Mid Century Modern

4 Affordable Alternatives To Famous Mid Century Lights

09/01/2013 By Marco 4 Comments

We all love mid century design but I’m also pretty sure that some of you also thinks that mid century furniture are overpriced.
If you are like me and can not really afford to buy expensive design pieces but you like to have good looking -at least for some time- furniture, I am sure you went at least once to IKEA.

The good thing about IKEA is that often deliberately gets inspiration from the best mid century modern -often Scandinavian- design.
Today I want to show you 4 IKEA lamps that I think can give a mid century “mood” to your house without asking for a loan.
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A Collector’s Apartment: From Mid-Century Modern to 70s.

06/03/2012 By Marco 15 Comments

Some time ago I published this house that -as the Eclectic Mid-Century Modern Apartment in Amsterdam I wrote about last week- also is owned by a friend of mine: Daan.

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The First Alvar Aalto House and Studio

02/01/2012 By Marco 2 Comments

After the Alvar Aalto Villa Kokkonen, Villa Mairea an Villa Skeppet today I decided to update an old post about the Alvar Aalto house -that also was his office- with more details and information about the project and the story of the house itself.

Looking for more job opportunities, Alvar Aalto and his family moved from the small town of Turku to Helsinki in 1933.

Beside job opportunities, Aalto also was also looking for the perfect location where build his future home; after living in two different apartments in Helsinki, the Aaltos bought a piece of land just outside the city.

The Isamu Noguchi IN50 Coffee Table

30/07/2011 By Marco 4 Comments

The Isamu Noguchi coffee table is the today’s iconic mid century object. I’m lucky to see it every day from real -it’s in the hall of my office- and I can say to know it quite well

LI OCC P 20040920 002 D The Isamu Noguchi IN50 Coffee Table

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Italian Mid-Century Design’s Protagonists: Achille Castiglioni

22/06/2011 By Marco Leave a Comment

Has been a while since I posted a biography but, as promised, in addition to Finn Juhl and George Nelson here there’s another master of the Mid-Century design: Achille Castiglioni.

Yes, this time I wanted to render homage to my country and to one of his most important industrial designer ever.

Maybe not everybody know Achille Castiglioni but, if you love mid-century design, you know his works for sure!
This is the perfect occasion to know a bit about who designed some of the icons of the mid-century.

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