OFFI Mag Table as TV and Laptop Stand

Slat table: vintage from Retro@Home. Rug: a gabbeh from G. Coles-Christensen. The OFFI Mag Table by San Francisco based Eric Pfeiffer is one of my favorite examples of the simple, beautiful utility of bent ply. I use mine as a side table between chairs, but it also makes the perfect TV stand for the TV-less: when it’s time to watch a DVD I flip the Mag on its side and set my Powerbook on top. The Mag’s shape allows it to hover over the coffee table, putting the laptop at the perfect height and distance for small-screen viewing from the sofa.

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17.04.07

LA Furniture Shopping on KCRW's DnA

(DnA) Design and Architecture of LA’s excellent KCRW public radio often covers mid-century architecture and interior design. The latest show features David Keeps, the scout for the LA Times Home...

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15.04.07

Amy Butler Home in Granville, Ohio

Above: Amy and David Butler’s living room featuring a Steelcase sofa and Vladimir Kagan’s Contour rocker, named by ELLE Decor as one of the 10 most riveting rockers. Amy Butler...

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04.04.07

Paul McCobb Coffee Table for Winchendon

Black rod iron frame supporting a birch wood beveled top. $625 at modern cactus. Technorati Tags: McCobb

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01.04.07

Shop: Urban Outfitters

Urban Outfitters is on a mid-century kick this season. Their new furniture line includes some nice tables with McCobbian angled legs (a rarity in new case goods), a very clean...

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20.03.07

Dining Chairs from Norway

$100 each, Craigslist Bay Area Nice price. Vinyl. Would be great recovered in fabric.

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18.03.07

Armless AX Chair by Hvidt & Mølgaard for Fritz Hansen

Jason Cruz found this beautiful Fritz Hansen chair on Craigslist Providence and is seeking more information about the model and its designer.

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14.03.07

Walnut Credenza by Lane

Walnut Credenza by Lane — on eBay from floretro Update: Sold for $780.

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05.03.07

McCobb Coffee Table by Directional

Paul McCobb coffee table by Directional — Estimate $800–1000 at Live Auctioneers Haven’t seen this McCobb range before. I’m not big on marble, but this table is lovely. Wide, shallow...

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04.03.07

Plycraft Lounge by George Mulhauser

Besides producing a heckuva lotta Eames Lounge knockoffs , Plycraft also made a very special lounge of their own, designed by George Mulhauser in the mid-’50s. ...It’s such a silly name, the craigslist seller couldn’t have made that one up, could they?

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Who Is The Mid-Century Modernist?

The Mid-Century Modernist is a tribute to the mid-century modern movement as both a historical milestone and a living ideal, reflected in today’s best furniture, architecture, and design.

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Obie Bowman House at The Sea Ranch

The Sea Ranch is a rugged landscape, dotted with distinctive homes, that extends for about ten miles on either side of Highway One in coastal Sonoma County, California. The building...

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