William Krisel via So cool, Portland to Palm Springs: Modernism Week, midcentury home tours and more (photos) | OregonLive.com. This is an article in OregonLive about Modernism Week in Palm Springs. Unfortunately, it closes tomorrow. However, this occurs every February and is a nice respite from the harsh winters elsewhere. Much like here in Phoenix,…Continue reading So cool, Portland to Palm Springs: Modernism Week, midcentury home tours and more (photos) | OregonLive.com
Bar Table and Cube Chair
I’m getting closer to finishing converting my furniture designs that I have made and use in my house from drawings to digital, 3D models. Even though I have beds, bedside tables, chests of drawers, desks and side tables, many of these fit the definition of minimalist, and therefore, hardly need the transition. For instance, a…Continue reading Bar Table and Cube Chair
Are the Telegraph and Christies Seeing the Same Thing!
News in the Art World Are the Telegraph and Christies Seeing the Same Thing! ALL About Art Sales in February Don’t read the art news. The art world news has become like reading “Tiger Beat”. It is all about the celebrity of the month and who is cool and who isn’t. Let’s talk and talk…Continue reading Are the Telegraph and Christies Seeing the Same Thing!
Modern Furniture Design: My House
The following furniture designs were created and built for my house: Digital Design Documentation Having drawn out many modern furniture designs by using the old tools of the architect, the t-square, triangles and ruler, some of the designs I have come up with need placing among the cloud. I no longer use the old tools…Continue reading Modern Furniture Design: My House
A Tale of Two Houses
The work of Frank Lloyd Wright is well documented and so is his history, but his nod to modernism, the Guggenheim Museum, retains many of the elements of a Wright structure in his later years. Originally, with his prairie style houses, long stretches of horizontal lines and rectilinear patterns found favor as seen in the…Continue reading A Tale of Two Houses
Iran’s Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art Has Been Hiding One of the World’s Great Art Collections
via Iran’s Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art Has Been Hiding One of the World’s Great Art Collections. This is an extensive article on Bloomberg on the art collection acquired by Empress Farah Pahlavi of Iran before the current barbarous regime took over. Very well done, this article will answer many questions one might have in…Continue reading Iran’s Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art Has Been Hiding One of the World’s Great Art Collections
Ephemeral Design
I am usually spending my evenings doing something productive, but occasionally I do enjoy a good documentary or a video on art or design. Last night I watched “Ellen’s Design Challenge” on HGTV. Although I have a degree in fine art, design is a large part of any artistic endeavor and is quite fulfilling in…Continue reading Ephemeral Design
Poul Henningsen and Let There Be Light
Poul Henningsen, known to the Danes as just PH, was born in Ordrup, Denmark in 1894 and lived until 1967. He was the son of an author, Anne Henningsen and a satirist, Carl Ewald and was around literary and artistic intellectuals growing up. He trained as an architect, though he never graduated, but thought himself…Continue reading Poul Henningsen and Let There Be Light
Case Study House #1 and JR Davidson
This is the first part of an ongoing series on the Case Study Houses, their designers and influences. For information about the Case Study Houses, see previous articles or follow this link. You can find books illustrating these houses in the Associate Store as well as a recommendation for the Taschen publication. The first Case…Continue reading Case Study House #1 and JR Davidson
Art museum marks Gateway Arch’s 50th anniversary – The Edwardsville Intelligencer : News
via Art museum marks Gateway Arch’s 50th anniversary – The Edwardsville Intelligencer : News. St. Louis has some marvelous examples of mid-century architecture, the most amazing of which is the Gateway Arch by Eero Saarinen. To coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Arch, the Saint Louis Art Museum is presenting an exhibition of modern…Continue reading Art museum marks Gateway Arch’s 50th anniversary – The Edwardsville Intelligencer : News
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MCA – Exhibitions: Pop Art Design
via MCA – Exhibitions: Pop Art Design. An exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago (Dec. 19 – March 27) purports to display the influences on modern design by Pop Art. With objects from the Vitra Design Museum in Germany, “…Charles Eames, George Nelson, Ettore Sottsass, Achille Castiglioni, and Robert Venturi were just…Continue reading MCA – Exhibitions: Pop Art Design
Larry Millett makes the case for saving midcentury architecture | MinnPost
via Larry Millett makes the case for saving midcentury architecture | MinnPost. An interesting article in the MinnPost about saving mid-century architecture in Minnesota, which really is applicable to anywhere. Here is a list of vintage, retro and mid century modern resources in Minneapolis. And Danish Teak Classics… Forage Modern Workshop… MidModMen+Friends… Spinario Design.
HGTV star Brian Patrick Flynn adds whimsy to his midcentury modern East Lake abode – Atlanta Magazine
via HGTV star Brian Patrick Flynn adds whimsy to his midcentury modern East Lake abode – Atlanta Magazine. Incredibly nice house. On the busy side for my taste, but certainly has the Mid Century Modern Groove. Of course, not even in the mid-century did a majority favor the minimalist, rectilinear style that I favor. Here…Continue reading HGTV star Brian Patrick Flynn adds whimsy to his midcentury modern East Lake abode – Atlanta Magazine
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