Mid Century Home: The Very Best of 2011.

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 -

So the categories are:

1. The Most Visited Post

2. Your Favorite Architect From the Mid-Century Period

3. The Most Commented Post

4. The Most Viral Post on Facebook

5. The Mid-Century House You Liked the Most

To determine the winners I asked to my Copywriters and Marketing Team and they come back with extremely complicated analytics.
But don’t worry, I made all those figures easy for you.

So, here we are, first category: The Most Visited Post….and the winner is:

The Finn Juhl House Tour

Finn Juhl has been one of the most influent designers of the Mid-Century era and the first Danish architect and designer to be known and appreciated internationally.
Check the Finn Juhl Biography to learn more about him, you can also find most of his famous products in [amazon_link id="3822841188" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Scandinavian Design[/amazon_link]; a great book that all the mid-century enthusiasts should have…and that of course I bought for myself already.

For Your Favorite Architect From the Mid-Century Period category, the winner is:

George Nelson

The legendary architect and designer -as Chief of the Design Department of the Herman Miller furniture company- promoted and made famous artists as Charles and Ray Eames or Isamu Noguchi.
During the golden age of mid-century design, Nelson helped to made possible furniture as the Charles and Ray Eames – ESU (Eames Storage Unit), the Charles and Ray Eames Wire Chair and The Noguchi Coffee Table.

The Most Commented Post during all 2011 is one of my favorites as well:

The Magical 4 Rules to Save Money While You are Thrifting

If you are a Mid Century Home regular reader, you probably know that I’m also a thrifter…I love to look for mid-century, and not only, treasures around  second hand markets, thrift shops in Amsterdam and around Europe.
In this post I shared with you my secrets to find bargains and pay the price you want!

For the The Most Viral Post on Facebook, you shared:

A Quote from Charles and Ray Eames’s Daughter 

I am really happy about the Mid Century Home Facebook Fan Page that, despite its short life, is going super well! Thanks to all of you for the support.
If -by any chance- you are still not a Fan of Mid Century Home on Facebook, Like it now!

Last, but not least, The Mid-Century House You Liked the Most:

Case Study House #20: The Richard Neutra Baily House.

Richard Neutra was one of the architects whom defined the mid-century architectural style.
In California, where he moved from Europe during the 20s, there are several houses and villas designed by Neutra. One of them risked to be demolished this year: the Kronish House.
Fortunately, Neutra’s son Dion started a campaign, that Mid Century Home sponsored as well, to save the Kronish House.
It looked almost an hopeless case but all the efforts payed back! Check what happened here.

So this is it, the very best of Mid Century Home from 2011.
If you already read some of all of these posts, let me know in the comments which one is your personal favorite.
If, instead, you are new at Mid Century Home this is the perfect moment to join the mid-century enthusiasts community.

I hope you will enjoy the reading and don’t forget to spread the word about Mid Century Home with a Facebook Like below!

Thank you for all the support and love, I wish you a great 2012 beginning!