Last week we featured Frank Lloyd Wright. After more than 20 DOTW articles, we were looking to do a little of a return to form. The more recent articles were longer, wordier, and featured both big and not-so-big names in the mid-century furniture industry. Today we’re going to talk about Mr. Aalto. He was a …
Last week we featured Achille Castiglioni, creator of the Arco Lamp! Copenhagen, 1902. Danish merchant Johan Jacobsen and his wife Pouline, a bank clerk, have just given birth to a son that they named Arne. The child’s restlessness and artistic prowess both flourish at the same time on his early school years, setting the stage …
Last week we featured Finn Juhl. In a couple of weeks, art and design enthusiasts around the world will commemorate the passing of Achille Castiglioni, one of the foremost Italian designers of the mid-century modernist period, and co-creator of the inimitable, unparalleled Arco lamp. Born in Milan in 1918, Achille showed an early passion for …
Last week we profiled Hans Wegner! New designers every Tuesday! Born in 1912, Finn Juhl is one of the lesser known figures of the mid-century modernist movement, though for real fans, he’s actually the very first. Primarily an architect and interior designer, Juhl not only contributed to the Danish modern design trend, he actually introduced …
Last week we featured Marcel Breuer. Creator of the iconic, and weird, Flag Halyard chair, the Peacock chair, and a 1949 design that’s just called “The Chair”, we present to you Hans Jorgensen Wegner: Danish furniture designer, pioneer, iconoclast, and artist. Born in Tønder, south Denmark, in 1914, Wegner was the son of a cobbler, …
Last week we had Peter Behrens! These months have certainly been interesting for Bauhaus fans! Our Designer of the Week article comes out every Tuesday! Hungarian-American designer Marcel Breuer was the first craftsman to ever work with tubular steel in conjunction with textiles. He gave the world a chair concept that could not be remade, …
We recently did an article mentioning our best-sellers and how they stand today in the mid-century modern market. We, however, failed to mention a few of them because of space constraints. The idea was to mention the best sellers and how they create a style in your home. Therefore, if you purchase one of the …
Ever since the 1960s, the mid-century modern aesthetic has been going strong, with both avid followers and detractors in the interior design industry. After some time, it became clear that this is a style that simply just would not die, and we can name a few key reasons for that: the timelessness of its designs, …
Successful television is, more often than not, dependent on how good the sets and scenery look. Believe it or not, we take in a lot from our fictional surroundings, and when things stop being interesting, we usually stop watching. When we think about Mad Men and its sets, what comes to mind? Some select few …
Harry Bertoia was an Italian artist that came to America looking for a better life, a better future, a place where he could express himself without constraints and realize the beautiful images that plagued his mind. Initially, he was a sculptor. He became preoccupied with strange shapes and started crafting jewelry at a young age. …
