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Mini Home Tour: mid century home

By admin • Aug 31st, 2008 • Category: Home & Room Tours, Interiors Exteriors

Yet another wonderful example of mid-century modern and how it still looks fresh and clean for todays modernists!

Retro 60s Anodised Cups x 6 eames-era
US $8.07 (0 Bid)
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Mini Room Tour: Mid-Century Lounge Area

By admin • Aug 31st, 2008 • Category: Home & Room Tours, Interiors Exteriors

Series 7, originally uploaded by Living-in-Penny.

Another great mid-century inspired room. Love the cozy feeling it has, as sometimes mid-century lovers make their rooms so stark.

1967 JACOBSEN Fritz Hansen Series 7 Teak Chair
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Mid Century Pottery, Sextant, Lady Liberty

By admin • Aug 31st, 2008 • Category: Collections & Display, Interiors Exteriors

Mid Century Pottery, Sextant, Lady Liberty, originally uploaded by studiosmith.

More from the amazing StudioSmith over at Flickr. Sigh.

Vintage Frankoma Pottery Democratic Donkey Cobolt Blue
US $9.99 (0 Bid)
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Eames & Bertoia for Dining Chairs - Deeelish!

By admin • Aug 30th, 2008 • Category: Interiors Exteriors

Modern home, originally uploaded by joel_pirela.

Eames and Bertoia for dining chairs… I love Joel at BlueAntStudio… he ROCKS and oozes taste. Check out his custom posters too! I own 5 of them!

MID CENTURY MODERN EAMES ERA [...]



LushPad (!)

By admin • Aug 30th, 2008 • Category: Interiors Exteriors, Product & Merch, Style Resources

Here’s my new favorite buying outlet for modernistas!  Buy and Sell your Mid-century classics on this gorgeous website!  CLICK HERE.

Are you looking to buy that special piece but can’t afford the showroom prices? Are you having a hard time finding what you’re looking for at local auctions, vintage stores or galleries? Are you looking for [...]



Knock-Off Report: Overstock.com and Mid-Century Modern Design

By admin • Aug 30th, 2008 • Category: Featured, Interiors Exteriors, Product & Merch, Retro Modern

I am a big fan of knock-offs, particularly since I (a) am always on a budget, and (b) I have a 6 year old that likes to destroy furniture during his adventures throughout the house.  I cannot put a $550 Eames chair in the living room simply because it will be probably be nicked, ridden [...]



Flickr Files: Mid-Century Rooms

By admin • Aug 16th, 2008 • Category: Featured, Flickr Files, Interiors Exteriors, Retro Modern

You don’t need a lot of authentic pieces to give your crib mid-century flair… and it needn’t been huge.  What’s amazing about mid-century styling is that the lines are simple and work in any size room.  Whether it’s a Le Klint style modern pendant lamp to an Eames Eiffle legged chair, Marimekko prints - there [...]



Modern Design 101

By admin • Aug 1st, 2008 • Category: Interiors Exteriors, Style Trend Forcasting

Whether you just came across the Modern Design blog or are an avid reader, I thought it would be helpful to get a quick lesson in the history of modern design. Today’s post is inspired by a weekend trip to NYC, where I came across a modern design studio in SoHo called Design Within Reach. [...]



DESIGN FROM HELL (AND HEAVEN)

By admin • Jul 22nd, 2008 • Category: Interiors Exteriors, Retro Modern

Just what is design, really? It’s been a mysterious science since Day One.

As the saying goes ‘it’s all in the details’. Every aspect, no matter how big or small, makes or breaks a design, or for that matter the beauty of an object. We can’t explain why we perceive something as better looking - among [...]



Eames Stamps

By admin • Jun 22nd, 2008 • Category: Design & Graphics

Just two weeks until the release of the much anticipated Eames stamps the United States Postal Service announced back in January. The commemorative stamps, which feature iconic Eames designs, will be available starting June 17th in honor of the 101st birthday of Charles Eames. The pane layout of the 16 stamps is beautiful- perfect for [...]



Free Mid-Century Masters Desktop Wallpapers

By admin • Jun 8th, 2008 • Category: Design & Graphics, Featured, Freebies

Until I can get enough time together to make some Photoshop Brushes that contain all of the mid-century masters’ classic pieces, I decided to throw together some sleek, modern desktop wallpapers for anyone who would like them.
You can now have Eames, Saarinen, Knoll and Noguchi wallpapers to add to your collection and use on your [...]



Flickr Files: The Lounger, Past and Present

By admin • Jun 3rd, 2008 • Category: Flickr Files, Interiors Exteriors, Retro Modern, Style Trend Forcasting

The famous Corbustier lounge chair above.

RAY, SONORA, BARCELONA, ARIZONA, 1910 TOPO MAP
US $9.97 (0 Bid)

End Date: Tuesday Sep-09-2008 19:06:16 PDT

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Full of Grace - Modern Furniture by Robert Austin Gonzalez

By admin • May 30th, 2008 • Category: Interiors Exteriors, Style Trend Forcasting

Brooklyn-based interior designer Robert Austin Gonzalez is the mastermind behind these modern coffee tables and shelves. With sculptural oversized high gloss lacquer legs and a sleek glass top, the limited edition and by commission coffee tables pictured below are part of Gonzalez’s Grace collection. The wood he uses to create his unique coffee tables and [...]



The NEW Mid-Century Craze at Affordable Prices

By admin • May 26th, 2008 • Category: Featured, Interiors Exteriors, Product & Merch, Retro Modern, SALES SALES SALES!!!, Style Trend Forcasting, Style for Less Dough

I have waited for this trend to happen for a long time. And finally it’s here! Mid-Century is IN again and we have the line-up ready for you. From Walmart to Ikea to Target to Urban Outfitters, everyone is getting in on this wonderful (and now, affordable) trend.
Keep in mind that I [...]



Gorgeous Mid-Century Shelf for auction on Ebay

By admin • May 26th, 2008 • Category: Interiors Exteriors, Retro Modern, Style for Less Dough

Description:
enjoy genuine mid-century modern beauty with this room divider, which you can use from both sides
it is defined by a sleek, clean lined design with multiple shelves, a swinging drawer and a cabinet
the cabinet has on both sides sliding doors with silver colored handles and underneath the 2nd shelf there is a swinging [...]



Weekend SCORE: Eames Shell Chair!

By admin • May 17th, 2008 • Category: Interiors Exteriors, Retro Modern

So forget about my post the other day about the Eames shell side chair that I found that I was going to make my office chair. That will now be an office visitors chair. Because I scored this a couple hours ago, for $160:

What’s kind of funny is the guy I bought the yellow [...]



Todd Oldham’s Handmade Moder - Charles and Ray Eames

By admin • May 11th, 2008 • Category: Retro Modern, Videos

A fun video featuring Todd Oldham!



Vintage: Assembly of an Eames Chair

By admin • May 9th, 2008 • Category: Interiors Exteriors, Videos

Watch this fun little vintage film of how to put together an Eames chair.

MID CENTURY MODERN EAMES ERA RETRO BUCKET ARM CHAIR
US $49.99

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A Trip to Design Within Reach

By admin • May 6th, 2008 • Category: Interiors Exteriors, Retro Modern

It is a glorious Springtime day and what better way than to take a trip to Design Within Reach , right here in East Hampton, NY? Of course, I was blown away because I love their aesthetic (and furniture), but I found some beautiful displays and unusual pieces (some that weren’t for sale like [...]



List of Mid-Century Designers

By admin • May 5th, 2008 • Category: Interiors Exteriors, Retro Modern, Style Resources

This is just a list from WikiPedia that might help someone who is trying to learn more about Mid-Century designers. I hope you will find this useful:
Well-known designers of the mid-century modern era include:

Alvar Aalto ,
Al Beadle ,
Harry Bertoia ,
Chris Choate ,
Thomas Scott Dean ,
Charles and Ray Eames ,
Craig Ellwood ,
Max Gottschalk ,
Ralph Haver [...]



Shagalicious ++ Mad about Shag!

By admin • May 1st, 2008 • Category: Interiors Exteriors

Yeah baby - Shag has made a major comeback! If you want to soften the edges of a mid-century style room or an ultra-modern stark room, nothing will bring the look together like a soft shag rug. I just got mine today and I am just swimming in shag-a-lag and loving every minute [...]



Ebay Finds of the Week (bid to win): 4/28/08

By admin • Apr 29th, 2008 • Category: General, Interiors Exteriors, Retro Modern