This week I posted a short recap about Alvar Aalto and Achille Castiglioni, two of the mid century period masters.
Today is almost the last day of the year and I thought to highlight the Mid Century Home posts you most loved divided in five categories; a kind of Oscars of Mid-Century. 
-sorry for the cheap design 
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After Alvar Aalto today is time for a recap about Achille Castiglioni.
Unlike Alvar Aalto, Achille Castiglioni was ‘just’ an industrial designer. As I wrote in “Achille Castiglioni - Biography“, he was one of the most important Italian designers of the mid-century period.
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Last week one of you -thanks Jasmine- sent me an email to highlight a really cool video where the rapper Ice Cube -that also studied architecture- had a tour of his favorite Los Angeles spots where Charles and Ray Eames lived and worked.
The reason why I love the mid-century aesthetic so much is the same that makes me love the beautiful design of Dieter Rams or Apple products.
The combination of simplicity, functionality and mass-production is the key of all the successful and revolutionary products that we all love and want.
Reading about mid-century and its protagonists, I realized that only few people joined together those three elements in their works: Charles and Ray Eamescertainly did it in the furniture industry as Joseph Eichler did in the housing market.
As you probably know, through Mid Century Home I share information about mid-century design, architecture and theirs protagonists.
Not only do I share what I discover and learn about the mid century, I also share my sources. That is why I have created the Bookshelf page -with some of the most amazing books about mid century- and the Blogs I Follow page with all my favourite blogs about mid century and design.
