Mid-Century Modern Interiors http://www.dailypundit.com/MCM-Interiors/ And Everything Else.... en Copyright 2008 Sat, 03 May 2008 02:36:10 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Check This One Out Amazing midcentury-modern home's future is in question | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Latest News
The report must have hit Harold Prinz right in the gut: "A non-conventional house on a non-conventional lot."

The Federal Housing Administration was flatly denying financing for the modernist architect to build his own dream home.

Standing in the hot sun and gazing at the undeveloped lot at 5016 Maple Springs Blvd., Prinz couldn't help but bite his lip. His wife, Jeanette, remembers squeezing his hand.

Via reader Emily Bennett comes this gorgeous photospread of a wonderful mid-century home in Dallas that almost didn't get built.

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FLOR does the legendary Alexander Girard. Click the pic for more.

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The king of California mid-century architecture may no longer be with us, but his family firm continues apace. Click the pic for more.

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Mid-Century Modern Furniture

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.

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I think his results look better than mine.

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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.

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Want plans to build your own mid-century modern home?

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It may be Jolly Old, but check out that Eames Aluminum Group low table in the center there.

]]> http://www.dailypundit.com/MCM-Interiors/2008/03/mcm_in_england.html http://www.dailypundit.com/MCM-Interiors/2008/03/mcm_in_england.html Home Interiors Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:37:07 -0800 RAR! RAR! RAR! 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:

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Neat, huh?

]]> http://www.dailypundit.com/MCM-Interiors/2008/03/rar_rar_rar.html http://www.dailypundit.com/MCM-Interiors/2008/03/rar_rar_rar.html Chairs Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:41:37 -0800 The Tugendhat Chair Mies Van der Rohe Tugendhat Lounge and Pavilion Lounge Specifications

Not a very well known chair, but without a doubt, one of Mies' best.

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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.

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"Canberra" - Crows Nest

In the mid-century period, even the ocean-going steamships went modern. Check out that herd of Bertoias grazing in the lounge!

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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.

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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.

]]> http://www.dailypundit.com/MCM-Interiors/2008/03/wow.html http://www.dailypundit.com/MCM-Interiors/2008/03/wow.html Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:13:54 -0800 Well, Now You Know The Paranoid Section Blog » Blog Archive » Saarinen 50th birthday.
To celebrate this, i just got the very hard to find Saarinen ashtray to match our dining room set.

I had no idea such a thing as a Saarinen tulip-base ash tray even existed. Did you?

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