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If you have the financial wherewithal to buy whatever you want, and are looking for one-stop shopping for licensed editions of iconic MCM pieces, you can do a lot worse that checking out this place. Free shipping on everything, and lots of good pics.
I think his results look better than mine.
Modern Snob: Herman Miller's Discovering Design
This Herman Miller site is cool. Simple as that.Yep, simple as that.
Modern Snob is new, but it's pretty cool, too. I just added it to the MCMI blogroll.
Want plans to build your own mid-century modern home?
It may be Jolly Old, but check out that Eames Aluminum Group low table in the center there.
I've been having a pretty good month, furniture-wise. Just yesterday I picked this puppy up at the Goodwill for ten bucks: A marked Eames RAR rocker with padded leather upholstery in fine vintage condition. The leather is a bit faded out in places, and has one or two very minor scuffs. I'm of two minds as to whether to re-dye the leather and fill the scuffs, or just leave it as is - it is, after all a vintage piece. If you want a piece that looks brand new, you should probably go to Design Within Reach and buy one.
Anyway, here's a pic:
Neat, huh?
Mies Van der Rohe Tugendhat Lounge and Pavilion Lounge Specifications
Not a very well known chair, but without a doubt, one of Mies' best.
The Mid-Century Modernist: Saarinen Tulip Table and Eames DCM Chairs
There's something very fitting about mixing the Scandinavian designers and Eames. I love the grouping above.
In my own kitchen, however, I have the opposite approach: Four Jacobsen Series 7 chairs grouped around a vintage Eames aluminum group table.
I like'em both.
In the mid-century period, even the ocean-going steamships went modern. Check out that herd of Bertoias grazing in the lounge!
From the awesome The Mid-Century Modernist comes a gorgeous photospread of an iconic but not well known chair: the Executive (Time-Life) Chair by Eames for Herman Miller.
Don't miss this one.
Retro To Go: Stingray mid-century-inspired rocking chair
I love this chair. It looks as if an Eames shell rocker went off in a corner and mated with a Vignelli Handkerchief Chair, and then had the result styled by George Mulhauser.
In other words, it's derivative as hell, but that doesn't make it any less beautiful.
