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Color, Curves, and Villain Lairs: Verner Panton in Full Effect
Bond lairs, plastic curves, and colour-drenched rooms: this guide traces Verner Panton’s life, key furniture…
George Nelson Knew What Time It Was: Clocks, Furniture, and Mid-Century Design
George Nelson furniture and clocks shaped modern design—Ball Clocks, Bubble Lamps, and clever pieces that…
More Than Just a Chair: How Ray and Charles Eames Rewired Modern Design
Eames furniture changed how we think about modern design—blending beauty, function, and comfort in ways…
Florence Knoll: The Eye Behind the Brand
Florence Knoll was more than a designer—she was a pioneer who reshaped modernist furniture and…
Fantastic Four’s Real Superpower? Mid-Century Modern Design
Tuesday movie night with my daughters turned into a design scavenger hunt. In Fantastic Four,…
Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Reimagined Furniture Design
From the Womb Chair to the Tulip Table, Eero Saarinen changed how we live with…
The Sculptor Who Designed Your Living Room: Why Noguchi Still Shapes Modern Interiors
Isamu Noguchi shaped modernist furniture with sculptural forms. This guide covers his life, top designs,…
Oscar Niemeyer: Brutalist Curves Meet Modernist Furniture Design in Five Groundbreaking Pieces
Oscar Niemeyer’s modernist furniture is as sculptural and visionary as his architecture. These five pieces…
Brutalism Explained: From Raw Concrete Origins to the Rise of Modern and Soft Brutalist Interiors
I used to think Brutalism was cold and awful—until I realized it’s one of the…
Cini Boeri: The Visionary Behind Modernist Comfort
Cini Boeri shaped furniture design with bold, innovative pieces that redefine home decor ideas and…
Hans Wegner: The Scandinavian Visionary Behind Influential Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Hans Wegner's sleek, functional designs, like the Wishbone Chair, define Scandinavian modernist furniture and remain…
Arne Jacobsen: The Modernist Who Made Mid-Century Cool
Arne Jacobsen’s designs blend sculptural elegance with everyday function. From the iconic Egg Chair to…
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Kitchens in Art: A Quick Tour from Velázquez to Weems
Kitchens in art are the best kind of snooping. This piece rounds up 12 paintings…
Color, Curves, and Villain Lairs: Verner Panton in Full Effect
Bond lairs, plastic curves, and colour-drenched rooms: this guide traces Verner Panton’s life, key furniture…
The New York Loft Living Room Edit
Get the NYC loft living room look at home: big rugs, floated seating, layered lighting,…
Your Bathroom, But Make It Paris
Parisian bath energy without demo: warm brass, striped towels on hooks, a big mirror, soft…