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Mid-Century
Modern: Furniture of the 1950s is a loving
tribute to the innovative furniture of the fifties
and its enduring popularity. Fully illustrated
with more than 200 full color and black &
white photographs, this visual tour reveals
the best of post-war furniture, from high concept
designs to their kitschy counterparts. The 1950s
were a unique time in the history of the furniture
industry. Designers with backgrounds in architecture
created organically shaped furniture using the
new technologies and materials developed during
the war, and sensuous, biomorphic designs proliferated.
Appreciative consumers treasured the sleek,
elegant, and functional designs of Charles Eames,
George Nelson, Isamu Nogushi, Eero Saarinen,
Harry Bertoia, and many others. This new furniture
stacked, flexed, and folded, it was rearrangeable
and interchangeable, and it addressed the needs
of modern life. The book's highlights include
the ten best chairs of the fifties, inside looks
at the homes of top collectors, rare photographs
from the Herman Miller archives and from the
personal collections of designers such as Wendell
Lovett and Vladimir Kagan. Taking full advantage
of the ressurgence in popularity of retro-fifties
design, this highly praised book lets the reader
rediscover the wonders of boomerang-shaped coffee
tables, the funky curvaciousness of 50s furniture,
the industrial sleekness of cool metals, unusual
angles, and other design delights.
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