Was an american reflection of the international and bauhaus movements including the works of gropius florence knoll le corbusier and ludwig mies van der rohe.
American mid century modern furniture designers.
Florence knoll is maybe the most famous name of all american mid century furniture designers.
His focus was to take classic furniture designs and simplify them with a slight modern twist.
Despite its emergence in the late 1940s mid century modern furniture remains to this day timeless and incredibly chic.
Charles and ray eames and eero saarinen who had experimented extensively with molded plywood eagerly embraced fiberglass for respectively pieces such as the la chaise and the womb chair.
Another renowned midcentury modern furniture designer with roots in architecture is arne jacobsen 1902 1971.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid century modern furniture designs.
Below are some of the best known designers of this period.
Aside from his contributions to modern workspace design george nelson was known for his trademark bubble lamp marshmallow sofa and signature benches.
This danish visionary drew inspiration from the modernist designs of charles and ray eames and collaborated with other designers to create furnishings for a number of the buildings he designed.
The mid century modern movement in the u s.
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This is by no means an exhaustive list.
In america herman miller became synonymous with modern furniture and worked with the likes of george nelson and charles and ray eames.
Knoll is another company known for its classic furniture mid century modern pieces.
Husband and wife charles and ray eames were the embodiment of the inventiveness energy and optimism at the heart of mid century modern american design.
Wormley was a modernist furniture designer hired by the american furniture manufacturer dunbar.
While he designed for a number of furniture companies starting during the 40s he is most famous for the designs made for the manufacturer thayer coggin.
During his time as director of design at herman miller he recruited some of the most iconic mid century modern designers including charles and ray eames and isamu noguchi.
But what we now call mid century modern design is a blend of decades worth of design.