by Marisa | May 4, 2020 | Architectural Features, Art, Mid Century Modern, Places
By Balthazar Korab,Eero Saarinen Public Domain, Creative Commons The purpose of architecture is to shelter and enhance man’s life on earth and to fulfill his belief in the nobility of his existence. – Eero Saarinen Eero Saarinen was a Finnish American architect and...
by Marisa | Apr 23, 2020 | Architectural Features, Art, Mid Century Modern, Places
Angela Danadjieva was born in 1931, in Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia. After World War II, she studied architecture at Bulgaria’s State University and graduated with a degree in 1960. After graduating, Danadjieva went to work for a Bulgarian state film company, as a...
by Marisa | Apr 10, 2020 | Architectural Features, Art
You’re likely reading this from your living room as you shelter-in-place to help decrease the spread of COVID-19. First of all, thank you for doing your part to flatten the curve! Secondly, by this point, you’ve run through your top picks of Netflix series...
by Marisa | Dec 19, 2019 | Architectural Features, Art, Atomic Living, Mid Century Modern
Image via Flickr by James Vaughan World War II was cause for massive changes throughout society — down to the minutia of interior design and home aesthetics. 1945 saw a new generation of veterans with young families working tirelessly to rebuild their lives. The...
by Marisa | Dec 4, 2019 | Art, Atomic Living, contemporary modern, Modern Homes
Photo Sourced from R Architecture Unsplash You know that in today’s homes, contemporary interiors aren’t the cold and minimal spaces of yesteryear, but can be warm, comfortable and welcoming without being cluttered and dark. Today’s contemporary...
by Marisa | Nov 5, 2019 | Architectural Features, Art, Mid Century Modern
Knoll International poster, 1966. Offset lithograph (1931-2014) LACMA. Stanford Musuem. Photo via Flickr by Massimo Vignelli. The1940’s – A post-war period for architecture that was dominated by men. Fighting the tide was Florence Knoll Schust, a female...
