Mid-Century Modern Culture

09.12.07

Rancho San Miguel Eichler Brochure

Rancho San Miguel Eichler Brochure, recently submitted to our Mid-Century, Modern Group by Grain Edit Grain Edit is Dave of Oakland. See his wonderful new blog.

23.11.07

Flickr Pick of the Week: Eames Aluminum Group Soft Pad Chair

0518r, recently submitted to our Mid-Century, Modern Group by magnus*. Not certain of the model name, but the tag reads “EA416 L217”. Made in the mid ’80s. And another colorful...

14.11.07

Spiekermann House Numbers on Sale at DWR

Here’s a piece of news that intersects my two obsessions: home design and typography. Design Within Reach is offering a rare substantial discount on Erik Spiekermann’s House Numbers. What were...

05.11.07

Flickr Pick of the Week: Steelcase Coordinated Offices

Steelcase Coordinated Offices , recently submitted to our Mid-Century, Modern Group by IAAFOTS

28.10.07

Flickr Pick of the Week: The House Beautiful Treasury of Contemporary American Homes

The House Beautiful Treasury of Contemporary American Homes, recently submitted to our Mid-Century, Modern Group by iceblinkjm

27.09.07

Katharine Hepburn on Buying Furniture

Coming soon on MCM is a look back at the studio set of the great Dick Cavett Show. But first, here’s a little teaser. Katharine Hepburn gives us all some...

30.07.07

American Advertising Art – Station Wagons

David Hall’s Plan59 hosts some very nicely preserved imagery from American ads of the ’50s and ’60s. The automobiles, heavy and gaudy, aren’t really the sort of design we champion...

29.07.07

Illustrator: Gaku Nakagawa

The July issue of Monocle features two articles illustrated by Gaku Nakagawa. No bio available yet, and his own site is in Japanese which I am regretfully unable to translate,...

22.07.07

Mid-Century Modern and Rustic Can Get Along Just Fine

21.07.07

Mid-Century Modern and Victorian Can Get Along Just Fine

so dreamy, uploaded to Flickr by quibbly.

24.04.07

Modernism in Silver Lake: Art by David Jonason

“Modernism in Silver Lake” will feature recent works by David Jonason, which celebrate the mid-century architectural designs of Modernist masters including Richard Neutra, Rudolf Schindler, and Gregory Ain. The exhibition...

21.04.07

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,...