Hank Murta Adams talks about Blenko’s lamps and stoppered bottles and their popularity in the 1950s. Oral history interview with Hank Murta Adams by Barb Elam, conducted via telephone, June 7, 2019, Bard Graduate Center. Clip length: 00:45.

Hank Murta Adams: I mean, I can spot a Blenko lamp in a second in an old photograph somewhere. I just saw one the other day and I was like ‘Ah, that’s Blenko.’ And you know, they were very famous for making their lamps, they were very famous for their stoppered bottle—their large stopper bottles—and, you know, they were showcased in the Museum of Modern Art [New York, New York]. I mean they were kind of the shit in the fifties. And all by, sort of like, default, by giving this faith and liberty to the designers, and then that feedback loop of designers having ego and pride—and Joel’s a [laughs] perfect example. Ego—he has a very big ego, and I love him for it.