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Biographies
Isamu Noguchi, Design Sculpting
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George Nelson, the Designer of the Mid-Century Era
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The Woman That Revolutionized Scandinavian Design: Grete Jalk
The number of female furniture designers in the post WWII period are few, women in…
Finn Juhl: Denmark’s Finest Master Craftsman
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5 Rooms That Will Make You Fall For Joseph-André Motte
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Borge Mogensen, The Frontrunner of Ergonomic Design
[tie_slideshow] [tie_slide] [/tie_slide] [tie_slide] [/tie_slide] [tie_slide] [/tie_slide] [tie_slide] [/tie_slide] [/tie_slideshow] The well known furniture school…
Anshen and Allen, The Duo That Put Joseph Eichler On The Map
While studying at the University of Pennsylvania, both Bob Anshen and Steve Allen received a travelling fellowship to study in San Francisco after graduating.
This is how their relationship began in 1937, in 1940 they opened the architectural, planning and design firm named Anshen and Allen.
Poul Kjaerholm
[tie_slideshow] [tie_slide] The PK 24 Lounge Chair, manufactured by Fritz Hansen in Denmark, 1965. Made of…
Eero Saarinen
Eero Saarinen was Born in Finland in 1910 and moved with his family to America…
Charles Eames Biography
Charles Eames founded his first firm in 1930 after attending the Washington University School of…
John Lautner
John Lautner was born in Michigan, in 1911. Before founding his studio in Los Angeles, in…
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright was born in 1867 in Wisconsin and became the most influential and revolutionary…
Raymond Kappe
After graduating from the University of California at Berkeley in 1951 and completing a two…
Raphael Soriano
Raphael Soriano was born in Greece(Rhodes), in 1907 and emigrated to the United States in 1924.…
Pierre Koenig
Born in San Francisco in 1925, Pierre Koenig received his B. Arch. from the Southern California…
Craig Ellwood
Craig Ellwood was born in 1922 in a small town in Texas and moved to Los…
A. Quincy Jones
A. Quincy Jones, also known as “Quincy”, was born in 1913 in Kansas(Missouri) but moved to…
Biography: Julius Shulman the Eye of Mid Century Modern
By Courtney Allison. There are few people in the world who are able to capture…
Biography: Greta Magnusson Grossman
The Swedish designer Greta Magnusson Grossman had a very prolific 40 years long career between…
Biography: Poul Kjaerholm
It has been a while since I wrote about a designer as I did here.…
How Charles and Ray Eames Invented the Mid-Century.
The reason why I love the mid-century aesthetic so much is the same that makes…
Italian Mid-Century Design’s Protagonists: Achille Castiglioni
Has been a while since I posted a biography but, as promised, in addition to Finn…