Last week we profiled Eileen Gray. We’ve talked a lot about Eero Saarinen but today we’re going real deep into the history of this prolific Finnish-American designer, marking every period of his very interesting life with a particular piece of artwork. But first and foremost, a little history: Saarinen was born in 1910 to genius …
The right textile choice for your furniture is something that many people overlook when they’re putting together a new interior design layout.
2019 has been a good year for kitchens and dining spaces of any kind. Furniture and interior design are also focusing on the necessary items for a good meal or dinner party. Manhattan Home Design does not sell kitchens or any type of similar appliances, but we do sell an interesting array of dining chairs and tables.
Elegant, simple, timeless. Eero Saarinen made a promise to clean up “the slum of legs” in the common middle-class home in America. Shying away from his work with the Eames couple, who greatly favored four-leg configurations and star-shaped aluminum bases, he embarked on a journey to discover a new way of looking at dining room …
Eero Saarinen’s greatest creation is truly a gift to mankind. Initially created for Florence Knoll, the Womb chair was a quick success following its 1948 first appearance. Saarinen was a close friend of Knoll, who was also acquainted with his father.
The image above is a courtesy of the National Park Service on Flickr. Mid-century modernism is different from other styles of furniture in the fact that it pertains to a particular period of time. That period, according to some people, starts around the mid-1930s and ends somewhere around 1965. Other people consider mid-century modernism to …
The above photograph credits belong to Allie Caulfield. Found on Flickr. There’s a not-so-new exhibition making the rounds at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. We found out about it through an article on The Detroit News: it is just a small, easy-to-miss, showing of furniture and industrial design, which appropriately greets all …
Red is versatile and controversial. On one hand is love, passion, feeling. On the other is violence, danger, warning. Maybe those are two sides of the same coin. Different tones of red will oscillate between these two worlds: some reds will be warmer, cozier, while some reds will be flashier and more seductive. One thing …
All photos courtesy MHD. One of the best things about Manhattan Home Design is that their product line is always being updated with quality replicas and original designs in a wide variety of styles. Some of them are for big houses, some for small houses, there’s something for everyone. This also applies to budget: they …
