Guest Post: Mid-Century Chairs by James Provost

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This week Josie shares with us a really nice gallery of mid-century chairs illustrated by James Provost.
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Contemporary Furniture With a Mid-Century Inspiration

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Hi everybody! How was your weekend?
Around here the weather is not really exciting, it actually sucks,  so I decided to have a relaxed ‘autumnal’ weekend reading the tons of old blog posts that pack my RSS feed reader icon smile Contemporary Furniture With a Mid Century Inspiration
I think it was a good idea because I found a lot of interesting articles including a post about a family furniture company: The Hansen Family
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Mies Van Der Rohe Portrait by Josie Portillo

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After the Charles and Ray Eames, Arne Jacobsen and and George Nelson‘s portraits, today Josie shares with us the portrait of  another master of the twentieth century design: Mies Van Der Rohe.
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The Tripod Stool Has Been Re-Invented Once Again.

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When I was doing my researches to write Alvar Aalto vs Ikea, I found out the the tripod stool was not an original idea but that it actually was in use by since ages!
What Alvar Aalto did, was to re-interpretate the idea of a tripod stool with a specific goal: make an useful and mass producible piece of furniture. That’s how the 60 stool was born.

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The 3 Posts You Most Loved This Month

Another month is gone…April was fast, isn’t it?
So, it’s time for the monthly ‘The Best Of…”

As always, I checked which posts you liked the most during the month. So who is new on Mid Century Home, will start to read from what the others liked and who’s not, can refresh his/her memory once again icon wink The 3 Posts You Most Loved This Month

Here there are the Best of January, February and March and below the best three Mid Century Home’s April posts:

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  1. Poul Henningsen: The PH Lamps
  2. Alvar Aalto: The Mid-Century Villa Kokkonen
  3. Charles and Ray Eames: The Wire Chair

Let me know in the comments which is your favorite within these posts or if you liked other posts that I didn’t include in the list.

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