Aside from fireworks and flag-waving, July 4th is well known for sunburns, freaking out dogs and picnics. Which is why I thought that sharing all of the Herman Miller Picnic Posters by Steven Frykholm with you would make the perfect July 4th post. Read more →
As part of their trade display at NeoCon 2016, home and office furniture brand and legendary mid-century modern favorite, Herman Miller, asked 8 artists to envision the ideal workspace and another 4 to envision their ideal places of care in their “What Kind of Place Are You?” project. Read more →
The Molded Plastic Chair (or Shell chair) that Mid-Century Modern design lovers have grown to covet is the epitome of the Eames process. Since its launch in 1950, details like color and height options, shock mounts, base variations, and use of upholstery have received constant improvements. Read more →
In the 1700s and 1800s it was commonplace for children’s furniture to look exactly like adult furniture, only smaller in size. Then in the 1900’s, and certainly by my birth in the mid 1960s, children’s furnishings and toys were made of plastic, vinyl or formica and came in bright primary colors or sickly pastels and were often printed with duckies or trains. Furnishings that concentrated more on function that form. Read more →
