, pronounced "the youths")? Is this phenomenon limited to the Chicagoland area that has long been FLLW turf?



I may have to tune in next week to see if I spot any barrel chairs or stained glass. I'll just ignore the dialogue and focus on the set.

SWSinDC wrote:I pondered why such a beautiful, historic piece of furniture would be in a Generation Y slacker's apartment. Is this a sign of a burgeoning appreciation of FLLW among da yutes (outside of Chicago, pronounced "the youths")? Is this phenomenon limited to the Chicagoland area that has long been FLLW turf?

As a generation Y-er, I can attest that there is a growing interest among my peers with the marvelous works of FLLW. You can stay abreast of this movement and it's going on's at http://www.prairiemod.com. As a Chicagoan, I cannot directly comment on a national level...but all signs indicate that there is also interest outside of the midwest.



PS - Gen X-er's are the slackers (painting with a broad stroke). Gen Y-ers or the "Millienials" are nothing like this. Read about it here: http://www.generationsatwork.com/articl ... cteristics

erban wrote:PS - Gen X-er's are the slackers (painting with a broad stroke).

In the lingo of the Gen Y-er's, LOL! Consider me painted!



I assure you, erban, "Gen-Y" and "slacker" are two separate adjectives in my vocabulary. I am glad that we can at least safely say that there is at least one Gen-X non-slacker FLLW devotee and at least one Gen-Y non-slacker FLLW devotee out there. Here's hoping you're right about the spread of FLLW appreciation throughout our respective generations.

Some days I feel like a "Gen A."

SWSinDC wrote:I am glad that we can at least safely say that there is at least one Gen-X non-slacker FLLW devotee and at least one Gen-Y non-slacker FLLW devotee out there. Here's hoping you're right about the spread of FLLW appreciation throughout our respective generations.

Hilarious! How about we hear from the Baby Boomers of this group?

Baby Boomer (no pun intended) response -



I don't think it would be outlandish to surmise that it was probably a tasteful, talented and experienced Baby Boomer generation set decorator for this TV series that placed the Taliesin lamp in the room.



Additional TV sighting - home dorm turf for the women participating in the America's Next Top Model competition is Lloyd Wright's Sowden house.

Yes, but they were baby boomers in Hollywood or some such place. In today's Chicago Tribune, there's a column which describes the scene shown through the airport windows in this show, with the lovely mountains in the background. (Prairie? What prairie?)

While I'm sure there are those familiar with Wright's work who do this sort of work, there may not be an intentional homage to Wright at all. Set decorators have always purused shops, catalogs, art books, mag's, etc, for "stylish" items to jazz up their boring shows.



I'm personally sick of seeing these blips of taste surrounded by other set trash; ironically just the opposite of the horrid personal furnishings often seen in the faux-Frank-prairie houses.....and the ubiquitous Craftsman "style" favored by TV and film....

I've been noticing a large number of California Modern style houses in TV commercials these days. Of course, in my opinion, California Modern is just a derivative of Usonian so it all goes back to Frank in the end!!