midcentury

Welcome to the 'midcentury' tag page at Technorati. This page features content from the farthest reaches of the Blogosphere that authors have "tagged" with 'midcentury'.

Are you an expert about 'midcentury'? Do you want to be the Technorati authority on 'midcentury'? You can write a description that will appear right here: Join Blogcritics!

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “midcentury”

 

• Modernism: Past the Dynasty and the Mad Men

  
  — Authority:
  Images like this one used to be depictions of the impersonality, alienation, and anomie of modern life. Perhaps the retro chic and post-feminist nostalgia of Mad Men has changed the way we think about mid-century modernism, but the show is more likely to be a symptom than a cause.  For whatever reason, these ...
  1 week ago

• CIty Oasis

  
  — Authority:
  In a private courtyard close to the Navigli canals in Milan, Italy, the two-storey house of newlyweds Marina Pierri and James Cyril and their sweet Siamese kitten Elvis is a peaceful oasis in the centre of the citys lively nightlife district. Lovely. More here on AT Casa . (photography by alvise silenzi)
  1 week ago

• Who Watches Mad-Men Just to Check out the Cool Furnishings? I Do!

  
  — Authority:
  While most of the world watched AMC’s “Mad Men” for the story, Worthologist Bradley Downs watches to see the furniture and furnishing, which, he says, is spot-on. I am guilty of this and I am sure many others out there are as well! My wife enjoys the storyline of the hit AMC television series “ Mad Men ...
  1 week ago

• The Daily Swank: Thrifters

  
  — Authority:
  Yummy vintage & handmade goodies from around the globe. Todays Daily Swank comes to you from Lincoln, England, United Kingdom....
  1 week ago

• northlight - scandinavian style home decor

  
  — Authority:
  scandinavian style homes, who loves them? i do! often with crisp white walls, a mix of midcentury and modern furniture and lovely accessories sprinkled around, all with a minimal colour scheme. though ive noticed that, as well as the usual monochrome of course, red, blues/teal, and yellows seem to dominate when it ...
  1 week ago

• The Ultimate in Mid-Century cool – a cold war bomb shelter!

  
  — Authority:
  Need to get away from it all?   Wish we could all be transported back to the days of “duck and cover”? Here’s a way to own your very own Cold War Era Atomic Bomb Shelter in Fort Pierce, Florida. The structure, built in 1967, was built during the Cold War, to “withstand the big blast” and operated as a ...
  1 week ago

• Berlin Beauty

  
  — Authority:
  Moving to Berlin after living for several years in London, Eve and Gerard Ruecker dreamed of a bright and spacious home in the middle of the city — one with a garden for their children to play in. What they found was a dilapidated old factory building — quite different from what they originally envisioned, but ...
  1 week ago

• Mid-Century Modern Gem in San Rafael

  
  — Authority:
    Okay, this is one of the coolest homes I’ve seen in a while, and I’ve been meaning to get a post up about it. Kim Morgan at Frank Howard Allen brought on this amazing one-level house in Loch Lomond last week, and it’s the sort of unique place we just don’t see come on the market very often. It’s ...
  2 weeks ago

• CHEAPER THRILLS // MODERN CHAIRS

  
  — Authority:
  Cheap furniture gets a lot of flak for being, well, cheap.  We like to think of our furnishings as forever investment pieces of comfort.  Let’s be honest.  When you buy a hard, molded mid-century chair, you’re not buying it for comfort.  It’s usually a visual statement, cushioned, if used for bums.  So if ...
  2 weeks ago

• Art Space

  
  — Authority:
  The lovely, light-filled Sao Paulo, Brazil apartment of designer France Hugo, his wife, advertising executive Tania Soriani and their young son John Victor is not only a home but a living gallery space, too — art is an integral part of their environment . Beautiful. More here on Casa Vogue. (photography by ...
  2 weeks ago

• Groovy Morocco

  
  — Authority:
    While on holiday in Morocco to celebrate her birthday, London-born Emma Wilson was so enchanted with the sun, the sea, olive groves and villages with simple white houses, that when she came across an old abandoned riad in Essaouira on a whim she purchased it in one day. It was the beginning of a long love affair ...
  2 weeks ago

• Three Reissued Modernist Lamps : Celebrated mid-century designers once forgotten luminaires brought back to life

  
  — Authority:
  by Adam Štěch As the year rolls forward many furniture and lightning brands continue to show an interest in reissuing historical design artifacts of decades past. Large or small, most producers comprising the design market now present some form of forgotten or previously discontinued elements of design. To offer... ...
  2 weeks ago

• Interiors: Førest London – a great midcentury modern furniture shop

  
  — Authority:
  As regular readers will know, we are huge fans of Scandinavian midcentury modern furniture and our eyes are always peeled for great quality, good value pieces. We bought a Danish rosewood chest of drawers a few years ago at a pop-up shop (see our feature about it here ), and ever since have been looking for another ...
  2 weeks ago

• The São Paulo Furniture Is Proud To Be Trashy

  
  — Authority:
    One man’s trash is another man’s treasure or in this case a whole new collection of modern artifacts. The São Paulo furniture collection pays homage to the pulsating Brazilian city in its own inimitable style and is the brainchild of the designer duo Azusa Murakami and Alexander Groves.   The Britain-based ...
  2 weeks ago

• Vintage Vancouver Playscapes

  
  — Authority:
    Reader and landscape architect James Furse-Roberts sent me links to some wonderful footage; an interview with Heinz Berger, the designer of  mid-century playscapes in the city of Vancouver c. 1968.  Note the intentional use of the word ‘playscape’ rather than ‘playground’, and particularly look at how ...
  3 weeks ago

• Pasadena Heritage presents Pasadena 1940 Forward

  
  — Authority:
  This spring, Pasadena Heritage will offer unique programs in a Getty-initiated celebration of the city’s modern architectural heritage through exhibitions and programs at cultural institutions in and around L.A. A leading historic preservation organization founded in 1977, Pasadena Heritage will host a ...
  3 weeks ago

• Antique and Vintage Jewelry – Still Stylish!

  
  — Authority:
  We’ve recently added several fashionable vintage jewelry pieces to our Estate Department. This cameo was a real sleeper– it was literally so crusted over with years of accumulated crud (gemological term!) that we barely recognized it. Once we cleaned it, the real beauty shone forth. We had been attracted to the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Artistry: Technicolor Paint Job Gives Midcentury Houses a 70s Redo

  
  — Authority:
  Artwork via Flavorwire Using an Andy Warhol-style stenciling method, Australian painter Paul Davies prints color onto canvas to create what he calls "portraits of space," reinvigorating the likeness of abandoned midcentury modern homes with blocks of canary yellow, teal, and sherbet orange. Visual News terms ...
  3 weeks ago

• Beyond Gorgeous: The Work of Alexander Girard(Alexandra Lange...

  
  — Authority:
  Beyond Gorgeous: The Work of Alexander Girard (Alexandra Lange via design observer )
  3 weeks ago

• get to know: caravan pacific & their lovely lamps

  
  — Authority:
  Shannon Guirl, owner and designer of Caravan Pacific. Photo courtesy of Lela Cyd. If you are a fan of mid-century modern inspired design, you are going to love Caravan Pacific ! Owner and designer, Shannon Guirl, was a television editor in New York until 2011, when she decided to leave Brooklyn for Portland to ...
  3 weeks ago

Comments about midcentury