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MidCentury magazine is an independent UK-based biannual that celebrates the best of 20th Century interiors, furniture and architecture. Designed to appeal to anybody who loves Modern design, whether dedicated collectors or those who simply enjoy a nose around someone else’s home (you know who you are!), we aim to inspire and equip you with the know-how to buy right. All-importantly we provide a comprehensive guide to sourcing, listing the best places to find both original and contemporary pieces.
Midcentury magazine, midcentury issue 07, modernism

MidCentury Issue 07 highlights include:

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Labour of Love: Homage to Modernism on the Dulwich Estate 
Queen of Herts: Renovation of the 1936 home of Architect Mary Medd 

MIDCENTURY MARKETPLACE

Buyer’s Guide: Isokon

MIDCENTURY PURIST

Printed Pictures: Pioneers of Modern architectural photography 

MIDCENTURY PICKS

Orla Kiely: On creating a home from the inside out 
Walls of Silk: A Lucienne less known 

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MidCentury Issue 08 highlights include:

MIDCENTURY HOME

The Ryde of their Lives: A Scandi-inspired home in Hatfield
Spanning the Decades: The restoration of a Blackheath townhouse

MIDCENTURY MARKETPLACE

Buyer’s Guide: Mid-century travel posters
Buyer’s Guide: Georg Jensen

MIDCENTURY PURIST

Architects at Play

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Rediscovering Robert Stewart: Glasgow’s 1950s pattern designer
Lubna Chowdhary: Enriching the everyday with ceramic

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MidCentury Issue 06

MidCentury Issue 06 highlights include:

MIDCENTURY HOME

Nottingham Nirvana: A Woodland Dream Home from 1970
Under The Influence: Restoring a Starrett Townhouse in Forest Hill

MIDCENTURY MARKETPLACE

Buyer’s Guide: Prouvé and the French Modernists

MIDCENTURY PICKS

Got It Covered: The Timeless Appeal of the Welsh Blanket
Ercol: The Other Windsor Dynasty

MIDCENTURY INTERNATIONAL

Palm Springs: Modernism in the Desert

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MidCentury Issue 05

MidCentury Issue 05 highlights include:

MIDCENTURY HOME

Midlothian Modern: A Danish Coastal House in Victorian Edinburgh

MIDCENTURY MARKETPLACE

Buyers Guide: Going Dutch

MIDCENTURY PICKS

Spotting a Pattern: The Discovery of the Sheila Bownas Archive
Still Cutting It: 100 Years of Stainless Steel in Britain

MIDCENTURY INTERNATIONAL

Sarasota Modern: Sun, Sea and Geometry

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MidCentury Issue 04, Modern Design

MidCentury Issue 04 highlights include:

The Making of Icons: Julius Shulman and the Case Study House Program 1945-1966

Film producer Will Paice tells us about the Californian Case Study houses, the photographic genius of Julius Shulman and the documentary he’s worked on for the last six years.

Treetop Treat: A temple to Scandinavian Modernism in Surrey

Furniture dealer Tim Bubb shows us around his mid-century townhouse on the Manygate Lane Estate.

The Great British G-Plan Revival

Jo-ann Fortune delves into the archives of this treasured British brand.

Buyer’s Guide: The Stag ‘S’ Range Sideboard by John and Sylvia Reid

Mark Parrish reveals what to look out for when buying this iconic piece of post-war British design.

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MidCentury Issue 03

MidCentury Issue 03 highlights include:

Park Life: The Regeneration of a Brutalist Icon

Architect Cat Martin takes a look at the redevelopment of Sheffield’s Park Hill Estate, originally the largest public housing project in Europe.

History Repeating: The hand-me-down home from 1958

Print-maker Beth Evans showcases the contemporary renovation of her home on the Dulwich Estate.

Small but perfectly formed: maximising a minimal space

Jo-ann Fortune explains how to make a big impact with a few choice mid-century pieces.

Buyer’s Guide: The Sawback Chair by Hans Wegner

Dealer Ben Adams reveals what to look out for.

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MidCentury Issue 02, modern design

MidCentury Issue 02 highlights include:

Scheer Delight: A bespoke home from 1968

Cherrill Scheer, granddaughter of the founder of Hille, pioneers of modern furniture manufacture in the ’50s and ’60s, shows us around the mid-century London home that she and husband Ian built in 1968.

Hille: From reproduction to reinvention

We profile one of the manufacturers central to bringing great British designers like Robin Day and Fred Scott to prominence.

Premier League

Miller’s 20th century specialist, Mark Hill, takes a closer look at the work of George Nakashima and its commercial value at international auction.

Midcentury Home

Single Storey: An American Ranch Home in Berkshire.

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MidCentury Issue 01, modern design, midcentury design

MidCentury Issue 01 highlights include:

All the World is coming to London

Sixty years on, we take a nostalgic look back at the Festival of Britain

The Madmen Effect

We assess the impact of this stylised drama on current trends in home décor

Curator’s Choice

Robin and Lucienne Day at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

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Architects At Play film

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