The Best of The Week: 31 Jan. – 11 Feb. 2011

12/02/2011 By Leave a Comment
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  1. Why Mid Century Furniture are Made with Teak and How to Take Care of It – Part 2
  2. The first Aalto House, the Greatest Inspiration for Your Mid Century House.
  3. Guest Post: Spanish ABC’s Book Series by Josie Portillo
  4. Marcel Breuer: The Friedman House

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Filed Under: Mid Century Design Tagged With: Alvar Aalto, Design, House Tours, Illustrations, Marcel Breuer, Mid-Century Modern Furniture, Teak

When the Mid-Century Modern Begun?

09/02/2011 By 4 Comments

DSC01822 e1296993147968 When the Mid Century Modern Begun?

“ Mid-Century modern is an architectural, interior and product design form that generally describes mid-20th century developments in modern design, architecture, and urban development from roughly 1933 to 1965. “ -Wikipedia-

Few days ago, I had a very nice chat with a friend of mine -he has a great home that I hope to show you soon here icon wink When the Mid Century Modern Begun? - about the Mid-Century Modern design.
He repeated all the time how much he liked the 50s, how the 50s have been great years for the design history, how many 50s objects he had etc. He was referring to the Mid-Century as it has been only a decade: the 50s.

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Filed Under: Mid Century Design Tagged With: Charles Eames, Design, Eero Saarinen, Mid-Century Furniture, Mid-Century Modern Furniture

Exhibition: The Italian Design from 60s and 70s

07/02/2011 By 2 Comments

IMG 0869 e1297100070127 Exhibition: The Italian Design from 60s and 70s

Some time ago, I was lucky enough to be in the right place in the right moment…but with only my cheap old iphone camera icon sad Exhibition: The Italian Design from 60s and 70s

The right place was an exhibition about vintage italian design objects and products from the 60s and 70s

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Guest Post: Spanish ABC’s Book Series by Josie Portillo

06/02/2011 By Leave a Comment
12 Guest Post: Spanish ABCs Book Series by Josie Portillo
Also this Sunday Josie, sent me a great mid century inspired illustration.

“Hola Everyone!

I hope you’re all enjoying your Sunday.

“This week I present to you my Spanish ABC’s book series. I am painting this series in honor of my native language, Spanish of course!  It is work in progress,  as you can see I still have many, many more letters to go. Any suggestions of what I should paint next? It doesn’t have to be characters, I plan to include objects as well.  Ideas are more than welcome! :p  -don’t be shy guys, leave a creative comment for Josie! icon wink Guest Post: Spanish ABCs Book Series by Josie Portillo -

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Filed Under: Mid Century Design Tagged With: Illustrations, Mid-Century Furniture, Mid-Century Modern Furniture

Why It is Better by eMail

02/02/2011 By 1 Comment

DSCN2647 e1297885799362 Why It is Better by eMail
If you are reading this, we are probably sharing the same interests about Mid Century design and I strongly believe that the Mail List is a great tool to share even more.
Because thanks to the Mail List :

  • we can know each other better: you will be part of the Mid Century Design Fans community,
  • we can share the most interesting things I learnt about the Mid Century Design: In this way you will have a sneak peak of the future topics I will write about and give me your feedback and suggestions being part of the ‘creative process’,

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    Filed Under: Mid Century Design Tagged With: Mid-Century Furniture, Mid-Century Modern Furniture
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