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If you’ve gone to a furniture store recently, you have probably come in contact with mid-century modern furniture, even if you don’t really know what that is. Furniture inspired by the designs from the 1950s is everywhere today. So why has mid-century design been so popular for so long? Krista Hessey explains.
Some prominent mid-century designers: Charles and Ray Eames, Eero Saarinen, Isamu Noguchi, George Nelson, Harry Bertoia, Florence Knoll, Arne Jacobsen, Eileen Gray, George Nakashima, Alvar Aalto.
Today, shops like West Elm, CB2 and IKEA are full of mid-century-inspired pieces but there’s still a huge re-seller market too.
Scroll through Pinterest or Instagram and you’ll find thousands of posts tagged #MidCenturyModern.
The term is now a marketing tactic ubiquitous with modern style.
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Like movies, we feed nostalgia and just keep re-making the same stuff.
Many mid-century house interiors look like furniture theme parks. You need independent aesthetic taste to make an interior look good.
The tufted brown chair on metal is from 1929, designed for the German Pavilion in Barcelona, Spain. Not exactly “mid-century”…
I have always been obsessed with mid century. Such a timless elegant simple but trendy and practical…
My gripe with MCM is that its often uncomfortable. Ergonomics did not really emerge as a mainstream science until the 1980s. There was a reason why big, ugly lazyboy-like recliners became popular in the time after MCM.
is global news hiring kids from vox?
Not sure I would say its "remained" popular. Definitely has had a second wind.
I love wathcing videos based on mid century design. I was an interior design student in the late 1990s when I discovered this movement. In the mid 2000s I acquired two notable pieces, a Wassily chair and two Eileen Gray tables. I feel fortunate that I was able to lose them when we could no longer pay our storage fees. It is exciting when your dreams die. Now I need to follow suit.
um, it all looks terrible and what to avoid
im i being weird?
044 And before that was the Arts & Crafts movement.
Proper wood was still used, before cheap Ikea pressboard replaced these timeless designs. Most of my flat is 50s/60s furniture and no soulless Ikea crap!
Direct Answer: Chinese people love mid-century furniture; and they're taking over the world.
I can’t stand this style. It’s the furniture my family could only afford when they immigrated to Canada and everyone had the same chair,same table, et cetera. It’s being overused now. I find this style cold and sterile.
A lot of authentic MCM is vrery expensive. 7:07 Those two PK20 chairs by Frtiz Hansen are $12,000 each.
There is a mid century modern home for sale in the college park area of Orlando FL. I never thought about the style, until I walked in at the open house showing. Built in 1959 the house is a dream. I am now obsessed!!😅
Does anyone know where to find the videos that appear at 0:30, 1:40, and 2:06? Hope you have a good day or night.
I count three words 🤔
I was born in 1964, and I absolutely HATE mid-century modern furniture. No offence to those who like it, but I thought I'd let you know that not everyone is gaga for mid-century modern. I prefer Art Deco or even Eastlake style.
The answer is, that was the last time furniture was really designed.
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It's hit's all the buttons. Retro, nostalgic, modern, sleek and futuristic.
Im addicted to this furniture. I even checked prices of rental storages to store pieces that dont fit at home but that I find at cheap price and its difficult to let go. That sick I am.
because it's beautiful, and as it turns out, timeless. and you can buy originals, which are far better made, and better value
I loveee Mid Century. It’s my all time favorite design
The Rockabilly people, are mid- century 😅
Its funny today that designers still don't understand the the 'comfort' talk by OGs like Eames was a ruse, the lounge chairs especially are less comfortable than their predecessors, these modern day experts haven't even grasped this commonly known conceit from 70 years ago, as people in the 50s would say, what a bunch of rubes.