The Charles Eames Wire Chair is an iconic seat with sculptural qualities difficult to find in those years. Even though its design recalls previous fibreglass chairs, the Wire Chair was manufactured using a very different technology.
The rim of the chair is a double light-gauge wire without cross-weaving on the external borders, this ‘tricks’ made…
After the Villa Mairea -that I published few weeks ago- today I wanna share with…
One of my favorite series of lamps ever are the Poul Henningsen PH Lamps; the PS Artichoke in particular.
Poul Henningsen was one of the most famous mid-century modern Danish designers and it comes with no surprise that almost all his designs are still manufactured by the Danish company Louis Poulsen.
Some time ago I shared a Mid-Century/Art-Deco/Classic house in Malmö, Sweden. Today, it’s time to…
After my Magical 4 Rules to Save Money While You are Thrifting guide, I received many…
After my Magical 4 Rules to Save Money While You are Thrifting guide, I received…
If you don’t know it, the Royal Hotel in Copenhagen was entirely designed by the Danish Modern architect Arne Jacobsen in the 1950s and built between the 1958-1960: one year later his famous floor lamp.
“[Simon & Schuster] had given us advantages, and like any young writers we had spent them and hadn’t done the work…We were well-qualified to write the book, except when we got to the chapter on storage: we simply could not write the required 5.000 words.
This produced frustration of an acute sort.
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Today I decided to clean up a bit my archive and I found the following 5 House Tours of inspiring Mid-Century Modern houses:
I can not stop to learn about the Mid-Century Design 🙂
When last week I wrote about the New and Old Molded Plastic Eames Chairs and When the Mid-Century Modern Begun, I pointed out how the designers and the manufacturers invested a lot of time and money in the research and development process in order to find a way to use the post war technologies and new materials for home furnishing scopes.
As you can see from the gallery above, one of my biggest addiction are Mid…
We all are Mid-Century fans, isn’t it?
There’s a personal component in our personal mid century craziness because we like the design, but the market stimulates it as well!
I just read, but maybe is an old news for some of you, that Herman Miller introduced new colors for the addictive Eames molded plastic chairs range.
“ Mid-Century modern is an architectural, interior and product design form that generally describes mid-20th century developments in modern design, architecture, and urban development from roughly 1933 to 1965. “ -Wikipedia-
Few days ago, I had a very nice chat with a friend of mine -he has a great home that I hope to show you soon here ;)- about the Mid-Century Modern design.
Marcel Breuer The Hungarian architect and designer Marcel Breuer has been one of the most important…
Some time ago, I was lucky enough to be in the right place in the right moment…but with only my cheap old iphone camera 🙁
The right place was an exhibition about vintage italian design objects and products from the 60s and 70s
If you are reading this, we are probably sharing the same interests about Mid Century design and I strongly believe that the Mail List is a great tool to share even more.
A professional thrifter, like us ;), knows how in bad conditions a vintage wooden piece can be when he stumbles across it in a flea market: spots, cracks and faded areas are quite normal and can ruine a bit the beauty of the finding.
Last week I shared with you my Magical 4 Rules to Save Money While You…
The Magical 4 Rules to Save Money While You are Thrifting – Part 1 The…
Before starting Mid Century Home I never heard of the Salvation Army stores, probably because…
I already wrote How FInn Juhl Influenced the Mid Century Modern Design, but yesterday I found out that exists a very well preserved Finn Juhl’s house in Denmark; the one where he lived until his death.
The house is located close to the Ordrupgaard (I’ve no clue of how to pronunce it 😉 ) museum park in Denmark.
I love going for thrift stores in search of new mid century treasures, really do!…
Here the best of the first week in case you missed something 😉
Thrifting Weekend in Amsterdam
Apartment in Amsterdam, Eclectic Mid-Century Modern
The Best Thrifting Places in Amsterdam – Part 1
Finn Juhl has been one of the most influential Danish designers of the mid century era.
Who Finn Juhl was?
Juhl was born in 1912 and started his career quite young, in 1934, working in the Vilhelm Lauritzen’s architect studio, were he remained for 11 years.
