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Archives for October 2014

Nottingham Nirvana: A Mid-Century Dream Home

mid-century dream home, modernist architecture, David Shelley, Simon Siegel, Nottingham house

We’ve seen some architectural gems in our time, but this one, in a tranquil spot in Nottinghamshire, steals the show. It really is a mid-century dream home.

Category: Interiors

Mid Century Modern Complete: A Good Read

Mid Century Modern Complete, mid century book, modernism book, Dominic Bradbury

Mid Century Modern Complete ambitiously describes itself as offering in one volume ‘the richest overview of mid-century design ever published’. This together with its title either means it’s going to be pretty special, or it’s setting itself up for a fall.

Category: Interiors

Tower Power: 1968 interiors at the Balfron Tower Pop-up

Balfron Tower, Erno Goldfinger, Modernist architecture, Brutalism, London, mid century

The flat that Erno Goldfinger inhabited in his iconic high-rise Balfron Tower opened for a Pop-up, furnished with 1968 interiors styled by Tilly Hemingway.

Category: Architecture

Ernest Race: An English Eccentric in Modernist Design

Ernest Race, Race Furniture, Antelope chair, mid century chair, Modernist furniture, British brand

It’s almost 75 years since the birth of Race Furniture and so it seems timely to revisit the work of British designer Ernest Race, who in a relatively short career produced some of the most iconic designs of his generation. It was a treat to be invited to the Gloucestershire factory, have a root through the archives and learn more about their reissued ‘Classic Collection’.

Category: Furniture & Objects

Modern design: longevity versus obsolescence

Dieter Rams, Vitsoe, ,606 shelving, modern design

Ostensibly, it was a simple task. As a coffee connoisseur, the descaling of my coffee machine is something I tend to carry out every four to six months.

Category: Furniture & Objects

Mary Medd: A female force in British modernism

British Modernism, Mary Medd, 1930s house, Hertfordshire, mid-century architecture, mid-century interiors

Mary Medd, a female architectural force in British Modernism, pioneered new designs for schools in the 1950s, earning her the respect of celebrated architect Erno Goldfinger.

Category: Architecture

Palm Springs: The Ace Hotel way to reviving Desert Modernism

Ace Hotel, Palm Springs, Midcentury Modern, Modernist architecture, Los Angeles

This summer, I fulfilled a long running desire to go beyond the pages of my Julius Shulman coffee table books and visit the 1950s Ace Hotel in Palm Springs. Speeding along the freeway through desert dust and strip mall monotony, the city emerged like an oasis.

Category: Interiors

Mid-century chairs: Colour-blocking and piped seams

Mid-century chairs sit comfortably in contemporary spaces, in fact upholsterers are increasingly using their craft to ‘contemporise’ vintage seating.

Category: Furniture & Objects

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