Mid-century modern
Charles and Ray Eames changed the landscape of design with “just a few chairs and a house”
Charlotte Perriand’s Bibliothèques countered the “quite elitist” furniture she created for Le Corbusier
Whether “teaspoons or a national bank”, Arne Jacobsen designed things down to the last detail
Hans J Wegner’s CH24 Wishbone Chair “captured the essence of modern Danish design”
Women’s contribution to mid-century modern design is “not challenged as much now” says Pat Kirkham
This week we launched our mid-century modern design series
“Mid-century modern is classic, it’s never going away” says Cara Greenberg
The organic designs of Eero Saarinen went “beyond the measly ABC” of modernism
Nicemakers renovates Swiss chalet interiors with mid-century modern furniture
Atelier Chardonnat and Salem Architecture overhaul mid-century Montreal house
Conner + Perry Architects completes terrace addition at Lautner house in LA
Feldman Architecture updates 1970s home in coastal California
Arne Jacobsen “dared to work with modern materials” for Egg chair
“Design was a new profession” in the UK says Paula Day
“There was a profound belief in the power of the polymath during the mid-century period”
Isamu Noguchi’s sculptural Akari lamps are “poetic, ephemeral, and tentative”
Eames Shell chair aims to get “the best to the greatest number of people for the least”
Eero Saarinen’s Tulip table has “a kind of dishonesty to it”
Harry Bertoia’s Diamond Chair requires “primitive method” of construction
Mid-century modern design “embraced a more human aesthetic while remaining aggressively forward-looking”
Kartwheel Studio “honours and revamps” mid-century Texas beach motel
Eight Black modernist architecture projects preserved in the US
Oza Sabbeth Architects creates East Hampton house with cedar cladding
