by Marisa | Nov 5, 2019 | Architectural Features, Art, Mid Century Modern
The1940’s – A post-war period for architecture that was dominated by men. Fighting the tide was Florence Knoll Schust, a female pioneer for interior design and creator of mid-century furniture, who changed the definition of design. Michigan 1917, Knoll was...
by Marisa | Oct 31, 2019 | Architectural Features, Mid Century Modern
“If today’s arts love the machine, technology, and organization, if they aspire to precision and reject anything vague and dreamy, this implies an instinctive repudiation of chaos and a longing to find the form appropriate to our times.” Oskar...
by Marisa | Oct 29, 2019 | Architectural Features, Art, Mid Century Modern, Uncategorized
In some circles, Irish-born Eileen Gray is the figurative “poster-child” for the 20th-century woman whose work is dismissed by a male-dominated culture. These days, her pioneering designs are revered. The New York Times claims “Gray is now regarded...
by Marisa | Oct 9, 2019 | Architectural Features, Art, Atomic Living, Mid Century Modern
“Anything I can do, Ray can do better” — Charles Eames There’s much to be found on the history and accomplishments of male designers and architects in the Midcentury design era. While the industry at the time was indeed male-dominated, there were...
by Marisa | Oct 3, 2019 | Architectural Features, Mid Century Home Furnishing, Mid Century Modern
They drove an era of innovation in design and architecture. They created homes and commercial spaces out of materials that had never been used, in shapes that had never been considered. But what elements of their work did they love enough to put in their own homes?...
by Marisa | Sep 5, 2019 | Architectural Features, Art, Mid Century Modern
2019 is the 100 year anniversary of the Bauhaus—the school started by Walter Gropius that began a movement. A reaction to the frivolity of the last century, this German-born movement spread quickly across the world, fueling an age of art, design, and architecture that...
