4 Affordable Alternatives To Famous Mid Century Lights

09/01/2013 By 4 Comments

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

Mid Century Houses And The Importance of Lighting – Part 2

10/08/2011 By Leave a Comment

As promised, here there’s the second part of my research about Mid Century Houses And The Importance of Lighting. If you missed the first part, I recommend you to have a look at it before starting reading the second one…it makes more sense icon wink Mid Century Houses And The Importance of Lighting – Part 2

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Filed Under: Mid Century Modern Architecture Tagged With: Mid-Century, Scandinavian Design

Mid Century Icons: The Saarinen Womb Chair

13/07/2011 By 2 Comments

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(pics via Knoll)

Looking for iconic mid century furniture to write about in this series of posts, I realized that sometimes it’s easier just to look around me than surfing the web or reading tons of books. icon smile Mid Century Icons: The Saarinen Womb Chair
Last week I was passing by an hotel and I could not avoid to notice that in the lobby they had a bunch of Womb Chairs by Eero Saarinen. I was really glad to see that this 63 years old mid-century piece of furniture is still so popular, and this inspired me to do some research about it and write the today post. [Read more...]

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

Start Here To Discover More About Mid-Century Modern.

06/07/2011 By 2 Comments

Case Study House 21 10 Start Here To Discover More About Mid Century Modern.

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Filed Under: Mid Century Design Tagged With: Mid-Century, Scandinavian Design

RESOURCES: The Starting Point for Your Mid Century Appetite

13/06/2011 By Leave a Comment

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Since a while I had the idea to build a page that was a  good starting point for the new readers and a specific archive for posts about the iconic objects that made the mid-century design’s history.
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Filed Under: Mid Century Modern Furniture Tagged With: Mid-Century, Mid-Century Modern Furniture, Scandinavian Design
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